In a letter dated 25th April 2016 addressed to the Inspector General of Police and copied Mr. President Mohammadu Buhari and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation and signed by Mr. Pretty Okafor and Dr Kenny George, PMAN President and General Secretary respectively. The letter which had its heading “MONUMENTAL FRAUD, STEALING, FORGERY AND CRIMINAL CONVERSION OF PMAN LANDED PROPERTY IN ABUJA AGAINST MR TEE MAC AND HIS COHORTS” states that
1. The Performing Musicians Employers’ Association of Nigeria otherwise
known as “PMAN “as registered under the Trade Union’s Act of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, was allocated a parcel of land measuring more than 8 hectares
for the purpose of developing a modern day music and entertainment complex in
Abuja by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 1992 and thereafter, reallocated
between 1999 and 2003. While arrangements were being made to develop the place
in accordance with the original plan, Mr. Tee Mac Omatshola Itseli in 2010, clandestinely went to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and
registered” Performing Musician Association of Nigeria- using the same
acronym (PMAN), with which he
deceived the FCT authorities that granted him a certificate of occupancy of the
said land.
2. The Trade Unions Act, section 20 and as amended makes it a criminal
offence for anybody or group of persons to register an Association or Union
similar to an existing one.
3. Mr. Tee Mac Omatshola Itseli was neither an officer nor an official
of PMAN as at 2010 when he did all these things.
4. Since dubiously acquiring the said land, Mr. Tee Mac Omatshola Itseli
has never allowed peace to reign in PMAN as he keeps sponsoring one form of
crisis or the other, amongst other things.
Meanwhile the Inspector General of Police Mr. Solomon Arase has
set up a high powered investigation into the matter, by inviting all those
involved in the issue to come and say what they know.
With this development, it is hoped that the Union albeit,
the Industry will soon heave a sigh of relief as the cause of the perennial
crisis of the Union will soon be over. To underscore the significance of this development,
PMAN shall very soon use its strengths and energy to carry out such tasks that
will spell good for our country through restructuring and re-positioning the
practice standard of the Industry to conform with the International ones as
obtained in Europe, America and Asia which positively impacts on the economies
of such countries. Nigeria is noted for its huge potentials in this regards.
But the crisis in PMAN over the years has denied the country the opportunity to
benefit from its huge resources in the creative economy.
Our belief in this is informed by the fact that we now have
a President, His Excellency Mohammadu Buhari who does not tolerate corruption.
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