The Federal Government is planning to spend a total of N108m in total for the laying of carpets and seats in National Theatre, N45m for carpets and N6
The Federal Government is planning to spend a total of N108m in total for the laying of carpets and seats in National Theatre, N45m for carpets and N63m for modern seats respectively in Cinema Halls I and II of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. This is part of the whopping N736.3m total allocation for the national edifice in the 2017 Appropriation Bill currently before the National Assembly.
The government, through the Ministry of Information and Culture, will also spend N20m on the supply and rehabilitation of the male and female toilets in the main exhibition hall. Further details of the National Theatre’s budget showed that the rehabilitation of water and civil works of the reservoir would gulp N28m; replacement of old electrical materials with new ones would cost N32m while the supply of mahogany for stage construction and rehabilitation of motorised curtain rail would gulp N25m.
The National Theatre’s total personnel cost for the year is put at N360.55m, total overheads is N163m, total recurrent is N523.6m, while total capital is estimated at N212.7m.
Inside one of the cinema halls in National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.
