Actress Akofa Edjeani Asiedu has expressed concern about the inability for the authorities to pass the Film bill.
According to her, the delay in the passage had slowed the development of a congenial environment for actors to receive salary due them.
Speaking in an exclusive phone interview with Max TV on e-Quick, an entertainment show last Friday, Akofa noted that the non-passage of the bill had made actors receiving payment lower than their standard.
“The passage of the Actors bill will ensure actors receive a certain amount not below their standards. For instance, if you’re an A-list actor, you ought to receive so so and so amount and beyond. B-list Actor so so and so amount and beyond. But because there’s no legal framework, if you don’t accept a certain amount, your fellow actor will accept it and play the role,” she explained.
That, she noted had contributed greatly in the meager amount actors received and expressed the need for the authorities to act fast to save the industry.
Akofa bemoaned that the bill had been in court for over six years, yet nothing was done to pass it into law.
She called on stakeholders to force the lawyers handling the case to take necessary actions to ensure the passage of the bill.
The bill when passed into law would help the film industry to clearly outline its strategies to achieve an improved structure for the industry to become competitive in the global market.
It would also provide the necessary framework to help produce, regulate, nurture, develop and promote the local film industry.
