{"id":25569,"date":"2023-03-07T23:08:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T23:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/07\/creative-industry-is-a-huge-gold-mine-sadiq-abdulai-abu\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T23:08:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T23:08:48","slug":"creative-industry-is-a-huge-gold-mine-sadiq-abdulai-abu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/07\/creative-industry-is-a-huge-gold-mine-sadiq-abdulai-abu\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative industry is a huge gold mine \u2013 Sadiq Abdulai\u00a0Abu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sadiq-Abdulai-Abu-CEO-of-3Music-Network.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Former CEO of 3Media Networks and parliamentary hopeful for Okaikoi Central, Sadiq Abdulai Abu, has said that the creative industry can generate enormous revenue for the country if it is carefully managed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Adom TV<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Showtyme with Andy Dosty<\/strong>, he stated that government should not toy with the industry since it has the potential to support economic development.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that elsewhere, the creative sectors are creating jobs for millions of people, hence it should be milked to the core.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe creative industry has the potential to generate about $5b. It doesn\u2019t have to be toyed with. We have to empower it. Multimedia alone is a part of the creative industry, you are employing about 1,000 people directly and others indirectly, so which government wouldn\u2019t want to create that?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"68EAAithbbY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The creative industry is a huge gold mine - Baba Sadiq Abdulai\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/68EAAithbbY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe creative industry can help with employment. You are not required always to have a super experience. Now photographers don\u2019t charge cheaply,\u201d Mr Abu said.<\/p>\n<p>The parliamentary aspirant in the upcoming NDC primaries, said he is poised to change the dynamics in the creative arts sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CEO of 3Media Networks and parliamentary hopeful for Okaikoi Central, Sadiq Abdulai Abu, has said that the creative industry can generate enormous revenue for the country if it is carefully managed. 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