Ghana Music Awards bogus, biased - Gospel musician fumes-Anita Afriyie

Gospel Musician, Anita Afriyie has slammed
organizers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
(VGMA) for organizing what she called “a biased
and bogus Accra-based” awards ceremony.
The Kumasi-based musician said her claim was
based on the fact that organizers of the annual
musical event only selects and award musicians
based in Accra only.
“They have made the award an Accra event, so if
you are not based in Accra, hardly do they
recognize what you are doing in the industry if you
are from outside of Accra…,” she said angrily.
The Adehye Mogya singer who was on Adom Fm’s
Entertainment Hall show with his producer said the
one-sided nature of the awards was making it lose
its credibility.
She further condemned the organizers for failing to
nominate her more than twice in the gospel
category of this year’s awards since according to
her, her album reigned the musical genre during the
year.
Her producer/husband, Daniel Kwabena Osei Jnr
who appeared with her at the Adom studios also
described the award as bogus stating that he was
given the organizers two weeks to name her in
more than two categories.
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The husband also joined her is singing the chorus
that it was time the VGMA award creativity in the
music industry and cease awarding people ‘who
sing Pentecostal songs and Catholic Hymns.’
He threatened the artiste would withdraw from the
awards if their demand is not met.
Her song, Adehye Mogya she said was so popular
to receive just two nominations.
The song “Adehye Mogya” from the album 'My
testimony' was nominated in the Gospel Artiste Of
The Year category which has No Tribe, Koda, Selina
Boateng, Gifty Osei, Joe Mettle, Anita Afriyie and
Evang. Diana Asamoah.
The second category is the Gospel Song Of The
Year which has:
Kyere Me Kwan – Emelian Arthur Feat. OJ & Esther
Smith
Yento Nkyia – Gifty Osei
Osabarima – No tribe
Alpha & Omega – Selina Boateng Feat. Uncle Ato
Nkwa Abodoo – Koda
Adehye Mogya – Anita Afriyie
Hymn (Pentecost Soree Nwom) – Evang. Diana
Asamoah