{"id":418011,"date":"2017-09-13T20:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/13\/we-invested-gh%c2%a22m-from-govt-in-researching-music-industry-obour\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T20:00:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:00:21","slug":"we-invested-gh%c2%a22m-from-govt-in-researching-music-industry-obour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/13\/we-invested-gh%c2%a22m-from-govt-in-researching-music-industry-obour\/","title":{"rendered":"We invested GH\u00a22m from gov\u2019t in researching music industry \u2013 Obour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Wednesday, 13 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/13234065.295.jpg\" alt=\"Obour 660x400\" title=\"Obour 660x400\" width=\"295\" height=\"179\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Obour<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505332821_929_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Bice Osei Kuffour, the president of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has disclosed that the two million Ghana cedis the government allocated to musicians was used to conduct research into the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Finance, Dr Kwabena Duffuor in his presentation of the 2012 budget on November 16, 2011 announced that government had set aside GH\u00a2 2 million to MUSIGA for the development of the creative arts industry.<\/p>\n<p>Since the amount was allocated, the MUSIGA president has been hit with series of allegations of misappropriation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Personality Profile on Joy FM with Lexis Bill Thursday, the MUSIGA president said the money was used to conduct a comprehensive study of the Ghana music industry.<\/p>\n<p>MUSIGA commenced the research to access the contribution of music to Ghana\u2019s GDP in November 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Bice Osei Kuffour, also known as Obour, said his major legacy will be the comprehensive study of the Ghana music industry: \u201cWe lobbied, we were able to get the funding of two million Ghana cedis from the government of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe invested this funding into the research that government wanted us to do. As we sit now, KPMG has completed a comprehensive research on the entire music industry,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to the MUSIGA president, people now can easily access the music industry, \u201cbanks who want to invest into the industry can now have a document which will serve as a blueprint and so they can assist music industry professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Government on the other hand, he noted, now knows how many people are employed in the industry, what are their returns with respect to taxation, and the contribution to Ghana\u2019s economy. \u201cThis allows government to make an informed decision about the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to see this research document printed under the leadership of Bice Osei Kuffour\u201d he said joyously.<\/p>\n<p>With the huge criticisms that have rocked his administration, Obour said when he hears \u201csome of these criticisms, I just laugh because that is the best way to deal with them,\u201d after all no matter one\u2019s sacrifice, he or she will be criticized. He urged that \u201cyou just need to have a focus, decide on where you are headed and make sure you are heading there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that he is leading the musicians union with a strategy that will take Ghanaian musicians to the promised land.<\/p>\n<p>Obour said apart from the establishment of a GH\u00a2100,000 MUSIGA Ageing Fund for aging musicians which is the main aim of the 2014 MUSIGA Grand Ball scheduled to come off at the Banquet Hall, State House Friday night, he has instituted the Ghana Music Week \u201cto provide jobs for musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bice Osei Kuffour\u2019s term as MUSIGA president will end in 2015. He was elected into office in 2011 for a four-year tearm. Obour beat Nana Tuffour Gyedu Blay Ambolley and Willie Roi at a MUSIGA congress in Tamale to become the youngest leader of the musicians\u2019 union.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he will run for a second term, he said if his wife, whom he married in 2011 \u201csays I should go for a second term, maybe I will consider it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Wednesday, 13 September 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-09-13 Obour &#13; Bice Osei Kuffour, the president of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has disclosed that the two million Ghana cedis the government allocated to musicians was used to conduct research into the music industry. 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