The National Troupe of Nigeria on Sunday said plans were underway to produce a performance of African traditional musical instrument orchestra.

Artistic Director of NTN, Kaltume Bulama-Gana, said this during an interview in Lagos.

Ms Bulama-Gana said this would entail bringing together artistes from different African countries as well as their local musical instruments to produce an orchestra.

According to her, all the local musical instruments will be played simultaneously to produce an orchestral, to unite Africans.

Ms Bulama-Gana said this was a way of giving visibility to most of the indigenous musical instruments that were on the verge of extinction across Africa.

According to her, it is also a way of encouraging cultural collaborations and promoting cultural integration across borders.

“As a lover of the arts, I am looking forward to what comes out of this. This is the first time we are going to try this and I know it will be mind-blowing at the end of the production,” she said

She urged Nigerians to take pride in their culture and uphold the same as it stands as every individual’s identity.

She pledged to make NTN more visible in her tenure by staging play performances to promote Nigerian culture.

Speaking on the deplorable condition of the NTN office, Ms Bulama-Gana said there were plans to renovate the office and build artistes’ hostels.

“The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy is aware of this condition and we are working out some logistics to get a befitting artistes’ hostel and offices to operate seamlessly. We are working on getting partners and lovers of arts to support us, so that we can have a befitting place to showcase Nigerian culture,” she said.

(NAN)