GHAMRO SET TO HOLD ELECTIONS ON FEBRUARY 11

The Ghana Music Right Organization (GHAMRO) has
scheduled 11th February, 2015 as the confirmed
date for their pending elections to select board
members who will facilitate activities for the
organization in 2015-2016.
GHAMRO earlier set December 6, 2014 as the fixed
date for elections but was disrupted by a court
action brought against it by Rex Boateng, George
Dickson and others which caused an end to all the
election timelines set last year.
The receiver managers who were appointed by the
court to manage and oversee the appointment of a
substantive board presented the timelines and
modalities of the elections to the media at the
GHAMRO conference room on Thursday to
emphasize the date for the elections and outline the
timelines for the members to comply.
The previous Board of GHAMRO were restrained
from continuing work due to an order from court
thereby appointing a five-member interim
administration to receive, manage and put in place
a substantive Board for GHAMRO made up of Nana
Aboagye De Costa who is the Chairman, Dorothy
Habbadda as Secretary, Kow Seesah Acquaye,
Member, Kwame Nsiah-Appau known in showbiz as
Okyeame Kwame, member and Enock Agyepong
also a member.
Mr Abraham Neutey Adjatey, appointed
Administrator for GHAMRO explained that the
venues for the election will include Accra which will
be held at the CIBT Social Advance, Adjacent
Teachers Hall at 9am. In Kumasi, it will be held at
Apatakese Ase, Cultural Centre at 9am and in
Tamale at the Cultural Center at the same time.
He said applications for the GHAMRO Board
Chairman position will go for GHC500, Board Vice
Chairman for GHC400 and Board Members for
GHC300.
Mr Adjatey added that the six-month term of the
receivers managers has been most challenging
especially in the face of the hostile environment and
individuals bent on discrediting their work.
“It is important to mention that during the past six-
month stay in office; we had no access to funds as
the defendants, in association with the Agricultural
Development Bank, had a no debit placed on the
GHAMRO account making it difficult to manage
administration and the election of a substantive,” he
stressed.
Below is the election timelines which members are
to take notice:
January 22nd 2015 for Picking of Nominations
forms
27th January, 2015 for Submission of Application
forms
30th January, 2015 for Publication of Application list
11th February, 2015 for Elections
18th February, 2015 for Meeting of Receivers
Managers and New Board
27th February, 2015 for Inauguration of Elected
Board
The election will be entirely supervised by the
Electoral Commission.
Source: Dorcas Aba Annan | GhanaWeb