{"id":73179,"date":"2023-06-03T11:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T11:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/03\/actors-remuneration-cant-build-east-legon-house-ekow-smith-alleges\/"},"modified":"2023-06-03T11:22:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T11:22:27","slug":"actors-remuneration-cant-build-east-legon-house-ekow-smith-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/03\/actors-remuneration-cant-build-east-legon-house-ekow-smith-alleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors\u2019 Remuneration Can\u2019t Build East Legon House \u2013 Ekow Smith Alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Actor Ekow Smith Asante is alleging that the salaries paid to actors in Ghana are not substantial enough to afford them to buy houses in prime residential areas like the East Legon.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the industry does not pay much, alleging that actors can only own houses in such an area through favour from rich people.<\/p>\n<p>Ekow made the allegation while speaking in an interview with Speaking to Fiifi Pratt on Kingdom FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think building a house in East Legon would be difficult. 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