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MINISTRY OF TOURISM, ARTS AND CULTURE MEETS FOCAP ON THE IMPLEMENT OF ACT 1048 On the 29th of August 2024, the Minister for Tourism, Arts, and Culture met with FOCAP and its allies from the Creative Arts sector. The ministry was represented by the Honourable Minister Andrews Egyapa Mercer, Deputy Minister Mark Okraku Mantey, out going Chief Director John Agbeko- incoming Chief Director, Director of creative arts Devine Owusu Ansah and head of finance while’s FOCAP was fully represented by it’s executives and Conveners with the President of the Pan. African Ghana, Ras Caleb, and Artists Club President James Amartey. The Minister welcomed the group and requested the Chief Director to brief the gathering of our first meeting. FOCAP President Kojo Preko Dankwa then explained why it was very important for the establishment of the  Creative Arts Agency,  BOARD and EXECUTIVE SECRETARY to be made for the growth of the creative sector. The Minister Hon. Egyapa after a brief discussion ...

Vice President Dr. Bawumia must not misinform Ghanaians on the Creative Arts Agency Setup - FOCAP  Listening to Vice President Dr Bawumia at his media engagement  on 25th August 2024, he categorically stated that his government has indeed set up the Creative Arts Agency, but FOCAP can authoritatively tell Bawumia that it’s NOT TRUE. Yes, the bill has been passed into law since 2020, and to date, those in that office are all ILLEGAL since they haven’t been appointed by anyone to run the Agency. In fact the only workers there are 2, the President’s daughter Gyankroma who acted as executive secretary in 2016 but her position became null and void after Act 1048,(Creative Arts lndustry act ) 2020 was passed into law and recently they added Frank Owusu as ACTING DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY and therefore NOBODY is Legally working in an Official position there. Indeed,  Deputy Minister Mark Okraku just last week confirmed that nobody currently in that office is Legal. If the Vice ...

 FOCAP Picketing scheduled for 29th August 2024  Politicians have promised and failed the Creative Industry for years, and as a pressure group it’s the responsibility of FOCAP to hold these leaders accountable. Act 1048 was passed into law in 2020 and mandates the President to appoint an Executive Secretary and inaugurate the board within a year.  It’s been 3years and none of this has been done. Due to all these delays the FUND incorporated in the Act cannot be established and assessed, leaving the creative practitioners poor.  Indeed, the Ministry met with the Leadership of FOCAP, and even though they showed some work done so far, it did not directly address the demands of the Establishment of A BOARD and EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. As part of our Civic Rights as citizens of Ghana and Creative Arts Practitioners, members of FOCAP and the Creative community will hit the streets of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture on the 29th of August 2024 to demand for the immedia...

Gyankromah Akuffo Addo and Staff Illegally Operating at the Creative Arts Agency – Deputy Minister for Tourism Mark Okraku Mantey sets the records straight   In the quest to see the smooth running,progress and operation of the creative arts agency which is backed by the creative arts industry Act 1048 demands that the agency should have a board and executives to see the effectiveness and development of the agency.   Amidst pressure from Ghana’s most vibrant creative advocacy group, Foundation for Concerned Arts Professionals (FOCAP) on the Government to appoint a board and executives which the law demands, the deputy minister for creative arts and tourism Mark Okraku sets the records straight by vindicating FOCAP’s plea. In an interview on Joy FM’s entertainment show SHOWBIZ A-Z with Kwame Dadzie, the deputy minister who once acted as the president of the creative art council now agency stated emphatically that there are indeed illegalities ongoing at the agency because the pe...

President Akuffo Addo is Turning Creative Arts practitioners into Criminals by not Inaugurating the BOARD of Creative Arts Agency - FOCAP  Foundation of Creative Arts Professionals President Mr Kojo Preko Dankwah in an interview on Neat 100.9fm this Wednesday 7th August with Ola Michael stated emphatically that President Nana Akuffo Addo is turning Creative Arts Practitioners into Criminals by not Inaugurating the BOARD of the Creative Arts Agency per the law. Kojo Preko Dankwah in his submission made reference to Section 33 of Act 1048 which was passed in 2020 and categorically states that after one year of its passage any Creative Arts Practitioner who is not registered with the Agency will be sent to Jail for 2years and we’re in 2024 which makes it 4 clear years after the passage of this law. Fact is without this BOARD the Creative Arts Agency cannot register these enterprises and this obviously will affect the development of the industry. FOCAP has chided the President to remov...

  Amerado, Pablo Hxncho, Kofi Mole among others Thrill Patrons at Ada Asafotufiam festival. Media General through Onua Tv brought extra excitement to this year’s Ada Asafotufiam Festival. From covering the Durbar on Friday and setting up the stage on Saturday with various Artists performance to the night. Artistes including the likes of Amerado, Pablo Hxncho and Kofi Mole thrilled the fans with some splendid performances and indeed Pablo was called back on stage to perform his current song Tsunii after he had performed earlier. The MC for the night Big Willy brought so much excitement to the crowd through raffles as he gave away some monies throughout the night till Sunday Morning. Patrons on the night expressed their appreciation to the  Onua team for bringing them such excitement at this year’s festival and asked them to repeat same come next year. The festival as usual will climax on Monday with the Canoe race and Beach Party. Thousands of patrons troop in every year to cel...