{"id":62648,"date":"2023-04-30T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T17:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/30\/a-portion-of-black-stars-money-to-the-arts-could-be-more-beneficial-gary-al-smith\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T17:30:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T17:30:02","slug":"a-portion-of-black-stars-money-to-the-arts-could-be-more-beneficial-gary-al-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/30\/a-portion-of-black-stars-money-to-the-arts-could-be-more-beneficial-gary-al-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"A portion of Black Stars money to the arts could be more beneficial &#8211; Gary Al-Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/3C229734-F8A2-4C9D-8081-0218A7835471.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Ghanaian sports journalist Gary Al-Smith who works at The Multimedia Group has suggested that the country could have greater financial returns if it pays more attention to the arts.<\/p>\n<p>Gary who spoke on Joy FM\u2019s Twitter Spaces show hosted by Kwame Dadzie passed this comment on an earlier submission highlife musician Dada Hafco had made on  is A-Z requesting that the government channels its resources into the arts instead of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting Dada Hafco\u2019s point, the <strong>Joy FM<\/strong>\u2019s Sports Head said the Black Stars have been wasteful in the past years and that if part of the money invested in them is given to the arts and entertainment it would serve the nation better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be one of those who would be probably controversially say that from 2006 till now, perhaps if we had strategically [like Dada Hafco advocates] given a little portion of what we spend on the Black Stars to the entertainment we might have gotten a bit more because the truth be told the return on investment in entertainment has probably been more in terms of direct jobs created, indirect jobs created and putting food on the table of local economies. The Black Stars does not come close for that,\u201d Gary said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost every tournament\u00a0\u00a0we have gone and brought yawa; one scandal after the other, he added.<\/p>\n<p>He, however noted that even in the sports fraternity the Black Stars is top on the priority list.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven in football the Black Stars is always the pampered child. The Black Stars get disproportionate amount of support even to the detriment of other teams,\u201d he noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also on the show Gary advised the stakeholders of the culture and creative industries to be more proactive in lobbying for things they need.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it is one tool the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has used to stay afloat in that regard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Joy Entertainment Unpacked\u2019 airs on Joy FM Twitter Spaces on Wednesdays from 8pm to 10pm.\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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian sports journalist Gary Al-Smith who works at The Multimedia Group has suggested that the country could have greater financial returns if it pays more attention to the arts. 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