Dzifa Abla Gomashie, the Member of Parliament for Ketu South, has, through a Thought Leadership Forum organised by Onua FM, disclosed how she migrated from creative arts into politics.
Sharing her story, she disclosed how she aided the ratification of some regulations that aided the birth of the Creative Art law which is currently regulating the country.
The lawmaker says she had gone to meet then Minister of Information, John Dramani Mahama, and discussed with him how they could make the industry vibrant with government’s support.
Following his election as President of the Republic, Madam Gomashie says the first task they were given by the former President was to develop a legal framework for the industry which they drafted for the Attorney-General’s approval.
Speaking on the theme; Women in Politics and their Impact on Governance, the Ketu South MP disclosed how they got UNESCO to ratify some of the laws for the creative arts industry before the enactment of the Act which was approved in December 2020.
It was through that that she entered into politics and became a Member of Parliament.
“John Mahama tasked us to develop a legal framework for the Creative Arts industry when we first met him after he became President. We had earlier met him when he was the Minister of Information so we only went to remind him of the discussion we had with him earlier.
“So, per the provision in the Constitution, we were supposed to show to the Attorney-General to approve what has been done. The purpose of the legal framework was to ensure the government wouldn’t shirk its responsibility on matter relating to creative arts. Creative Arts has a mother body which is UNESCO and there were some laws that needed to be ratified.
“I spoke to the late Mawuena Dumor, who was at GIPC at the time and she connected me to then French ambassador, Swanika who helped us to ratify all the 7 laws. That paved way for things like the renovation of the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum,” she disclosed.
The programme also hosted Oheneyere Gifty Anti, a renowned broadcaster and Nana Yaa Jantuah, a former General Secretary of the CPP.
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