Charterhouse dismisses VGMA bribery claim by Anita Afriyie

About a week ago, eyebrows were raised singer Anita Afriyie, revealed that Chaterhouse, organizers of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards VGMA, have ever asked her management to pay an amount of 10,000 before they would give her an award.
This was a revelation she made after the PRO for Charter House and VGMA, George Quaye, also asserted that gospel artistes offer the most bribes for VGMAs, starting an uproar among the gospel fraternity.
Well, board chairman of the 2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Nii Ayite Hammond, has stated it is impossible for any musician to bribe organizers of the award scheme to influence who wins what as is being alleged.

“No individual takes decision on who wins what. When nominations are out in the public domain, there is 40% voting from the public, 30% from the academic (made up of stakeholders in the industry) and 30% from the board” he told Onua FM.

“For anybody to win an award, you must at least have votes from these three categories of people. Let’s assume you have been able to bribe the board to vote for you, how can you bribe the academy you don’t know? How can you bribe the public you don’t know?” he asked.

According to Mr Hammond who works with the organizers, Charterhouse, the system being used for the award is an improved one managed by an independent auditing firm KPMG, saying “they manage all data that comes in terms of voting for the VGMA” Mr Hammond was speaking on Onua FM’s entertainment show, Anigye Mmre in response to allegations by Head of Communications at Charterhouse, George Quaye, that some gospel artistes attempted to bribe him.
READ MORE about the VGMA bribe saga:

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here