"Creative industry is no place for drop outs"

The acting Eastern Regional Director of Centre for
National Culture(CNC), Rev. Stephen Ebo Kessie,
said the creative industry is no longer a place for
school drop outs.
The industry now requires high sense of intelligence
and skills to enable one to excel, he said, adding
that, young people in the industry needed to be
nurtured to maturity to bring the best out of them.
Rev. Kessie was speaking at the opening of a three-
day Joy Industries Basic Schools Drama and
Poetry Festival, which was organized under the
theme "nurturing and directing young talents toward
nation building" at Koforidua.
He explained that the three days festival will be able
to unearth the latent talents of the young
participants who could be nurtured for them to
become great writers, poets and actors.
He advised the children to take their studies serious
and put an end to the unnecessary internet usage
but rather visit the library to read to broaden their
knowledge.
Mr Andy Agbemehia, a representative of the New
Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, said the youth
who were the future leaders of the country needed
to be adequately prepared through diverse
knowledge and skill acquisition.
He called on parents and teachers to play their role
to ensure that, the youth got the moral upbringing
that instilled discipline in them.
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Mr Agbemehia called for better equipment of young
people with skills to enable them respond to the
ever changing world.
Madam Esther Otu, Deputy Municipal Director of
Education, said nations with appropriate human
resource were able to develop faster because they
were able to effectively utilize their resources and
also take advantage of the natural resources of
other nations.
She explained that, it is therefore necessary to
identify, develop and direct all talents of the young
ones toward nation building and called for concerted
efforts of all stakeholders.
Madam Otu urged parents and teachers to identify
the talents of young people and advised them not to
look down on any talent.
She urged co-operate bodies, institutions and the
state to take the responsibility to provide
opportunities for the young ones to showcase their
talents.
Mr Ofosu Kwakye of the Ghana Education Service,
Koforidua, said drama was part of one’s culture that
seeks to reshape one’s lives.
The festival has 11 basic schools from the
municipality participating and the schools would be
performing poetry recital and drama.
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