Data collection is currently ongoing to measure the strength and weaknesses of film industry, Citi Showbiz has learnt.
In wake of this, the Minister for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Catherine Afeku, has tasked the President for Film Directors Guild of Ghana (FDDG), Richard Boateng, embark on this assignment.
In a statement signed by the minister, Richard Boateng popularly known as Mr. India will go to all 10 regions of the country to collate accurate data and information for the industry.
According to Mr Boateng, the ministry does not have any documents or accurate data to serve as a base to support the industry effectively.
“Apart from the Creative Art Bill drafted in 2015, there are no accurate documents on the Ghanaian film industry,” he observed, adding that there is a cultural policy, but it had not been effective and operational.
He also added that the data collection exercise started in the latter part of last year in the Volta Region, acknowledging that the region has potential in maximizing revenue in the film industry.
His report is a pilot project for the entire database collection exercise for the creative sector.
The database collection would serve as a fundamental document that the ministry will use to plan for the country as far as tourism and creative arts are concerned.
In the Budget Statement read before parliament on Wednesday, 15th November, 2017, the Mr. of Finance, Ken Ofori Attah promised that government would conduct feasibility studies to make room for the establishment a Creative Arts Fund in 2018.
“Government will continue its initiatives to improve the Creative Arts sector with the establishment of a fully functional Creative Arts Secretariat and the commencement of feasibility studies to set up a Creative Arts Fund,” he stated.
Meanwhile some stakeholders of the creative industry have raised doubt about the capability of Richard Boateng to conduct the research.
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By: Kwame Dadzie/citifmonline.com/Ghana