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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