PMAN held its first National Executive Council Meeting for the first
time in over 30 years, at the White House Hotel & Coference Center,
Ikeja. Represented were delegates from 29 states including Anuja. Below
is the communique relased at the end of the meeting:
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING 2016: COMMUNIQUE
Following the National Executive Council (N.E.C) meeting of the
Performing Musicians Employers’ Association of Nigeria – (PMAN) held on
Monday 30th May, 2016 at the White House Hotel, Toyin Street, Ikeja –
Lagos, the under listed State Chapters of the Union were fully
represented. They are:
1. Lagos 2.Ogun 3.Oyo 4.Kwara 5.Osun 6.Ekiti
7.Ondo 8.Edo 9.Kogi 10.Abuja 11.Kaduna 12.Nasarawa 13.Plateau 14.Benue
15.Enugu 16.Ebonyi 17.Abia 18. Imo 19. Anambra 20.Rivers 21.Bayelsa 22.
Cross River 23. Akwa Ibom 24. Adamawa states respectively.
After debates and considerations of issues raised at the meeting, Council adopted the following resolutions:
That in recognition and observance of the consent Judgment delivered on
the 31st October 2014 which established this Out-going Interim National
Executive Caretaker Committee of PMAN that stipulated an eighteen
months tenure period for the executive committee, the judgment further
directed the executive to thereafter convene a National Delegates
Conference and conduct elections into various offices in PMAN in
accordance with the provisions of the PMAN Constitution. Consequent upon
the above, Council therefore agreed and resolved that the Interim
National Executive Caretaker Committee shall remain in office until its
mandate from the said judgment is fully discharged. In the exercise of
this mandate, the National Executive Council hereby resolves as follows :
That as shown in the attendance register, this meeting has recorded
more than two thirds of the entire membership as against the required
one third to form a quorum as contained in the PMAN Constitution.
Therefore, whatever decision or resolution that is adopted in this
meeting is valid and binding accordingly.
That a disciplinary
committee is hereby constituted by this Council. However, names of the
members, chairman and secretary of the Disciplinary Committee shall be
made public as soon as confirmation of acceptance of members of the
committee is received.
That the terms of reference of the National Disciplinary Committee shall be announced on the day of its inauguration.
That the primary assignment of the Disciplinary Committee shall be to
look into the activities, actions and inactions of members who may have
committed one form of anti-union activity or the other with a view to
meting out appropriate sanctions in conformity with constitutional
provisions.
That Council also observed with displeasure the menace
and nuisance caused by some aggrieved members of the Union who are
shamelessly parading themselves all over the place as officials and
officers of the Union without any legal backing. Council hereby warns
those in this rampage to desist henceforth from doing so or face the
consequences accordingly. For example: Julietta Ofuyeta is our chapter
Chairman in the F.C.T while Zubby Enebeli s in charge in Delta State. In
Rivers State Muma Gee is the authentic Chairperson while Chaika Banton
is our man in Akwa Ibom State respectively. Any other person parading
himself or herself in this capacity in these areas are interlopers and
should be treated as such.
Council also resolved that the Biennial
National Delegates of PMAN shall hold on Tuesday 4th of October 2016 in
strict adherence to the consent judgment that brought about this
executive as we shall not fail to abide by the spirit and letter of that
judgment.
That electoral guidelines for the forth-coming National
Delegate Conference shall be made public at least two months before the
Delegates conference proper. Other resolutions made at the meeting are
as follows:
That the Interim National Executive Committee should
pursue with vigor all pending cases in various courts including those in
the National Industrial courts, Federal High Courts and Court of Appeal
as the case may be with a view to ensuring final conclusion of equity
and justice there upon.
COMMENCEMENT OF BARCODING REGIME
The
compulsory bar-coding of all musical and film works released in Nigeria
shall commence as soon as the on-going negotiations and discussions
between PMAN and The Federal Ministry of Information & Culture on
one hand and the Nigeria Copyright Commission (N.C.C) on the other hand
are concluded, we shall then announce the date for the commencement of
the bar-code regime in Nigeria as the measure is designed a. to protect
the works creator, b. the investors, and c. to be able to determine the
contribution of the music industry into the annual G.D.P of the Nation
since Nigerian music have been rated one of the best in the world today.
In keeping with our vision of reforming and repositioning of the
Nigerian Music Industry to live up to its billing, that a New
Anti-Piracy Strategy has been adopted. And that Council has approved the
Synergy between PMAN and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(E.F.C.C) which shall provide the frame work for holistic anti-piracy
drive since piracy has been identified as an economic crime not just
against the works owners but also the nation at large.
That Council
commends the Nigeria police for its efforts at pursuing and
investigating petitions submitted against those who were fingered in
connection to the PMAN landed properties in Abuja.
10.That Council
hereby implores the police high command to please intensify their
efforts at bringing to book all those involved in this national malaise
albeit, fraud and corruption.
11. That the PMAN National Executive
Council also wishes to use this opportunity to commend His Excellency,
President Muhammadu Buhari for his untiring efforts at stamping out
corruption in whatever guise in the country. We say Mr. President, more
grease to your able elbows.
Long live PMAN!!! Long live President Muhammadu Buhari!!!!! Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!!!!!
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