“When the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo decided to sell off the National Theatre in 2001, we fought against it and organised an effective protest, not because we were happy at the state of the National Theatre, but because we could not open our eyes and allow a national cultural symbol of that magnitude sold off. We simply had it rough with that regime because they were adamant, but we still overcame.
He explained that the calm in the sector was due to pledges of the information and culture minister that after renovation the theatre would be handed back to the government, ruling out selling or concessioning. To Yerima, it appeared that the cost total for refurbishment was too high for the government to handle alone. He also stated that recent developments in the entertainment industry meant that new demands were expected of the National Theatre. “For these reasons, the agreement to work with the private sector is a great alternative. My only worry is that the cultural essence of the National Theatre as a monument is not totally done away with,’’ he said.
The actor recounted that in 2000, he returned to the theatre for the Festival of Nigerian Plays organised by NANTAP where he played a hunchback character in a play which was Abuja’s entry for the festival. Noting that his last visit to the theatre was in September 2019 and the deterioration remained, Adesewo explained that he sneaked into the back stage and took photographs of the ruins it had become.
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