Ghanaian Afro-pop artist, Stonebwoy has asked the government to support the creative arts industry in Ghana.

The dancehall artiste made his request directly to the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in a live Instagram session urging government to support the Creative Arts Industry if the country’s current crop of artistes does not want to end up like their predecessors.

Stonebwoy highlighted the effects coronavirus have had on the industry, and how it effects has affected most artistes due to unforeseen challenges foretelling that most artistes would go hungry if not supported by the government.

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He pleaded with the information minister to intervene as most artistes have been cut off from shows - their major source of funds, which is practically their backbone in the industry. 

"We are hungry and the COVID-19 has also exposed how vulnerable we are as creatives. We cannot go anywhere and the shows that we benefit from albeit not regularly are not coming so things have been difficult. We have seen our predecessors and we will not want to end up like them. You see their photos and you get scared that if care is not taken and the right systems are not put in place, we will end up like them,”

He asked the government to intervene since the Coronavirus does not look like it'll end anytime soon.

The minister agreed that it was time for the government to intervene and promised to look into the issues to see the things that could be done to alleviate the burdens placed on creativity in the industry.