The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has held a press soiree at the Live Bar in Accra on Friday to announce its plans for the music industry for 2018.

In an address by the President, Bice Osei Kuffour, better known as Obour, said MUSIGA will soon announce a minimum wage for musicians in Ghana.

The standard wages he said will be categorised according to the caliber of artistes in question.

"We will have A-list artistes, B-list artistes, C-list artistes and MUSIGA is going to propose standard minimum wages that these artistes must be paid when you engage them for their services,” he said.

Regarding the feasibility of the new policy, Obour said MUSIGA's job is only to mention the standard wages.

“We will mention the rates…what we will prescribe is not what the people will be charging but the minimum. It is one of the core mandates of MUSIGA just like the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) have their standards for lawyers. The lawyer works for one hour and there is an amount the lawyer must charge,” Obour said.

On the strategies by MUSIGA to enforce minimum wages to be announced, he said it is not the duty of the Union to implement these requirements.

“We will announce it. That is all. That is our work. Our work ends with the announcement. [Even if they don’t work with it] that is up to the musicians,” he emphasised.

Obour stated that if musicians fail to comply with these new standards, they will be ‘spoiling’ their own markets.

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