$100k saga: I didn’t charge for MUSIGA Grand Ball – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has poked fun at the possible parliamentary
enquiry into allegations that the Ministry of Trade and Industry charged
between $25,000 and $100,000 to grant expatriates access to his seat at
the first ever Ghana Expatriates Business Awards last month.
Speaking at the 2017 MUSIGA Grand Ball held at the Banquet Hall of
the State House, President Akufo-Addo said he hopes the MUSIGA
Presidential Grand Ball, of which participants paid Gh¢1,500.00 as
participation fee will not become a subject of parliamentary enquiry
too.
“I hope that it will not be said that I asked people to pay a
Gh¢1,500 to come and have dinner with me tonight. This is a MUSIGA
Presidential Ball and it should stay as such else I’ll be the subject of
parliamentary enquiry,” Akufo-Addo joked.
Parliamentary Enquiry
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has summoned
Parliament for an emergency sitting on Friday, January 5, 2018. The
Speaker’s objective in reconvening Parliament is as a result of an
earlier written request to him by the Minority Caucus urging him to call
for an emergency sitting over claims that levies were collected by the
Ministry of Trade and Industry from expatriates in order for them to be
allocated certain seats at the recent Ghana Expatriates Business Awards
in Accra.
Support for MUSIGA
The President in his speech eulogised past and present Ghanaian
musicians for their contribution towards national development. President
Akufo-Addo also pledged government’s continued support for the music
industry in Ghana.
Awards
The event was also used to celebrate and honour five outstanding
High life Musicians with MUSIGA lifetime Achievement Awards. They were
CK Man, Obuoba JA Adofo, Nana Ampadu, AB Crentsil, and Jewel Ackah. Each
of them received Gh¢10,000.00 and a plaque. A former chairman of NCCE,
Ebo Hakson, Charter House and MTN received music pillar awards and
Samuel Afari Dartey received the Grand Ball distinguished honour.
The MUSIGA Grand Ball
The MUSIGA Grand Ball is an annual event hosted by MUSIGA. The event
is to raise funds for the ageing musicians’ welfare fund which supports
musicians who are 60 years and above and also assist musicians who are
bereaved and incapacitated.
The event also honours personalities and companies for their
unflinching support for the development of the creative arts in Ghana
and the music industry in particular.
The Grand Ball brings together captains of industry, state officials
and other leaders of society on a night of wining and dining with some
of the finest musicians in the land. The event also offers huge
networking opportunities to participants.
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