{"id":431491,"date":"2017-10-23T20:10:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T20:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/23\/appointment-of-tourism-ambassadors-discriminatory-film-maker\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T20:10:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T20:10:44","slug":"appointment-of-tourism-ambassadors-discriminatory-film-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/23\/appointment-of-tourism-ambassadors-discriminatory-film-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of tourism ambassadors discriminatory &#8211; Film maker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Monday, 23 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42171083.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mensah Vega\" title=\"Mensah Vega\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Godwin Mensah Vegaz<\/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=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508789444_58_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Filmmaker, Godwin Mensah Vegaz popularly known as DJ Vegaz has accused the Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister of being discriminatory in the appointment of tourism ambassadors.<\/p>\n<p>He said the failure of Catherine Afeku to make any film crew an ambassador speaks of her &#8220;total&#8221; disregard for those behind movies in the country. &#8220;These are the things that weaken the industry,&#8221; he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>The Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister in September unveiled 30 Ambassadors at an event to spearhead the \u201cSee Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana, Feel Ghana\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassadors cut across different sectors and they include musicians, actors, radio presenters, Disc Jockeys (DJ) and Bloggers.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Afeku charged them to promote the country at the domestic and international levels to boost the tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>But DJ Vegaz said the Minister did not appoint any of the film crew as an ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If it wasn&#8217;t intentional, the Minister should immediately appoint some of the film crew,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Monday, 23 October 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-10-23 Godwin Mensah Vegaz &#13; Filmmaker, Godwin Mensah Vegaz popularly known as DJ Vegaz has accused the Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister of being discriminatory in the appointment of tourism ambassadors. 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