The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has on its calendar scheduled Tuesday, August 8, 2023, for its internal elections.
National Executive Council proposed this date for the national and regional elections after a postponement of four years. The union will be electing new leaders to lead them.
MUSIGA has been trying to go to the polls since 2019. Bice Osei Kuffour finished his tenure as president and ventured into politics.
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Acting President of the MUSIGA, Bessa Simons, in a statement, said that NEC had an emergency meeting and prepped to review the roadmap proposed by the election committee chaired by Peter Marfo. The outgoing Eastern Regional Chairman ratified the roadmap proposed by the election committee.
There had been concerns that the voters’ register had not been updated. Some irregularities in the names of the voter register also contributed to the postponement.
According to the roadmap, the voters register has been opened from March 20 to April 3, 2023. This is to allow members to check their status and eligibility. Thereafter, the new voters’ register for the election will be compiled from April 4 to April 18, 2023.
MUSIGA election controversies and payment of royalties have given the union a bad name. Contestants will then have the period before Tuesday, August 8, 2023, to run their campaigns for the elections to take place nationwide.
NEC members believe that holding the elections will pave the way for the newly elected leaders to organize the biennial conference to work on the Union’s constitution, among other issues.
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