Sep 11, 2012 at 6:53am

The Ghana Investment Fund For Electronic Communications, GIFEC, has handed over forty five computer units to the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) at a short presentation ceremony in Accra on Friday 7th September 2012.

The ceremony was attended by some of the Executives of the Union, namely Rex Omar, Bessa Simons, Rev. Fiifi Khan, Ahuma Bosco and Tic Tac as well as the immediate past President, Mrs Diana Hopeson.

In a brief meeting before the presentation, Honorable Kofi Attor, the Administrator and CEO of GIFEC mentioned that music and musicians have huge potential and his company is proud to support the Union in the area of ICT. Aside the computers, he also mentioned the addition of a colored printer, a scanner and a projector. He went on to add that the items are for MUSIGA offices throughout the country.

Already, the company has installed two air-conditioner units at the MUSIGA Resource Center which they are refurbishing. The fully furnished Resource Center will be launched later in the coming week. The MUSIGA website, www.musiga.org can be logged onto to get first hand details of activities of the Union. Present at the meeting were some Managers of GIFEC.

Bessa Simons, the Second Vice President of MUSIGA and Mrs Diana Hopeson, a lifetime Patron and immediate Past President received the items on behalf of the Union. Bice Osei Kuffour, the current MUSIGA President is currently out of the country for a program.

In a related development, some of the Executives of the Union on the morning of this same day, met with the Technical Committee and representatives of KPMG to finalize issues concerning the research on the contribution of music to the GDP of Ghana at the office of the World Bank in Accra. This research is being funded by The Government of Ghana and supported by The World Bank.


By Citifmonline.com/Ghan a