Famend actress and former Executive Secretary of the National Film Authority (NFA), Juliet Yaa Asante, has disclosed that the Financial institution of Ghana withdrew funds from the NFA’s accounts on the finish of final yr.
Asante defined that the cash had been particularly raised to arrange an workplace and purchase a car for the National Film Authority.
The little cash I managed to safe for an workplace and a automotive was taken from the accounts by the Financial institution of Ghana earlier than we might make the required purchases, she revealed.
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In an emotional social media put up on Sunday, 2 March 2025, Asante opened up in regards to the quite a few struggles she confronted whereas serving because the NFA’s Govt Secretary. She revealed that when she took on the position, she had no workplace, no crew, and no official car to assist her work.
Past monetary setbacks, Asante additionally endured verbal and sexual harassment throughout her tenure.
I recall a selected day when I discovered myself trapped between two male superiors. One bodily lifted me and pushed me into the arms of the opposite, insisting that I hug him, she recounted.
She additionally spoke about going through relentless on-line and offline abuse, recalling a interval of two weeks the place she was subjected to steady insults throughout three separate WhatsApp teams.
Regardless of her tough experiences, Asante prolonged her congratulations to Kafui Danku, the newly appointed Govt Secretary of the NFA.
She urged the federal government to make sure higher working circumstances for Danku, together with offering workplace area and a car, so she wouldn’t must face the identical struggles.
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Please present Kafui with an workplace and a automotive so she will perform her duties effectively and never be pressured to conduct authorities enterprise from her front room, as I needed to, she appealed.
Kafui Danku-Pitcher has been appointed as the brand new Govt Secretary of the Nationwide Movie Authority (NFA)
Ghanaian actress Kafui Danku-Pitcher has been appointed as the brand new Govt Secretary of the National Film Authority (NFA) Ghana with James Gardiner appointed as her deputy. Mrs Danku-Pitcher is a extremely completed filmmaker, entrepreneur, and creator with a powerful observe document within the inventive arts. Nevertheless, her achievements prolong far past the leisure trade.
