{"id":470228,"date":"2011-07-27T21:24:49","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T21:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/27\/obour-reveals-3-incidents-why-he-wants-to-be-musiga-president\/"},"modified":"2011-07-27T21:24:49","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T21:24:49","slug":"obour-reveals-3-incidents-why-he-wants-to-be-musiga-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/27\/obour-reveals-3-incidents-why-he-wants-to-be-musiga-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Obour reveals 3 incidents why he wants to be MUSIGA president"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"68.8592592593\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/44c2022dour_620x349.jpg.jpg\" title=\"Obour. Photo: Ghana Music.com\" class=\"caption\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hiplife musician, Obour launched his movement to boost his quest to lead Ghanaian musicians in the election year.<\/p>\n<p>A brief biography of Obour was said by Okyeame Kwame who also doubled as the MC for the launch of Obour\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Before Obour read his speech, a video endorsement from A. B. Crenstil, Nana Darkwaa (Youth Icons president), Okyeame Kwame, GYO (CEO of Phamous Philms), Kwame Sefa-Kayi, Richie, Efua Konadu (Peace FM), Abraham Ohene-Djan, Nacy, Blakk Rasta, Lazzy of VIP, Sherifatu, Ras Appiah Levi, Fiifi Banson (Peace FM) and Abeiku Santana (OK FM) was shown to the well attended programme.<\/p>\n<p>Obour\u2019s panel was made up of Phil Black (Victory International), Rex Omar, Praye Honeho, Socrate Safo and GYO who gave their reasons why they were behind Obour and why others should also follow him.<\/p>\n<p>Being the youngest in the contest for the MUSIGA presidency, Obour is up against Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Nana Tuffour and Willie Roy. \u201cI hear people say am young and all that but my promise is to restructure MUSIGA in a business minded way, make it more attractive, help musicians get money because most of our musicians die paupers, ensure better copyright, distribution and endorsement deals and more.<\/p>\n<p>Obour further want on to say that 3 incidents that made him join the race. He listed them as \u2018no help\u2019, \u2018no hope\u2019 and \u2018musicians dying as paupers\u2019 with stories attached to them.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign was launched under the theme \u2018Rebranding MUSIGA &#038; Making The Musicians Wealthy\u2019. The real show down for the elections comes on 16th \u2013 18th August, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Vote Obour for \u2018Ajumpa\u2019 in the Ghanaian music industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamusic.com\/news\/top-stories\/obour-reveals-3-incidents-why-he-wants-to-be-musiga-president\/index.html\" title=\"Obour reveals 3 incidents why he wants to be MUSIGA president\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obour reveals 3 incidents why he wants to be MUSIGA president<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Hiplife musician, Obour launched his movement to boost his quest to lead Ghanaian musicians in the election year. 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