Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- Yemi Sodeeq & Toheeb Omotayo
Fourteen months after its commissioning, Kwara's multi-billion naira Sugar Film Factory, launched as one of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's legacy projects to boost the state's creative and economic industries, is yet to successfully produce a single major project. Despite its state-of-the-art facilities, the studio has failed to generate any revenue and is facing significant operational challenges. With its 'much PRed' Durbar documentary and Dancinematic Universe series halted, and employees owed several months of unpaid salaries, concerns mount about the facility's future. Despite this, the state government is planning to invest an additional N1.6bn into the facility in 2025.
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