Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says that the completion of the Ghana Trade Fair Convention and Exhibition Centre will deal with challenges faced by the creative arts industry regarding inadequate seating capacities for events.
The centre when completed will offer a 20,000-seat capacity, and a 5,000-metre square pre-event lobby, among others. The project is expected to be completed within the next eight months.
Speaking after embarking on a tour of the centre currently under construction, on November 25, Dr Bawumia described the centre as a significant move to bring relief to the creative arts industry.
“It is a very much-needed project because we believe that some of the key pillars for the growth of this economy lie in tourism and the creative arts. If we have to bring an artist to play and the capacity is 3,000 people, then it means they have to charge much higher prices to make up for their cost.
“So, you tend to see the cost for shows and so on being high and therefore they don’t make the requisite revenues or profits for their businesses and so we will see Ghana being in a position with this sort of exhibition centre, which is 20,000 capacity, that is almost ten times the capacity we have now, that opens a whole new avenue for creative arts and tourism, for hosting conferences and exhibitions.
“It’s a big market for doing so. I want to assure the Creative Arts Industry that with the completion of this project, we should have something for you in 8 months that is world-class,” he said.
Meanwhile, the CEO of the Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited, Dr Agnes Adu noted that the centre will be completed in eight months.
“The Centre, which is now under rigorous construction, will be ready in about 6 to 8 months from now,” she stated.
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BY DANIEL ODURO
