The Restorative Seed Society (RSS), a non-governmental organisation based in the Upper East Region, with sponsorship package from KGL Foundation is to build the capacity of Cultural Musicians in Upper East Region in Digital marketing Training Skills.
The eight-month Project, dubbed “Cultural Music Project,” which is targeting 30 young men and women from Bolgatanga Municipal, Bongo and Nabdam District to equip them and enhance their skills for maximum benefit.
The project which is also expected to empower the beneficiaries to be hooked into the digital world to market their cultural talents and that of the region to both the local and international markets, is also supposed to provide entrepreneurship training and Business Support Services to the Cultural Musicians in the area.
The Executive Director of the RSS, Mr Hillary Adongo, who disclosed this in a speech read for him by the Project Coordinator, Mensah Lomo, at stakeholders’ forum in Bolgatanga on Friday, stressed that Cultural Music when given special attention can boost the growth of the local economy.
“The sector needs more investment to unlock its potentials to pave the way for it to contribute its quota effectively to national development. The sector when given the necessary support has the potentials of generating employment for the teaming youth who are looking for employment,” the Executive Director stressed.
The forum which attracted stakeholders made up of Directors from the Department of Culture, the National Youth Authority, Ghana Youth Employment Agency, Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) and the Media was aimed at briefing the participants about the project implementation and to seek for inputs from them on how to complement the project effectively to achieve positive results.
The stakeholders expressed their readiness to support the implementation of the project and
mentioned some of the challenges confronting Cultural Musicians in the region as lack of producers, violation of the copyright laws and the failure of most Radio stations to log in the songs of musicians to generate income for the Musician.
The Regional Chairman of MUSIGA, Mr Richard Abanga, stated that comparatively the Upper East Region was one of the regions that was well endowed with cultural musicians and reiterated that the major problem confronting them was lack of producers to help push them forward.
The Facilitator of the Programme, Mr Patrick Anamoo, who expressed happiness about the rich inputs made by the participants for the project implementation, gave the assurance that the project would always rely on them as major implementing partners.
FROM SAMUEL AKAPULE, BOLGATANGA
The post Cultural musicians in UE/R build capacity on digital marketing appeared first on Ghanaian Times.