Speaking on the state of the creative arts sector under the Akufo-Addo administration, Mr. Okraku-Mantey admitted that the processes involved in taking a decision in governance could frustrate officials especially if they have not received any form of tuition or orientation on how different the system is compared to running a private business.
Speaking on the passage of the creative arts bill on Hitz FM’s Daybreak, he said: “The creative arts bill has gone back and forth. The last but one meeting was on changing from a council to an agency.”
Andy Dosty asked; “As president of the creative arts council, do you get frustrated that these things are not working? It’s supposed to be fast-tracked.”
“My luck was that when we came to power in 2016, I did my masters around the same time. And I did leadership and governance. What you think you want to see done, the people at the ministry also have a different orientation. They’re for everyone; they’re for every party. There’s a way they operate; you cannot change it. If it must change, it must go to Parliament.
“So as for the frustration, people like Socrate, that’s why he talks the way he talks sometimes. He is heavily frustrated because he has not had the opportunity to learn before. But some of us have had practical people in our classroom to teach us. So for me, even if the frustration comes, I’m able to contain and tolerate because I have a rough idea of how some of these things happen,” Okraku-Mantey answered.
