The
much-anticipated People's Choice Awards Ghana 2015 which will be held
in Accra in March next year has been launched in Accra at the Coconut
Grove Regency Hotel in Accra.
The
People's Choice Awards Ghana is a scheme which seeks to award and
celebrate individuals and organisations which have contributed as well
as those that continue to excel in their various fields towards the
development of the Ghanaian arts and entertainment industry.
The
event was attended by the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and
Creative Arts, Dzifa Gomashie, the Deputy Minister for Local Government,
Nii Lante Vanderpuye, representatives of the title sponsors of the
awards, GN Bank (formerly First National Savings & Loans),
executives from corporate Ghana as well as other personalities in the
Ghanaian telecommunications industry.
The
special guest at the event, Dzifa Gomashie, highlighted the role of
government to ensure the development of culture, tourism and the arts
industry in Ghana.
Speaking
at the event, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Spyder Lee
Entertainment, organisers of the awards, Edwin Kweku Edinkrah,
elaborated on the essence of introducing the scheme, adding that 'at a
time when the arts and showbiz fraternity is becoming a lucrative
industry in other parts of the world, it is only appropriate to
introduce initiatives which will challenge us to be able to compete
globally. Hence, this awards scheme is to showcase our intent and
ingenuity to encourage players in the industry.'
The
public can from now to December 31, 2014 send the names of their
favourite celebrities who excelled between August 2013 and August 2014
to the shortcode 1446 on MTN, Vodafone and Airtel to be part of the
awards.
The
nominees would be shortlisted by the awards board together with the
awards statisticians, Deloitte, for public voting. The winners would be
announced at the awards night scheduled to take place on Saturday, March
21, 2015 at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
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