{"id":116140,"date":"2015-05-14T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=116140"},"modified":"2015-05-14T12:17:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T12:17:51","slug":"ghamro-to-build-five-new-regional-offices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/ghamro-to-build-five-new-regional-offices\/","title":{"rendered":"GHAMRO to build five new regional offices"},"content":{"rendered":"
The newly-elected board of the Ghana Music Right Organization (GHAMRO) has announced plans to open five new offices to help establish strong presence in the regions.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”almxMPaL9PI5bKWVUDEuDW6KoDyhWUZI”]These will be in Ho, Tamale, Cape Coast and two other places yet to be decided.<\/p>\n
The 13-member body, chaired by ace musician, Kojo Antwi, deals basically with copyright issues and presently operates offices in Accra and Kumasi.<\/p>\n
The board\u2019s decision was communicated at a meeting held with musicians and other stakeholders in Kumasi.<\/p>\n
Mr Antwi expressed deep worry about the high number of industry players who lacked sufficient understanding of matters relating to copyrights and said a lot of education and sensitization would have to be carried out to change this.<\/p>\n
He said it was therefore necessary to aid people to do the right things to significantly rein in piracy, he added.<\/p>\n
The Board Chairman spoke of their determination to push for the setting up of a tribunal by the Attorney-General and the Justice Ministry to prosecute copyright infractions.<\/p>\n
Rex Owusu Marfo (Rex Omar), Chairman of the Advisory Committee, said the administrative system of the organization had been re-structured to allow for efficient management – proper checks and balances.<\/p>\n
The right caliber of people, he said, have been recruited and given the free hand to run affairs.<\/p>\n
Mr Ahmed Bandah (Bandex), the Welfare Committee Chairman, said it was sad to see Ghanaian musicians struggle to fend for themselves in their old age because of piracy – a sharp contrast with what pertains in other societies where their counterparts live in comfort.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The newly-elected board of the Ghana Music Right Organization (GHAMRO) has announced plans to open five new offices to help establish strong presence in the regions. [contextly_sidebar id=”almxMPaL9PI5bKWVUDEuDW6KoDyhWUZI”]These will be in Ho, Tamale, Cape Coast and two other places yet to be decided. The 13-member body, chaired by ace musician, Kojo Antwi, deals basically with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":116146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[35,6],"yoast_head":"\n