Monday 26 October 2015

Prince Eyango hails Biya for sacking AmaMuna



Ace Makossa singer/composer, Prince NdediEyango has hailed the head of state, Paul Biya for firing Ama Tutu Muna from the Ministry of Arts and Culture.
                In a press statement he issued, Eyango noted that AmaMuna’s firing marks an end to years of persistent attacks, sabotage, lies telling, slander, influence peddling and all obscure and Machiavellian practices against him and his supporters.
                “The president of the republic, head of state and custodian of justice and guarantor of the rights and equal opportunities for all citizens has just conducted a cabinet reshuffle, which marks a turning point in the life of all Cameroonians in general and that of musical artists in particular,” Eyango wrote in a press statement.

                Thanking God for protecting him and enabling artists to survive to see renewed hope and optimism with the sacking of AmaMuna, Eyango, whose election as president of the musicians’ rights body SOCAM was cancelled by AmaMuna, has called on his colleagues to remain vigilant and to pursue the just course of cleansing the image of Cameroonian artistes, bring sanity to author’s rights management and restore the credibility of artistes as well as confidence between the artists and the supervisory ministry.
                “We must maintain a republican attitude as we await the results of the follow-up committee. I am convinced that by the end of the process put in place by the prime minister, on the high instructions of the head of state, the persistent problems in the music sub-sector will ultimately find a solution,” the statement read further.
                It is worth noting that since the cancellation of Eyango’s victory as board chairman of SOCAM because of his dual nationality (Camerican), he and AmaMuna have been on a war path on matters relating to the management of author’s rights in the country.
                When a prime ministerial order suspended SOCAM and created an ad hoc committee to return the management of author’s rights to normalcy, the arts and culture minister went to her native Mbengwi and created the Civil Society Music Corporation of Cameroon, SOCACIM. Eyango for his part was named honorary president of the Association of Female and Male Musicians of Integrity, ACAFEHMI.

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