The current Executives of MUSIGA led by its President, Obour have launched a Welfare Fund for Ageing Musicians (AMWeF) for ageing musicians in the country.
The Musicians Union of Ghana (Musiga) on Friday August 9, 2013 launched its flagship Welfare Fund for Ageing Musician (AMWeF) at the Golden Tulip Hotel, amidst heavy patronage by the media and veteran musicians.
The objective of the AMWeF is to �to register and organize members of MUSIGA 60 years and above, for a common purpose with regards to their welfare; to register and establish a database of musicians who have become incapacitated during their musical lives and; to register all targeted beneficiaries with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)�.
Other objectives, he said, include: �to assist musicians financially or in kind during severe illness or death and to compile their musical works and market them to support the artistes and the Fund�.
Former President of Musiga- Diana Hopeson; Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor; Chief Godfred Medicine and Theresah Ayiode, Director at Charterhouse, are among Executive Patrons of the Fund, which is being managed by the First Banc Group. It is enshrined in the policy that successive leaderships of the Union are to continue build or grow the fund to support the purpose for which it has been established.
To contribute to the fund you have to sms the word �AMWeF� to the short code 1962 on all networks to contribute one Cedi to the Fund. Also, the fund is expected to grow through donations, fundraising activities, Investments, sales of branded souvenirs etc. According to Musiga, members shall not pay any form of dues or fees.
Present at the launch were Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Madam Grace Omaboe, Kofi Sammi, Nana Ampadu, Kaakyire Kwame Appiah, K.K Fosu, Ben Brako, Noble Nketsiah and Tagoe Sisters.
watch musicians endorsing the fund in the video below:
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