The a collective of arts stakeholders, beneath the identify Affiliation of Ghanaian Creatives, is petitioning President John Dramani Mahama to revoke the appointments of Kafui Danku and James Gardiner to the Nationwide Movie Authority (NFA).
Kafui Danku has been appointed because the Government Secretary of the NFA, with James Gardiner serving as her Deputy. Nevertheless, in a Change.org petition, the Affiliation of Ghanaian Creatives is requesting that the President think about different candidates for these positions.
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The petition asserts that each Kafui and James lack the required competence for these roles.
The petition reads:
We, the undersigned members of the Affiliation of Ghanaian Creatives, urge the federal government to nominate certified, visionary management on the NFA. The establishment should be helmed by a technocrat with deep business information, supported by a board of skilled artistic professionals who can steer the sector towards revitalization and world competitiveness.
The group additional emphasizes;
Neither Kafui Danku nor James Gardiner possesses the business expertise or experience required to steer such a significant establishment. Their backgrounds, restricted to low-budget productions and social media branding, fall woefully in need of the strategic imaginative and prescient wanted to navigate Ghana’s movie sector towards progress.
In addition they identified that:
The appointment of an underqualified CEO alerts a departure from excellence, significantly when contrasted with the legacy of Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante, a Harvard-trained business chief who introduced groundbreaking initiatives to the NFA and efficiently brokered distribution offers with main gamers like MTN.
Others names urged to President Mahama
As options, the group has urged a number of skilled movie professionals to President Mahama for the roles, together with:
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George Bosompin (Nationwide Movie Institute, GAFTA)
Jim Awindor (Movie and tv strategist)
Akofa Edjeani Asiedu (Veteran filmmaker and coverage maker)
Professor Linus Abraham (Media and communication professional)
Akosua Abdallah (Movie training and coverage professional)
Ms. Nicole Amarteifio (Pioneering filmmaker and business advocate)
