Creative Arts Agency holds stakeholder engagement on Legislative Instrument

The Creative Arts Agenda has held a successful stakeholder engagement on the Legislative Instrument (LI) on the Creative Arts Industries Act 1048.

The Act is expected to establish a Creative Arts Agency to provide the institutional
framework for the development and management of the creative arts industry and related matters

The event held last Friday at the Accra Tourist Information Centre brought together numerous industry practitioners to scrutinise the Creative Arts Industries Act 1048 document.

Various stakeholders present at the ceremony were grouped into their related fields to peruse the drafted document to make the necessary amendments for parliament to consider the passage of the LI.

This is expected to set the industry on the path to success.

Speaking at the ceremony the Deputy Minister of Tourism Arts and Culture, Mark Okraku Mantey said President Akufo-Addo promised the creative arts act and the exercise is to ensure the LI is passed for a smooth running of the industry.

He said such documents are crucial because any industry that does not value them would have weak fundamentals.

Mr. Okraku Mantey thanked everyone present for their contributions to making the ceremony a success.

Also, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Creative Arts Council, Frank Kwabena Owusu, affectionately called Franky5 acknowledged the presence of Industry players for taking time off their busy schedules all over the country to be part of the process.

According to him the passion with which the players expressed to be part was a testament to their readiness to see the industry strive and leave a mark for generations unborn.

He said the Agency would swiftly present it to parliament for the passage of the LI before parliament rises.

He was optimistic that it would create a path of growth for the expansion of the creative arts industry.

Industry players present at the ceremony expressed their satisfaction and urged the Agency to ensure the processes are expedited for parliament to pass the LI.

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme