Wiyaala rocks at Peduase Valley Resort soiree

Rising Ghanaian musician, Wiyaala was at her usual best last Thursday when she once again put up delectable performances of some of her songs to a gathering of media personnel and professionals in arts, culture and creative arts.

The height of her performance was when she moved into the audience to sit on the lap of some of the men while she performed the popular sultry song Rock My Body. The audience gave her a rapturous applause for that performance.
The occasion was a press soiree put together by the management of the 4-star Peduase Valley Resort at Peduase.
The soiree was organised to enable the hotel’s leadership, the media and other stakeholders in the tourism, culture and creative arts industry to interact on the theme Arts and Culture for a More Sustainable Social Economic Environment.
The special guest of honour at the occasion was Ms Dzifa Gomashie, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, who used the occasion to remind Ghanaians to preserve their cultural heritage as that was how they would be unique in the world.
“The preservation of our cultural heritage is important and its promotion thereof. For as long as we let our appreciation and our desire to be like everybody else around the world, before we think of ourselves, then we slow down the way in which we grow.”
The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, Prof. Kwesi Botwey advised Ghanaians to preserve their identity in the face of unbridled globalisation.
The former Finance Minister said while it was good to be abreast of dynamic global trends, it was just as important to not lose our identity in the process.
The host for the evening and CEO of Peduase Valley Resort, Mr. Hussein Fahkry, expressed his personal happiness and that of his team to host such an important soiree.
Mr. Fahkry talked about the need to consider arts and culture as a major product that can be utilised for enormous economic benefits for the sector and its players and not just as a by-product.
On his part, Kofi Agorzor, a renowned sculptor, painter, musician and arts critic, bemoaned the lack of arts and culture in the curricula of our educational setup. Emphasising that if there was going to be any change in the way people appreciated the arts it ought to start from the schools.