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Audio: Ex-IGP’ Secretary details how he paid NDC dues as a serving officer

Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:10:13 +0000

A former Executive Secretary to the immediate past Inspector General of Police (IGP), Superintendent Peter Lanchene Toobu has detailed how his party dues were paid.

According to him, though he was a card-bearing member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) while serving, his family members were paying the party dues on his behalf.

“While I was serving in the police, I wasn’t really paying dues, but my family members were paying the party dues for me when I decided that I should go into politics. Even funeral dues in my village, people paid for me for the past 10 years, ” he told Citi FM, monitored by Adomonline.com.

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Supt. Toobu noted that every police officer in the country has a preference in politics but is not allowed to do partisan politics.

“You know in 1992 before I joined the police, I was an NDC member but when the police are recruiting, they don’t ask you for party card, we ask you whether you qualify according to criteria, they don’t care which party one belongs to.

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“My family members told me that they have been preparing me for this which was why they paid my dues without me knowing about it. They begged from 2012, I rejected it in 2016 but this time around, my family came with a condition to choose police service or politics and I chose the latter because they knew I was a political animal since my youthful days” he defended.

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The retired senior police officer polled 755 as against 317 garnered against veteran politician and former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Joseph Yieleh Chireh to represent the NDC in the 2020 elections.

Source: Adomonline.com|Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy

HOT VIDEO: My dues sustain Shatta Movement – Counselor

Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:29:15 +0000

Controversial Counselor and pastor, George Cyril Lutterodt says the Shatta Movement (SM) family is doing well because his dues form part of what sustain the group.

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According to him, all the songs released by the SM President, Shatta Wale, are doing well locally and internationally because of the massive support he gives the movement.
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“I am a member of the SM family and my dues form part of what is sustaining his movement. I promote his works here in Ghana and outside Ghana and will always pay my dues to him.
“I am in charge of promoting his works on social media especially on Youtube. His songs like “taking over” and the rest are doing well and I’m also responsible for that. I make sure that every track he releases get the needed numbers” he said on ADOM TV’s Morning Show, “Badwam” on Thursday.
It is not clear whether the “dues” as referred to by Counselor Lutterodt are in the form of money or service.
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Commenting on the SM President also subjecting a prophet of God to public ridicule, the Counselor said as a member of the SM family, he apologises on his behalf, asking that all men of God should continue to pray form him.
According to him, the SM fans are not fake people, adding that they are genuine and they love him so much.

Pay your dues to build the music industry – Obour tells musicians

Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 11:10:15 +0000

President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour), has urged artistes in the Ghanaian Music Industry to be concerned about registering and paying monthly dues to MUSIGA, irrespective of how successful they already are in the entertainment industry.
Over the years, the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has encountered several disagreements and brawls between upcoming and current musicians against the decisions of the management with regards to the welfare of artistes across the country.
Speaking to host KMJ on ‘Daybreak Hitz’ on Hitz FM, Obour revealed the reality of ‘serious’ artistes in the country to join the MUSIGA organization stems from the fact that, the industry provides the ultimate platform to uplift musicians to the peak of their careers.
“Many musicians must come to that reality. Irrespective how you make it on your won, the industry must be prepared to create the platform for you, unless you’re a selfish person you will be in your quarters. Many musicians who think they want to survive in the industry like having an empire must utilize the course…” he said.
He further stressed on the need of unity and equality between musicians to actively work towards achieving goals and objective to boost the interest of upcoming artistes to be part of the MUSIGA family.
Nevertheless, the ‘Aboa Konkontiba’ hit maker said members who fail to pay their dues cease to become part of the family hence it is a ‘political’ gesture to make sure members are paying dues on time.
“Some musicians were far from MUSIGA like Joey B, Pappy Kojo among others but they are closer now and I see the future of MUSIGA very bright. The only way to resolve is to come together to fight as one…”
“Membership expires every year. If you’re a member of 2014 and you don’t pay your dues in 2015 you cease to be a member. It runs to membership dues. If we choose not to renew then people wouldn’t pay. . It’s an organization whose income doesn’t cover its basic expenditure. So the organization has to find creative ways to make it survive. The major source of funds is dues…” he revealed.
He however said that, he respects the personal decisions of musicians who don’t want to join because he is president, but further urge them to come to the realization since he will not be President forever.
Moreover, his greatest consent, he added, was for musicians to allow the reality of joining the MUSIGA union dawn on them positively.
“If you limit it to personal sentiments that if I’m president you don’t want to join MUSIGA. I am cool. But the self-actualization to join MUSIGA is what I am talking about. It is very important…” he said.