Let’s establish creative Arts University – Ibrahim Nay

Mr Ibrahim Nay, a research Officer with the Copyrights-Ghana, has called on the government to establish universities of Creative Arts to save the industry from extinction.

He indicated that the university will be the seedbed of potential ideas for socio-economic development and imbue in graduate the entrepreneurial skills to generate employment.

Speaking to Ghana News Agency in Kumasi on Monday, Mr Nay stressed on the need to save the arts industry from cultural adulteration by sustaining and promoting the sector with science and technology to respond to modern cultural trends.

The copyright advocate noted that the university will increase the manpower need of the country and transfer technology through patenting, licensing, incubation and entrepreneurial ethos to enhance development.

He advocated for the creation of a national fund to support industry players for research, innovation and excellence in creativity to attract more youth into the industry and bridge the gap between academia and industry to reflect believes, customs and traditions of Ghanaians.

“There is no strong emergence of a vibrant creative economy to improve and advance the creative arts industry,” Mr Nay said.

He debunked the notion of associating arts works with fetishism and spiritualism and said it was the only asserts of the nation which was unadulterated.

The copyright advocate questioned the seeming neglect of the industry by professionals and called for strategic national policy geared towards exposing the youth to indigenous cultures.

The Ministry should live up to its billing of providing a firm, stable policy environment for effective mainstreaming of the Ghanaian culture in all aspect of national life, he added.