Popular sound engineer De Thompson DDT has said most people were hopeful that Mark Okraku-Mantey, a Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Arts will help fight for the creative arts industry when he was appointed.
The sound engineer said, despite the impression that was created by Mark Okraku Mantey, that he’s got solutions to issues in the industry, but he failed.
He has therefore cautioned that the creative arts industry should not think that those industry players elected as parliamentarians will do much for the fraternity.
“What I see is that anyone elected as a parliamentarian is going there because of their constituency, but they’re not going there to fight for the creative arts industry,” he told Amansan Krakye.
“They are there to represent their constituency, but when we even put our hopes in Okraku Mantey when he was made the Deputy Minister of Creative Arts, what did he even do for us?
“Okraku-Mantey made a lot of noise way back about how to improve the industry, but when he was given the mandate as a minister he even forgot about the industry,” he continued.
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