In what has come in as a shocking revelation, Shatta Wale has said that Mark Okraku Mantey does not deserve to the be deputy minister for Tourism and Culture.

With major stakeholders pushing for the appointment of Mark Okraku Mantey as the Deputy Minister of Tourism due to his glittering credentials, it would come as no surprise that there would be a few people opposing the possibility.

What has come as a surprise, however, is that Shatta Wale would be part of the opposition.

He now joins likes of Blakk Rasta and others would have said that the former President of the Creative Arts Agency is not fit to become the deputy minister on behalf of the creative arts industry.

According to him, he did not personally see any of Mark Okraku Mantey's impact while it was Presiden of the Creative Arts. 

In that, Mark's previous position was not beneficial to him as an artist.

He said this while speaking in an interview with YFM’s Rev. Erskine on the Y Leaderboard Series.

“If our leaders are listening to me, I think it [Ministry of Creative Arts, Tourism and Culture] is something that they need to dissolve."

"We are in the technology world now. Someone like Mark Okraku Mantey can’t be there. Our leaders need to know. I am not saying it because I want to spoil his job."

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"His job was a producer who became a Programmes Director at wherever he is but people like that don’t have vision."

"Up till now, I haven’t seen his house. He cannot encourage me. Up to now, I have not seen certain things in the industry that has pushed me. We are talking about creative arts here."

"But ask yourself how many artistes have gotten their royalties in the industry. In this music industry that we are in, Amakye Dede is still complaining”. He noted.

Shatta Wale further claimed that Mark would be ineffective in the post.

“he will just put everything to halt for like a month because our creative arts is not the best at all in this country”.

When asked who he thought was fit for the position; a proper minister of the creative arts, he stated that he will choose either Stonebwoy or Sarkodie to be his deputy minister.