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Abla Dzifa Gomashie meets with staff of MOTCCA, calls for close collaboration
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts (MoTCCA) and Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Hon. Abla Dzifa Gomashie, held her first meeting with the Ministry’s Directors and Management Staff on Monday, January 27, 2025, at the Ministry’s Conference room.
The meeting examined ways through which the directorates could work in close collaboration to achieve the sector’s vision of helping to accelerate national development.
She made staff aware of her expectations and how she would ensure that necessary training and capacity building was given to staff to enable them to work better and achieve the sector’s goal and mandate.
The meeting, therefore, sought to request the support and collaboration of all staff to enable the sector to achieve the needed progress and development.
In response, the Director in charge of Human Resource Management and Ag. Chief Director at the Ministry, Mr Vittus Otto Langmagne, on behalf of the staff, reaffirmed their dedication to working with her to achieve the desired goals of making Ghana a preferred tourism destination in the West African sub-region.
National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Executive Committee member and Volta River Authority (VRA) Board Member, Wonder Victor Kutor, has described calls for the resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as premature and unjustified.
He argued that there was no evidence to establish that the minister had committed any wrongdoing to warrant such demands.
Speaking on Joy News in Accra on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Mr Kutor questioned what had changed to justify the growing calls for the minister to step down.
He recalled that the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, had earlier indicated that the opposition was not accusing Mr Ablakwa of any wrongdoing.
Mr Kutor, therefore, challenged those demanding the minister’s resignation to provide fresh evidence to support their position.
“The call for the Minister to resign is premature, it is untenable. There is no evidence. I mean, what has he done wrong?” he questioned.
He added that documents, including boarding passes, airline receipts and flight manifests relating to the minister’s return journey, had been provided.
Mr Kutor expressed concern that the calls for Mr Ablakwa’s resignation could discourage young politicians from speaking out against corruption and advocating transparency.
According to him, politicians should not be targeted or maligned for demanding accountability, warning that such treatment could create the impression that speaking against corruption could later become a liability when one is appointed to public office.
He maintained that calling for accountability and transparency should not be used as grounds to target public officials without evidence of wrongdoing.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana will host the Africa Festival of Arts, Culture and Creatives (AFESTAC) 2026 alongside Industrial Skills Week Africa (ISWA) 2026 in Accra from December 9 to 12, 2026.
On the back of these programmes, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on corporate Ghana, the media and the general public to support the initiative through partnerships, sponsorships and active participation.
The events, supported by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), will bring together stakeholders to celebrate Africa’s rich cultural heritage, strengthen the creative economy, promote industrial skills development and create employment opportunities for young people.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
