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Fund for aged musicians irrelevant – Okraku-Mantey

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  • Gm 7 years ago

    all we need is a better social security system to cater for the aged not only for creative art industry. every single person is important. how much can a man save to take care of him during retirement?

  • SP 7 years ago

    Mark, you don't know what the future holds please be mindful of your comments

  • ak.USA 7 years ago

    there should be something like Medicaid and medicare which take care of individual in the society if you qualify in the time of needs. money is collected by the governmemt from individual pay from each pay check.some Ghanaian ...
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  • BENE1 7 years ago

    I am with u on this one mark, people need to learn how not to be dependent on anyone because at the end of the day the person u are depending on has he/her on issues to attend to. please let us all learn how to save when we c ...
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  • zeus 7 years ago

    This stupid okraku mantey is always taking nonsense. You think your all that fool!

  • Andrew Naija 7 years ago

    Attack the argument not the person. He's absolutely right. Showbiz is not the civil service and entertainers deserve no pension. Structures should rather be in place for them to earn more from their art and that's exactly wha ...
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  • Setho 7 years ago

    I am on your side, musicians of today don't save, they only buy cars and clothes and also chilling with their girlfriends forgetting about tomorrow. Sarkodie, shata wale and co should listen and invest.

  • ScHoly 7 years ago

    Mark should first ask how much the older folkers made in their time. Even those around today are not making anything much, with the exception of few. The success of some few people must not be mistaken and generalised.

  • Dan 7 years ago

    So should we set up a fund for aged teachers too since they also didn't make much in their time?? Should we set up a fund for drivers?? i think we can only help but setting up a fund, i doubt it is a good example to set...

  • KWAME ACHI ( LONDON) 7 years ago

    I DO NOT THINK TAX PAYERS MUST CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY TOWARDS THE MUSICIANS OR ARTIST OLD AGES .MY ADVISE TODAY IS PLEASE START PUTTING MONEY SOMEWHERE BEFORE YOU BROOK .REDUCE THE SPENDING AND START INVEST YOUR MONEY NOW BE ...
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