Entertainment pundit Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo has questioned calls for the government to build a dedicated museum in honour of legendary Ghanaian musician Daddy Lumba.

Speaking on UTV’s United Showbiz on August 9, 2026, Arnold argued that the responsibility of establishing a private museum for an individual artiste should primarily rest with the artiste’s family.

According to him, the government cannot reasonably be expected to build museums for every prominent Ghanaian artiste, particularly when the country has several influential musicians and creative personalities whose legacies also deserve recognition.

“It’s not the government’s responsibility to build a private museum for every individual artiste. He can’t even keep up because if you say he should build Daddy Lumba’s own, he has to do for Osibisa and others too,” he said.

Arnold explained that the family of an artiste stands to benefit most from a private museum and should therefore take the lead in establishing such a facility.

“At the end of the day, they’re the biggest beneficiaries and if they should make the museum, what the government can do is to partner,” he stated.

The entertainment pundit, however, stressed that government still has an important role to play by creating an enabling environment for private-sector investments in the creative industry.

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He noted that a well-developed private museum dedicated to Daddy Lumba could attract tourists and generate economic activity in areas such as transportation, hospitality and taxation.

“If we put the private museum for Daddy Lumba and it’s big, when someone is coming from abroad, there’s air transportation, road transportation and the hotel business will go high. There’s a tax element that the government will get from the private sector,” he explained.

Despite the potential economic benefits, Arnold maintained that government should not take direct responsibility for constructing a private museum dedicated to one artiste.

He pointed instead to Ghana’s existing National Museum as the appropriate institution for preserving and showcasing the country’s collective creative and cultural heritage.

“We have a National Museum, which is supposed to cater to all of us as citizens and every industry must be represented,” he shared.

He further called on relevant state institutions, including the National Commission on Culture and the Creative Arts Agency, to play their expected roles in promoting Ghana’s creative heritage.

“The agencies that are under the ministries, like the National Commission on Culture and Creative Arts Agency, are the ones who are supposed to step in,” he noted.

For Arnold, the priority should be to strengthen existing national institutions and use them to properly document and showcase Ghana’s music, arts and cultural heritage rather than establishing government-funded private museums for individual artistes.

“But thinking of building a private museum doesn’t sit well with me. What we have already is what we should focus on in showcasing our creative industry, culture and arts,” he added.

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— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) August 9, 2026