President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed that there should be a true sense of urgency on the part of Parliament and all relevant stakeholders in passing the Creative Arts Bill into law, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has disclosed.
She said the president hopes the Bill becomes law before the end of the tenure of the current Parliament.
The Minister said President Akufo-Addo gave the directive because the Creative Arts Bill when passed into law, would provide the legal and institutional framework to promote the Creative Arts industry and be the basis of establishing the Creative Arts Fund to provide financial succor for the sector.
“The President has told the Majority Leader in Parliament that no matter what it would take, this Bill has to be passed into law before the end of the tenure of this Parliament, even if the Bill would be passed under a certificate of urgency, it must be passed into law”, Tourism Minister Barbara Oteng Gyasi disclosed on OKAY FM Wednesday when she appeared on the ‘Hot Seat’ of the Best Entertainment Show, hosted by Halifax Ansah-Addo.
The Minister said: “The President has expressed interest in this Bill. He is very concerned about the Creative Arts industry because he knows it is one of the key pillars of transformation. The creative arts industry plays a huge role in job creation and we have very gifted people in the arts that we have to help, promote, and support. It goes a long way in boosting the country’s tourism drive”.
Credit: pulse.com.gh
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