The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia revealed during the party’s manifesto launch in Takoradi on Sunday August 19, 2024 that, creatives in Ghana will enjoy special travel privileges under his presidency.
At the Ghana Secondary Technical School in Takoradi, the NPP highlights the need to give people in the Culture and Creative industries travel protocol service.
Dr. Bawumia mentioned that his government if elected will “establish a Travel Protocol Service (TPS) for the creative community, to enable artistes, performers, and other creatives, honour international performances and shows.”
The manifesto also reiterates some of the promises made earlier by their Presidential Candidate Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia during his lecture at the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) on February 7, 2024.
They have promised to “use tax incentives, including a flat tax, to incentivise private sector investments in sports, tourism, and creative arts facilities” and to “implement an e-visa policy for all international visitors to Ghana, to make visa acquisition fast and convenient for visitors.”
They party also intends to “roll out a visa-free policy for all nationals of African and Caribbean countries visiting Ghana” and “establish, in partnership with the private sector, a streaming and digital management platform for Ghanaian content developers in the creative arts.”
In their 2020 manifesto, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to “construct one of the biggest convention and exhibition centres in the world at the Ghana Trade Fair Company site, La and “set up the Creative Arts Fund to support artistes.”
It was also promised that “in addition to completing the theatre in Kumasi, we will construct new theatres in Takoradi and Tamale.”
In their quest to help promote the movie industry, they planned to provide recording studios for the music industry.
“Given that our artistes do not have the capital to set up studios, we will, as part of the entrepreneurial hubs strategy, establish, in partnership with the private sector, large recording studios in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Takoradi. Recording artistes can rent space to do their recordings in these studios,” they indicated in the manifesto.
Lastly, they intended to “build a digital platform for artistes to make their products available to the global market.”
