I’m Not Given An Audience With The Minister – Grace Omaboe

Grace Omaboe is dissatisfied with how she’s being treated.

Veteran actress, Grace Omaboe doesn’t understand why the Ministry of Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture is giving her runaround.

Maame Dokono is exasperated because she was refused requests to meet the Minister for the sector, Hon Catherine Afeku. She stated that she wanted to share ideas with her.

Moreover, according to her, she was treated scornfully as though she’d gone to the Ministry to beg for money.

She said this to Bola Ray on Starr Chat on Starr FM.

Furthermore, she said try as she might, she’s been unsuccessful in meeting with authorities. Furthermore, her goal is to share ideas on how the theatre industry could be revived, adding that she doubts the Minister has passion for the theatre arts.

I doubt she has a passion for Theater Arts – Grace Omaboe about Catherine Afeku

“I’ve even gone to our Ministry, you go and the secretaries and the rest will tell you she’s busy, we’ll give you time, how many times do you want me to climb that staircase and come to you before you see me? But before coming to power we were all the same, somebody you were campaigning with. I went there and they refused to let me see her and I told those girls at the reception that I didn’t come there to beg for me, I came there because I had ideas. I told them I’m going and will never come there again. What do I want from them? I don’t think the people there have the passion for theatre. They should change.

Today you say you’re a Minister so if I come to see you I should be made to sit down for a long time, with officials of the Ministry bluffing me. Before we started the political campaign, I has built three house (storey building) I toiled to put up those houses, so you don’t bluff me. I had my car, I’d educated my children, my children are doing well. One is a Medical Doctor, I have one working at the World Bank, I have two who are nurses at Scotland and Holland, so why do you bluff me!?

You’ve come to office and I’m just coming to you. We’re the ones who have been in this industry for a long time and we have ideas to share with you to help and enhance whatever you want to do. It’s not just coming to stand on TV or radio and just bragging and bragging.”