The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, accompanied by the Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. Andy Osei Okrah, have toured the proposed office space for the setting up of the Creative Arts Secretariat in Kumasi.

The office is intended to serve practitioners within the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, and the three Northern Regions.

Addressing a section of the media and some industry players, Mrs. Ofosu-Adjare said the creative arts industry has created jobs and provided regular income to many people and continues to do so in spite of the absence a legal, regulatory framework.

She said it was for this reason and more that President John Mahama aligned Tourism with Culture and Creative Arts to harness potentials to further benefit the people engaged in it.

Mrs. Ofosu-Adjare indicated that the establishment of a secretariat for the northern sector is in fulfillment of the president’s promise of creating an enabling environment for the creative arts sector to thrive better than its current status.

She assured them of a well equipped state of the arts secretariat to make their operations effective and efficient whilst awaiting the passage of the Creative Arts Bill into an Act to streamline activities of the sector within a legal context.

Mrs. Ofosu-Adjare indicated that the establishment of a secretariat for the northern sector is in fulfillment of the president’s promise of creating an enabling environment for the creative arts sector to thrive better than its current status.

She assured them of a well equipped state of the arts secretariat to make their operations effective and efficient whilst awaiting the passage of the Creative Arts Bill into an Act to streamline activities of the sector within a legal context.