{"id":58638,"date":"2023-04-17T15:53:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/17\/theres-no-political-will-for-ghanas-culture-and-arts-akunu-dake\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:53:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:53:03","slug":"theres-no-political-will-for-ghanas-culture-and-arts-akunu-dake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/17\/theres-no-political-will-for-ghanas-culture-and-arts-akunu-dake\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s no political will for Ghana\u2019s culture and arts &#8211; Akunu Dake\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Akunu Dake, the Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Development, has blamed the woes of Ghana\u2019s culture and creative industries on the lack of political will on the part of successive government to grow the sector.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dake, who spoke on Joy FM\u2019s<strong>  A-Z<\/strong> on Saturday, April 15, 2023 said things are rather being done on the peripherals instead of paying critical attention to arts and culture.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, people in the arts are doing so well on a daily basis and that the right systems and structures would make the industry a better one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat this country needs and from my own experience in dealing with people in governance is that there is no political will, and I say it bluntly. We\u2019re doing cosmetic things, these kind of adorning things, we are dealing with issues from the peripheral,\u201d he told the host Kwame Dadzie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCulture and the arts have not been mainstreamed. The political will is just not there,\u201d he reiterated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Akunu Dake, however, said giving up is not a better option. He urged stakeholders in the value chain of the sector to continue to mount pressure of the powers that be as the media is doing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Talking about Ghana\u2019s Cultural Policy which received assent in 2004, he doubted if the country was able to implement just 5% of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s useful to move forward but I also think that it is not all the time that we need to re-invent the wheel. We didn\u2019t implement even 5% of the Cultural Policy. How many people in policy and governance saw that cultural policy?\u201d he asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cultural Policy Document is dedicated to the realisation of the vision of the people of Ghana to respect, preserve, harness and use their cultural heritage and resources to develop a united, vibrant and prosperous national community with a distinctive African identity and personality and a collective confidence and pride of place among the comity of nations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CEO-Akunu-Dake.jpg\" alt=\"There\u2019s no political will for Ghana\u2019s culture and arts - Akunu Dake\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-10032294560 lazy\" width=\"811\" height=\"1017\"  data- title=\"There\u2019s no political will for Ghana\u2019s culture and arts - Akunu Dake\u00a0\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Akunu Dake \u2013 CEO of Heritage Development<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Akunu Dake is a Development Consultant with expertise in Project &amp; Events Management and Culture &amp; Tourism Development.<\/p>\n<p>He has immense experience in policy, management, programme, dialogue, and business issues in the domain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A long standing Cultural Icon and Ambassador for Ghana and Africa, he Directed and produced the first and subsequent international cultural festivals titled PANAFEST in Ghana.\u00a0<\/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<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 900\"> Tags: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akunu Dake, the Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Development, has blamed the woes of Ghana\u2019s culture and creative industries on the lack of political will on the part of successive government to grow the sector.\u00a0 Dake, who spoke on Joy FM\u2019s A-Z on Saturday, April 15, 2023 said things are rather being done on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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