MUSIGA Poised To Strengthen Its Regional Branches—Bessa Simons

The 1st Vice President of the Musicians Union of
Ghana (MUSIGA), Mr. Bessa Simons-has said the organization is poised to
strengthen its regional branches to engender the promotion and preservation of
the Ghanaian culture through education and equip musical talents to be self
reliant, creative and industrious.

Mr. Bessa Simons speaking in an interview with Felix Adjei
(Mr. Lattus) on Sunyani-based J.life FM said there’s the need for MUSIGA to
shift its focus to the regions after they’ve laid a strong foundation at the
national level.

“Our focus now is to strengthen the regional branches of the
union. We did reviewed part of our constitution that hindered the development
of the union; voting process was changed before the elections. We will make
sure that administrative work of every region will be in place.

He said they are ready to prove—and make a redress for the
welfare of MUSIGA members.

“This time round, we will also make sure to put measures in
place to help win back some our members who lost hope in the union by apprising
them with our new innovations. We think about their wellbeing,” he added.

Mr. Bessa Simons advised members not to base their arguments
on hear-say, which at the end of the day may not be the true picture of the
matter.

He noted that payment of dues by union members is the main
financial backbone of the association—and failure of members to pay it has been
one of their challenges.

“Financial issues was a challenge to us, most of members
were not able to pay their dues as expected due to one or two things…and the
main source of finance is this payments made by them. We hope to strengthen
things and forge ahead as our mandates have been renewed. “

According to him, MUSIGA has planned to give attention on
the improvement of Gospel music, Reggae, Choral and Cultural music across all
the regions in Ghana.