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No more bickering and disunity - Diana
Accra, Nov 24, Ghanadot/GNA - Mrs. Diana Hopeson, the newly
elected President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA),
on Friday swore to ensure that the bickering and disunity
that had plagued the union in the past became a thing of the
past under her presidency.
She told the Ghana News Agency that so many opportunities
for progress had either passed by Ghanaian musicians or had
been delayed because the international community had qualms
about the Ghanaian music industry due to the protracted
bickering and in-fighting in the sector over the years.
"As we speak now there is for instance a World Bank facility
waiting for us to access to fund our productions and boost
our earnings but because of the disunity among other things
we are unable to access those funds," she said.
Mrs. Hopeson therefore called on all musicians in the
country to bury their differences and put their weight
behind the leadership of the union to boost the image of the
industry on the international scene and thereby win investor
confidence.
In the run up to the MUSIGA congress that elected Diana
unopposed as president, Gyedu Blay Ambuley, one of Ghana's
giants musicians was in the media accusing the MUSIGA
national executive of conspiring to sabotage his efforts to
be the president.
Ambuley was later disqualified on grounds of non-payment of
dues, but he insisted that as past Vice President of MUSIGA
he was exempted from payment of dues.
Mrs. Hopeson said, "now the elections are over and we need
to bury the hatchet and embrace the available opportunities
to move to the next level.
"We have been denied what we deserve from this industry for
far too long and I will not allow seeds of disunity hinder
our progress."
She said as new president she was willing to extend a hand
of friendship to all musicians in the country, with the view
of unifying the front of the union to ensure progress.
Citing the soon to be established Copyright Investment Bank
(CIB), she said the establishment of the bank was long over
due because of the bickering and disunity in the past "but
no more".
GNA
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