Highlife artiste, Kojo Kinn has advised the masses to lower their expectations for Creatives aspiring to become parliamentarians with regards to helping shape the Creative Arts industry.
2024 general elections promises to see a lot of the young Creatives chasing their dreams in the political field.
John Dumelo, Fred Nuamah, Baba Sadiq Abdulai and Okoto Perry have all picked their forms for the NDC primaries, with the aim of contesting in the 2024 general elections on the tickets of the main opposition party, NDC.
Many have high hopes of seeing a different Creative Arts industry should these Creatives eventually gets the power they’re seeking for.
But according to Entertainment Pundit, Blogger and Highlife artiste, Kojo Kinn, in as much as those interested in the Creative Arts industry can celebrate with such steps from the Creatives, they shouldn’t expect much from them.
“We should be happy a lot of Creatives are aspiring to become MPs because the narrative was different some years back. People were passing derogatory comments on the Creatives who wanted to venture into politics because they weren’t taken serious. If the numbers gets high there(in parliament), they can be on various committees and can give expert knowledge and contributions during discourse.
I think our democracy has evolved and it’s good because some years back, Creatives were being chastised for for declaring their political affiliations. Same thing happened to actor Clement Bonney (Mr Beautiful) and subsequently got sidelined by some movie producers in Kumasi after he came out to declare his affiliation with the National Democratic Congress (NDC)”, he said to Ato Kwamena Otoo D’Gem in an interview on “Connect FM Entertainment Review Show”.
Responding to the query, should much be expected from the Creatives should they get the nod, Kojo Kinn had this to say;
“they may be there on the tickets of their constituencies, hence their constituencies becomes their priorities. They can help other Creatives in their constituencies since they understand the art, but to think they may be there to solve national issues like the royalty payment system in the music industry or will be solving the dwindling of the movie industry, then, we may be expecting too much from them. They will be there as MPs and not Ministers, and their constituencies will be their topmost priority”.
