GHAMRO Operating License withheld; Unable To Pay Royalties Until further notice

The Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) has announced with much regret that its license has been withheld adding that musicians signed to GHAMRO will not receive any royalties this month until further notice.

He continued by saying, “As a result, GHAMRO would not be able to distribute any collection as it is unable to follow the collection mandate until the license is renewed.”

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Rex Omar bemoaned that, “it is rather unfortunate that after the Attorney General’s Office Roadmap has almost been completed with the exception of an appealed case yet to be declared, GHAMRO is being asked to go back to start the recommendation of the Efua Sutherland Committee’s report.”.

He stressed that GHAMRO has already fulfilled all the renewal conditions under Section 24 of the Copyright Legislative Instrument.

The songwriter also revealed that some GHAMRO officials have suffered physical attacks as a result of Ms Agyapong’s campaign.

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“Over a period of one year that our license has been withheld by the regulator, these same disgruntled members, led by Akosua Agyepong, have been jumping from radio station to radio station, media house to media house, TV station to TV station, asking people, users, not to pay to GHAMRO

He also revealed that, “under normal circumstances, GHAMRO distributes twice a year