Namibia: Nacn Proposes Interventions to Revive Industry

30 April 2020

The National Arts Council of Namibia (NACN) has proposed various interventions for arts and cultural heritage sector to be revived and further requested the education and arts culture ministry to fork out about N$15 million amidst the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

"With the consultation of the line ministry, it reassessed the initial amount of N$30 million to N$15 million and of that amount, N$10 million will be used to support wage subsidies which include formal sectors and N$5 million for the informal sectors like independent artists," said Patrick Sam, the chairperson of the council, further informing Entertainment Now! the proposal has been submitted and they are currently waiting for a response.

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