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:
1.
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 :
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
That the terms of reference of the National
Disciplinary Committee shall be announced on the day of its inauguration.
5.
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.
6.
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.
7.
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.
8.
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.
9.
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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