By Oboh Agbonkhese
LAGOS—Renowned flutist and former President of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN, Tee Mac, has said it was wrong for anyone to parade himself as President of the body based on a court decision, as no court anywhere can elect one for PMAN.
TEE MAC
He spoke at the inauguration of an electoral committee for PMAN at the association’s headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos.
Tee Mac said: “When I joined the Peace Initiative Committee, which later became the Caretaker Committee, we agreed to drop all the court cases. But some people used one of the cases as springboard to a fractional PMAN presidency.
“However, no court can make anyone President of PMAN. That is why we will support whoever wins this election in July. So we are calling on everyone to come and be part of this new dawn.”
Luciano
Speaking at the inauguration, Kelvin Luciano, Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, said his committee had plans to promote members via the many festivals holding around the world, get health insurance for members, negotiate radio and TV licences with BON, get biometric ID cards for a comprehensive data base and partner with companies to provide pension scheme for members.
Luciano said: “However, PMAN cannot be of benefit to its members without credibility. All factions have decided to work as one and when the electoral committee conducts election in July, people will stop taking singers and PMAN for granted.”
Chairman of the 18-member electoral committee, Charles ‘Charly Mo’ Imoloame, in his acceptance speech, urged every musician to take part in the election for the emergence of a credible President.
The election
Charly Mo said a delegates’ conference will hold before the election and that contestants must be members of the state chapters of the body, adding that anyone who wants to be the President of PMAN should buy the necessary forms and contest in the July election.
Orits Wiliki, on his part, said: “We are stronger and more unified. All factions are represented here, including the persons whose signatures were forged to get a court judgment, especially Murphy (Van Anthony), who has a video recording of a confessional statement made by one of the key players.
“The electoral committee has a mandate from Trade Union Registrar: bring everybody together, and conduct free and fair election. We will all support whoever emerges as President.”
Hi. I’m a Web Developer and Graphics Designer, I enjoy blogging as part-time and I draw a lot when I’m free. Thanks for visiting my blog today and I hope you come back next time.
0 comments:
Post a Comment