Tony Okoroji, Chairman of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), has commended the Federal Government for renaming the National Arts Theatre in Lagos after Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka.
Okoroji, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos, said Soyinka deserves such recognition for the respect he commands on the global stage.
NAN reports that President Bola Tinubu disclosed the development in a tribute personally written and signed by him on Friday in Abuja, to mark Soyinkaās 90th birthday.
The President renamed the National Arts Theatre as Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts.
āWole Soyinka deserves the honour, he has distinguished himself, he earns lots of respect across the world.
āWe need to continue with this, to build structures of arts and name them after distinguished Nigerians and not politicians.
āLet us begin to name structures after our beautiful musicians, literary giants and visual artists also,ā Okoroji said.
He, therefore, urged the federal government to rename other monuments after Nigerian legends who have served the nation.
āGovernment should also remember others who have made the country proud like Chinua Achibe, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Victor Uwaifo, Sunny Okosun and more,ā he said. (NAN)
