Ghanaian musician, D-Black has stated that he would shut down music unions such as MUSIGA, GHAMRO, and COSGA if he were to become the Tourism Minister.
Ghanaian hip-hop musician and entrepreneur, D-Black has stated that if by any means he were to become the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, he would shut down music unions such as MUSIGA, GHAMRO, and COSGA.
According to D-Black, these organizations are not effectively performing their mandates and require a holistic restructuring.
“First thing we don’t have a royalty collection society that is accountable, so I will shut down MUSIGA, GHAMRO and COSGA and restructure a new body to take over the role that they are supposed to play because the royalty collection society for musicians and producers in Ghana isn’t doing what they are supposed to do,” he said in a recent interview with GhanaWeb.
“MUSIGA as well…we have seen different presidents come and go but there is nothing we can speak about at the top of our voices the we can calp and say this body has done something tangible for musicians in our country,” he added.
D-Black further noted that he would introduce training and educate industry persons on how best to make the industry successful.
“I will educate the music industry, especially business executives on how the industry has changed over the years. A lot of artistes have managers who they trust, childhood friends, a lot of training has to go in that to make our industry viable,” he remarked.
Many artistes have in the past complained of receiving unfair royalties from GHAMRO and criticised the organisation for its ‘ineffectiveness’.