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The Assistant Minister Designate for Culture Affairs at the Ministry of Information Culture Affairs and Tourism has hit the ground running in mobilizing support to revamp the historical Providence Island ahead of the Unification Day celebration slated for next month .
During his tour of the Island accompanied by the Culture Ambassador, Queen Juli Endee after the heavy storm that caused several damages including the demolition of the theater and other structure at the facility, Minister Designate Paul called on their International partners, Government and local partners to provide them a helping hands to have the site refurbished to standard than ever before to prevent any reocurrence of controllable natural disaster.
Their tour started from the theater which was destroyed by the storm and later followed by the visit at the monument of a ship that brought in settlers where they met the indigenous about 200 years ago.
Speaking with journalists over the weekend on the Island, Minister Designate, J. Rufus Paul highlighted how the recent storm destroyed certain components of the infrastructure. “As you are aware that there is an ongoing plan for our Unification Day program in May and this is the destination we usually celebrate the day, it’s so devastating to see the facility in such a deplorable state”, he emphasized.
He is calling on their partners to urgently come to their aid in order to enable them to have a Unification Day Celebration on the historic site inline with the norm and tradition.
Even though the minister designate confirmed being cash-trapped, but hoping that some partners will join them in the soonest possible time to have the facility renovated ahead of the Unification.
The Liberian Culture Ambassador, Queen Julie Endee who is on the planning committee of this year’s Unification Day Celebration added that when the theater is in good shape and decorated, it symbolizes their foundation of the national culture heritage.
She however assured that for the cleaning aspect of the facility, her team is fully in charge to do their best.
Her major concern remains the support from their partners to have the facility in a perfect shape with the hope that partners will join them in achieving their goal.
Queen Juli applauds the energy and collaboration from the Information Minister and Designate Assistant Culture Affairs Minister for the level of work they have been doing over the period of time.
The Unification Day is a traditional event which they normally celebrate on the historic Providence Island as it is a destination where the setting reunited with the indigenous over 200 years ago.
Providence Island is a former trade post and the first arrival point of freed American Slaves. The site is characterized by a cement pillar and concrete floor believed to be the `first Concrete work in the history of the country, an ancient water well and an old landing docking platform for incoming canoes and ships.
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