Mark Okraku Mantey has stated that he could not believe that the whole of Ghana's entertainment industry could ever come together to support one of their own.

The music producer said this concerning the ongoing campaign to get him nominated for the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture position on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's new cabinet.

As the former head of the Creative Arts Council during President Akufo-Addo’s first term, he explained that he has firsthand experience of industry players deliberately pulling down one of their own for no apparent reason.

This he said is the modus operandi in Ghana; as the normal is for Ghanaians to always try and look for the downfall of their own people.

“I’m surprised because I had the perception that this industry does not like their own,” he said while mentioning that even Sadiq Abdullai and Rex Omar who were spokespersons for the opposition National Democratic Congress on Creative Arts during the 2020 elections are in support of the campaign.

“They all support me. You’ve seen how people have supported me, showed me, love… This industry is gradually becoming one.”

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He said this n Hitz FM’s Daybreak Hitz, Monday, January 25, 2021

Even though a few still oppose his candidacy for no prominent reason, including NDC’s Ola Michael, who said he is not the right person for that portfolio, he is optimistic, because he feels the unity is now gradually becoming apparent.

“As you enter the leadership space, you should train yourself that a lot of people will disagree with you. For me, when I saw the shot of Ola, I said it’s all good. Ola is one person we did things with at the council. If he says the council didn’t do anything, I wonder if the bill was not passed,” he commented while stating he will not be disappointed if he is ‘swerved’.

“The power is not in my hands, it’s in the hands of one man in the Jubilee House. I shouldn’t get disappointed because, in politics, people go for elections and loose,” he asserted. “I qualify to be that person but again, the power is not in my hands, the president means well so every decision he’d take, I’ll accept because he means well.

“I hear the president is looking for somebody who will take the creative part of the ministry and that’s why people are pushing for me.”He noted.