Ghanaian musician and songwriter, Enoch Yaw Oduro-Agyei, popularly known as Trigmatic has cautioned the media against hanker for false and negative news.

In a conversation on Accra FM’s ‘Ayekoo Ayekoo’, the multiple award – winning rapper asserted that the continuous state of false news has damaged the growth of the creative arts  industry.

“People believe everything the radio broadcasts is true. So if I listen to you every day, and the message is negative, that’s who [also eventually] become, after a long while, it is easy to know how a country thinks by simply watching its citizens’ activities on social media. The algorithm tells you how we are thinking as Ghanaians and it’s sad.

“We shouldn’t be in a hurry to look out for the worst thing l’ll say to put that out, because that is a selfish way of thinking. Something that brings numbers to Accra FM but damages the entire scope or the work of someone else or the positive things that must happen.

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“Imagine each individual thinking selfishly. The nation will suffer greatly.” he said.

According to Trig, Ghana can gain ground by introducing wholesomeness into the industry.

“We need investors, but for the investors to come in, they need to be sure they are going into a sane environment, nothing bickering, fighting, insults, inspire fear and not confidence in potential investors. To attract investors, various stakeholders in the creative arts industry must pay attention to research materials, mappings, because the desired investment is based on those documents”.

He continued; “The research materials would facilitate various forms of investment “like building infrastructure, enhancing the educational system,” etc.