Rex Omar, the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) spokesperson on creative arts, has stated that politicians in Ghana do not take creatives seriously because they seek money for everything they do.
According to him, it is past time for Ghanaian creatives who have stated their support for specific political parties to learn to make sacrifices in order to bring their party to power.
Rex Omar made this statement while speaking on Accra-based United Television and reacting to how much they were paid for organizing the NDC meeting with creatives in Kumasi.
“If we want politicians to take us seriously in Ghana…any time we get to the political season, whatever creatives do, they want to be paid. If they produce music, they want to be paid; if they do something for the party, they want to be paid.
But if that is what we will do, then what is our contribution to whatever political party we are a part of? The politicians who are campaigning are using their own monies to fund their campaigns.
If you want to come to power it takes some sacrifices and effort so the event we organized no one gave us any money. We brought people from Accra to the event. We brought people from Sunyani and other places. It was through the organization that H.E John Mahama respected our effort and came to speak at the event,” he said.
Source: Dklassgh.Com