Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela presided this Saturday morning, in Bobo-Dioulasso, the ceremony of the laying of the first stone of the city of artists which must cost more than 12 billion 539 million 98 thousand 900 FCFA.
According to the Minister of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, the "project combines modernity and enhancement of artistic cultural heritage in the logic of public-private partnership".
It aims, he noted, "to materialize the national political will affirmed by the President of the Transition to confer on the city of Bobo-Dioulasso its real status of cultural and economic capital of Burkina Faso".
According to Minister Ouédraogo, the project will result in "the construction of multifunctional infrastructure and modern equipment capable of boosting the economy in the sectors of culture, arts, sport, leisure and tourism".
The project was initially designed to allow artists to find decent accommodation during major events such as the SNC and to have a space for creativity, the minister stressed.
"The idea has evolved into the realization of an ambitious and futuristic project at a cost of more than 12 billion 539 million 98 thousand 900 FCFA", he explained.
Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo praised "the exceptional contribution of the national partners in the realization of this project".
He said that "this important project requires everyone's commitment for its proper execution".
This is why he urged "all the stakeholders to work tirelessly and in a good synergy of action so that the next steps following this launch can be accomplished in the very near future".
“This launching ceremony must be followed by an effective start of the work to the delight of all,” he recommended.
Announced for many years and eagerly awaited by all cultural players, the laying of the first stone that we are carrying out today is symbolic on two counts.
Minister Ouédraogo recalled that the "project for the creation of the city of artists is part of the concretization of the recommendations of the national seminar of Matroukou held from April 22 to 28, 1985 under the theme 'national culture, ways and means of its promotion ''”.
Source: Burkina Information Agency