{"id":344950,"date":"2017-02-06T13:09:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T13:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/02\/06\/i-will-do-an-interview-with-cnn-to-promote-tourism-catherine-afeku\/"},"modified":"2017-02-06T13:09:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T13:09:04","slug":"i-will-do-an-interview-with-cnn-to-promote-tourism-catherine-afeku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/06\/i-will-do-an-interview-with-cnn-to-promote-tourism-catherine-afeku\/","title":{"rendered":"I will do an interview with CNN to promote tourism &#8211; Catherine Afeku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Monday,  6 February 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-02-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/46585504.295.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine Afeku Vetting\" title=\"Catherine Afeku Vetting\" width=\"295\" height=\"182\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Catherine Afeku, Minister designate for Tourism, Arts and Culture<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=148603782430375\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=148603782430375\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1486412325_335_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Nominee hypes a plan to promote tourism called the &#8216;Accra Marine Investment Drive&#8217;. It can create 500,00 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Majority leader Adwoa Safo: Our youths and children are watching telenovela which promotes other foreign cultures.<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: In a free market space, it is very difficult to deal with these things. What we have to do is to support and encourage local content so that it can out-saturate foreign movies and telenovelas.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Majority leader: When you get to Ghana through the airport, there is nothing to sell about Ghana&#8217;s tourism. In Dubai, Singapore, people approach you with invitations to visit tourist sites. Can nominee assure the Committee, she will<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: plans to set up an office at the airport to aggresively market Ghana&#8217;s tourism to foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>Minority Chief Whip: asks nominee about how she will help market Ghana and attract tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: I will have an interview with CNN to promote the tourism potential of the country. She says countries like Kenya where tourism is a major foreign exchange earner have a practical advantage over Ghana because of issues like sanitation. Ghana has a competitive advantage over Kenya but if sanitation is not addressed, tourism will continue to sufer.<\/p>\n<p>Muntaka: I really want to know how you are going to get the private sector to participate in tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: We have several departments and agencies under the Tourism ministry with some mandated to find investments into tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Yileh Chireh: asks about preserving and promoting Ghana&#8217;s eco-tourism<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: points to Aburi Botannical Gardens as an eco-tourist center and wants to improve conditions around such sites to boost patronage.<\/p>\n<p>Nominee explains the presence of Kumawod actor &#8216;Agya Koo&#8217; says he heard of her vetting and decided to come support his friend.<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: bemoans the inability to leverage technology to facilitate tourism. She wants to see a day when a foreigner plan a tourist plan just by sitting behind a laptop.<\/p>\n<p>Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga: What would be Ghana&#8217;s selling point four years in office?<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: A sanitary environment, getting rid of open defecation along Ghana&#8217;s 540km coastal lines. Unless we fix the sanitation issue, we cannot compete effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga: Would you consider taking advantage of the opportunities in medical tourism?<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: It is already happening in Ghana but yes once given the nod it is an area to expand.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a question from Ursula Owusu, the nominee Catherine Afeku responds: A presidential musuem for great political leaders to showcase their lives and the little things they used like furniture, clothes etc. This is to honour the lives of Ghana&#8217;s legends.<\/p>\n<p>Nominee is asked about a fraud allegations.<\/p>\n<p>MP: I have never been charged with fraud. I was asked to refund money and a car to a business partner after a simple relationship turned sour. The ruling is being challenged on Appeal in court after fresh evidence was obtained. Throughout this case, no allegation of fraud has been leveled against me.<\/p>\n<p>Tamale South MP Suhuyini: How is Hotel Paradise known to you?<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: It is a group formed together with some of her friends in the US to set up a retirement hotel in the Western region.<\/p>\n<p>Nominee wants to be given permission to allow an expert on local foods to demonstrate the potential of promoting Ghanaian foods. But Chairman disapproves of the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>MP: What will nominee do to promote Ghanaian culture in the lifestyle choices of the youth especialling in the way they dress?<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: We are in a global village so we should fuse Ghanaian culture with global trends.<\/p>\n<p>OB Amoah: What do you think we should do to promote Ghana&#8217;s tourist sites<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: Domestic tourism needs to be encouraged. She will dispatch Chief Directors to tourist sites to find out how the sites are being run.<\/p>\n<p>Akuapem South MP OB Amoah: Section 21 of the Tourism Act talks about the Tourism Dev&#8217;t Fund. Do you have any idea of what the fund has been used for?<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: According to the former government, the fund has GHC16m in investments and another GHC16million sitting with some banks. Some buses were bought and give nto the regional offices.<\/p>\n<p>Bodi MP Sampson Ahi: Tourism and Creatve Arts has no law to regulate the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: There is a bill already in the offing. She will push for the passage of the bill<\/p>\n<p>Sampson Ahi: Tourism infrastructure is problematic. How will nominee help to bridge the huge industry deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: Tourism is the fourth contributor to government revenue and so she will work with ministries such as Water and Sanitation to improve the amenities and address problems like open defecation.<\/p>\n<p>MP: How are you going to enhance the efficient running of hotels<\/p>\n<p>Nominee: The entire service culture in the hospitality industry needs to be changed through training. She pledges to establish a top-notch training institute to improve the culture.<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Afeku is taken through her CV where minor avoidable errors are corrected.<\/p>\n<p>The Appointments Committee of Parliament is vetting Evalue Ajomoro-Gwira MP Catherine Afeku, for the position of Minister for Tourism, Culture and Arts.<\/p>\n<p>This vetting is expected to bring out a controversy surrounding the nominee who has been accused of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Catherine and her husband, Seth Afeku, were directed by an Accra High Court in 2007 to pay $217,464.00 plus 50% interest to a US couple after charges of fraud were brought against them.<\/p>\n<p>The Court, presided over by her Lordship Barbara Ackah-Yensu, ordered Catherine Afeku and her husband to pay the US couple, Patricia and Bill Gick the amount with interest.<\/p>\n<p>Read: NPP&#8217;s Catherine Afeku found guilty of fraud<\/p>\n<p>Afeku and her husband have, however, failed to pay the money, an action which compelled Mr. and Mrs. Gick to file a fifa application at the court to auction both movable and immovable properties of the ex-MP and husband. The court granted the application.<\/p>\n<p>The Evalue-Gwira MP filed an appeal in 2013. The appeal is yet to be heard.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Monday, 6 February 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-02-06 Catherine Afeku, Minister designate for Tourism, Arts and Culture Nominee hypes a plan to promote tourism called the &#8216;Accra Marine Investment Drive&#8217;. It can create 500,00 jobs. Deputy Majority leader Adwoa Safo: Our youths and children are watching telenovela which promotes other foreign cultures. 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