{"id":109274,"date":"2023-10-11T11:43:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/11\/musiga-delegates-who-took-money-but-didnt-vote-for-me-will-wallow-in-poverty-ras-caleb\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:43:52","slug":"musiga-delegates-who-took-money-but-didnt-vote-for-me-will-wallow-in-poverty-ras-caleb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/11\/musiga-delegates-who-took-money-but-didnt-vote-for-me-will-wallow-in-poverty-ras-caleb\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSIGA delegates who took money but didn\u2019t vote for me will wallow in poverty &#8211; Ras Caleb"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Popular Reggae artiste, Ras Caleb lost the bid to become President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was defeated by veteran highlife musician, Bessa Simons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bessa won the MUSIGA national elections which took place on October 10, 2023, across the various regions of the country with 324 votes while Ras Caleb polled 66 votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The livid musician \u201ccursed\u201d those who took money from him with the promise of voting for him as the next MUSIGA President but failed to honour it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Ras Caleb, he toured all the regions of Ghana and had firsthand information on how things were poorly managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He indicated that the members had assured him of their support as the next president to make things better for the union. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe members who took money from me and didn\u2019t vote for me should continue to wallow in poverty. I have a lot of things I am currently doing and I will prefer to continue doing them than to waste my time with this MUSIGA administration,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking with Graphic  after the elections, Ras Caleb said he cannot work with the new MUSIGA administration because they are \u201ccorrupt and lack vision\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MUSIGA elections took place across the regions of Ghana with Ras Appiah Levi gaining 66 votes, while Bessa Simons polled 324 after the votes were collated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other elected executives are Rev Dr Yawson (1st Vice President), Abena Ruthy (2nd Vice President), S. K. 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