{"id":437635,"date":"2017-11-15T20:30:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T20:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/government-targets-creative-arts-fund-in-2018-budget\/"},"modified":"2017-11-15T20:30:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T20:30:31","slug":"government-targets-creative-arts-fund-in-2018-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/government-targets-creative-arts-fund-in-2018-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Government targets Creative Arts Fund in 2018 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/99188816.295.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Ken Ofori Atta 2018 Budget\" title=\"Happy Ken Ofori Atta 2018 Budget\" width=\"295\" height=\"160\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151057541695353\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151057541695353\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1510777831_654_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the government has laid down plans of establishing the Creative Arts Fund in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He made this revelation in his presentation of the 2018 budget statement to parliament on Wednesday, 15th November, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment will continue its initiatives to improve the Creative Arts sector with the establishment of a fully functional Creative Arts Secretariat and the commencement of feasibility studies to set up a Creative Arts Fund,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister also talked about government\u2019s plans to continue \u2018See Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana and Feel Ghana\u2019 programme, which was launched this year, in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Even though, he did not mention how much has been allocated for the sector, he was hopeful this will improve the Creative Arts Sector, boost the local economy and create awareness about the Ghanaian heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The establishment of the Creative Arts Fund, is among the major manifesto promises of the ruling New Patriotic Party on Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts.<\/p>\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>Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the government has laid down plans of establishing the Creative Arts Fund in 2018. 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