An Accra Human Rights Court, has
ruled that the head of the music
rights protection body, GHAMRO,
should step aside. The ruling,
handed out some few minutes ago,
would also see messrs Okyeame
Kwame, Enoch Agyepong, and
Aboagye DaCosta take charge of the
body’s affairs for the next six
months before fresh elections are
held.
A major ruling that should offer
some relief to the over 100
musicians who took it to court, it
was lead-headed by veteran
musician, Nana Kwame Ampadu, in
a pool that also included composers,
song writers, and music producers.
They accused the then GHAMRO
boss, and his charges of
‘embezzling’ funds collected on theirbehalf.
Filed on Thursday, May 15, 2014, the writ maintained aqmong other
concerns that GHAMRO “have
deliberately refused
to organize even a
single Annual General Meeting since
May 2011 when they took office as
interim Board Members.”
“Carlos Sakyi, Amandzeba, K.K.
Kabobo and Mark Okraku Mantey,”
the writ also stated “have been
dissipating the funds of the
organization to the disadvantage of the Rights Owners and have been paying themselves monthly salaries between GH¢2,000 and GH¢4,000,
excluding other allowances, even
though the regulation of the
organization expressly forbids the
payment of salaries.”
They made their first court
appearance on June 2.
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