{"id":25799,"date":"2023-03-08T14:58:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/08\/the-creative-industry-is-a-huge-gold-mine-sadiq-abdulai-abu\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:58:50","slug":"the-creative-industry-is-a-huge-gold-mine-sadiq-abdulai-abu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/08\/the-creative-industry-is-a-huge-gold-mine-sadiq-abdulai-abu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creative Industry Is A Huge Gold Mine \u2013 Sadiq Abdulai Abu |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- related --><\/p>\n<p><!-- related --><\/p>\n<p>Sadiq Abdulai Abu, former CEO of 3Media Networks and candidate for the Okaikoi Central seat in parliament, has intimated that the creative sector may provide significant wealth for the nation if it is correctly handled.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the government shouldn\u2019t play about with the business because it has the capacity to support economic development while speaking on Adom TV\u2019s Showtyme with Andy Dosty.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the creative industries create work for millions of people in other countries, so they should be fully exploited.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\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<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Eugene Osafo-Nkansah\/ <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\"><\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. 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