Sekondi (Western
Region) 05 December 2002- The National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC)
2002 that was scheduled to be held from 07 to 17 December has been postponed
because of "inadequate preparation".
The postponement was
contained in a statement from the National Planning Committee of the festival
on Tuesday and signed by Madam Sophia Horner-Sam, Deputy Western Region
Minister.
She is the deputy
Chairman of the Festival Planning Committee. The statement said the decision to
postpone the festival was arrived at an emergency meeting of the National
Planning Committee to discuss preparations so far made towards the region's
hosting the festival.
It said it became
apparent that the Regional Theatre Complex needed to be used for the festival
had not been completed and that a lot of more work needed to be done if the
festival was to come on.
''Believing in the
adage that 'the Best Comes from the West' it is the view of the Planning
Committee of NAFAC that everything possible must be done to ensure that the
people of this region receive nothing short of the best."
The statement said
the National Commission on Culture, Regional Co-ordinating Council and the
Western Region House of Chiefs are organizing a six-day regional festival of
arts and culture.
The festival will
take place at the Government Secretarial School from 10 -15 December in
collaboration with the Western Regional Centre for National Culture and Good
News FM Radio station. The festival would have a bazaar/exhibition component to
afford all registered NAFAC exhibitors the opportunity to off-set some of their
cost.
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