In consultation with the council of state, President Nana Akuffo-Addo has appointed
Veteran actor, David Dontoh, as the Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Film Authority.
The newly constituted board’s main goal is to develop and regulate the nation’s film industry.
The National Film Authority has 14-members which includes; the Chief Executive of the Authority, Madam Juliet Asante, Madam Yaa Attafua, Madam Josephine Ohene Osei, Mrs. Dora Darkwa-Mensah, Dr. Samuel Anyetei Nai, and Mr. Samuel Fiscian.
The others are Zakaria Abdulai, Kofi Nartey, Madam Akorfa Ejeani, Kofi Owusu, Mrs. Rukiyata Ankrah, Samuel Gyandoh, and Ernest Boateng.
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has assured Film stakeholders she will do all she can to get it done by the end of 2019.
The Minister indicated noted that creating a National Film Authority will help spearhead the development of the industry and make it more vibrant to meet international standards.
According to the Minister, the huge potential in Film making which will lead to job creation and make Ghana a film location and thereby enhancing tourism will be unearthed.
She said the Authority which will serve as a regulatory body as far as Film making is concern and provide the legal framework for the production, regulation, nurturing and development of the Ghanaian film industry, and for the distribution, exhibition and marketing of films and related matters.
The government has announced the construction of an ultra-modern Film Production Studio in 2019.
The construction of the studio, according to the government, will attract the international film community to Ghana.
This was contained in the Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the 2019 Financial Year presented by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to Parliament.
The construction of the studio will come as good news for the movie industry considering the massive uproar after the government, in 1996, sold 70% of its equity in the Ghana Film Industry.
Source: Kofi Atakora
