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Former Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Elizabeth Ofosu Agyare has denied claims by Creative Arts Council Chairman Mark Okraku Mantey that the former John Mahama administration left no notes on the sector during the 2017 transition.
Mr. Okraku-Mantey, who spoke during an event at the Accra Tourist Information Center, said he was informed by Ministry workers that no investment had been made since Creative Art was added to the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
But speaking on Hitz News @ 1 on Thursday, Elizabeth Ofosu Agyare urged Okraku-Mantey to stop the blame game and get serious.
This, according to her, is because there is a lot of work to be done.
“I should quit the blame game and work. Ghana needs money, the creative arts industry needs money, so if you just sit there and say they didn’t leave us money, there is no money in our coffers, what is that?
“You should get serious, please, and please let Okraku-Mantey know that there is a lot of work to be done that he hasn’t done.
“For him to say that he is the president of the Creative Arts, he has to make sure the law is passed, otherwise he is president for nothing,” he said.
Naming some achievements of her office, the former minister said they drafted the Creative Arts Bill that was ready for cabinet but lost power in 2016.
He added that they also secured the approval of the Cinema Law that would include a fund.
Madame Agyare revealed that the creative arts industry received GH¢1 million to work, making false accusations that no investment was made in the sector.
“The creative arts industry received GH¢1 million and Okraku Mantey can talk about that too, so if you say we didn’t make any investment in the creative arts industry, what do you mean?
“Every year we get money from the Tourism Development Fund, so we could have given them another GH¢1 million if we had not lost power in 2016, ”he said.
In qualifying the works of the PNP, he claimed that the government has not paid attention to the Creative Arts and did not continue from where it left off.
He advised Ghanaians, especially those interested in the creative arts, to re-elect former President John Dramani Mahama to continue his good works.
