Artist manager and showbiz critic Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson popularly called Bulldog has berated the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry over an appointment of an ambassador for year of return.
Micheal Owusu Addo known in the showbiz fraternity as Sarkodie was recently named the Ambassador for Ghana’s “Year of Return”.
The announcement was made on Wednesday by the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Madam Barbara Oteng Gyasi, at the Ghana Creative Industry Forum 2019 at the National Theatre.
However, Bulldog believes the announcement was out of place and that the ministry should have known better.
According to the CEO of Bullhaus Entertainment, the ministry should not have only named the Tema-based rapper as the ambassador because every Ghanaian artiste represents Ghana globally.
“Every artiste in Ghana deserves the ambassadorial role because they all represent Ghana. Let me say that Sarkodie’s Year Of Return ambassadorial announcement was out of place. The announcement shouldn’t have been at the forum.” he said in an interview on Zylofon FM.
Bulldog, who doubles as the manager for dancehall and raggae artist Shatta Wale stated that the timing of the coronation was even wrong.
“You don’t single one person out at a forum to say this person is the one who sells Ghana most. The essence of the forum was to revive the music industry. They should have held a separate ceremony for the announcement”, Bulldog stated.
The ”Year of Return” was proclaimed by President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo as Ghana commemorates 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in the USA and also celebrates the resilience of the African spirit.
