We have recently seen an influx of members of the creative arts industry venturing into active politics with the likes of John Dumelo. The creative arts industry is crucial to the socioeconomic development of the country. We must therefore embrace devoted individuals who seek to bring about positive changes in the country through leadership and service a nod at local governance.
The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts, Mark Okraku Mante is preparing himself to contest for the Eastern Region’s Ayensuano Constituency Parliamentary seat.
Mark Okraku Mantey has started launching several interventions in the constituency towards the upcoming Parliamentary Primaries of the ruling New Patriotic Party to win over the delegates. Teddy Safori Addi of the opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) assumed the Ayensuano Parliamentary seat from the ruling NPP.
In the 2020 parliamentary elections, the incumbent Samuel Ayeh Paye was defeated by the current NDC MP.
The founder and CEO of Slip Mark Entertainment predicted that he would win the seat back for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), which had held the seat for the past 20 years.
The former TV3 Mentor judge is hopeful about winning the seat. He intimated that he had lived in the Ayensuano constituency prior to his rise to stardom and he believes that his people won’t let him down if he is chosen to lead the party in the constituency.
To add to his credits, Mr Mantey mentioned that he had worked hard and selflessly in his political career these past years and that he was not counting on his popularity alone to win the seat. He also promised to form solidarity within the party to regain its popularity and restore its seat. Leadership at all levels requires dedication and expertise.
Serving as the Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, I am sure that Mr Okraku has acquired the necessary experience to lead his people at the constituency level. He also has a background in leadership and governance and has leverage on grassroots participation. These put him in a “good spot” for the seat. Will the people however give him the nod at the approaching parliamentary elections? We can only wait.
Priscilla Fumadorh
Priscilla is an entrepreneur and a creative communicator who loves to communicate through writing. She is passionate about national economic issues and does not miss a chance to offer her opinions on them for the good of the country.