Some people believe that governments should spend on new public buildings, such as libraries and museums, rather than renovating old buildings. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

The idea of whether to invest in giving state buildings a facelift rather than building new ones is debatable. I strongly agree that

government

should consider re-branding old structures as

this

will help save

cost

and preserve our cultural heritage.

To begin

, constructing new offices

by

Suggestion

of

in

the state is going to increase the financial burden of the

government

,

this

is because of the ever increasing

cost

of buying building materials. You will agree, that a lower amount will be spent in renovating an existing monument when compared to raising a new one from scratch.

For example

, recently, Surulere local

government

carried out a comparative

cost

analysis on the financial implication of building a new library versus remodelling the existing one. The result showed a sixty percent variance in favour of the latter.

In addition

to the point raised above, repositioning existing public houses is a great way of preserving our inheritance. If these old buildings are abandoned for new ones, the upcoming generation may miss out of some essential aspects of our history as every existing edifice has a story that can be communicated to those that will come after us.

For instance

, the French

government

recently decided to rebuild the burnt Novare cathedral because of its important place in the history of the country. In summary, restoring existing structures to previous state will help optimize

cost

which can be used to provide other forms of development. It will

also

give our children the opportunity to learn from stories behind these important buildings.