Ghanaian artiste, Shatta Wale, has asserted that he does not have to GHAMRO for them to do the right thing for musicians.

He said this in reaction to the President of the Creative Arts Council, Mark Okraku Mantey's claim that Ghanaian artistes I.e. Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Edem, etc, always sit on social media to complain about authorities and government not doing enough to better the lives of musicians in Ghana but have never bothered to visit the Creative Arts Office for once.

Shatta Wale slammed Mark for his thoughtless comments because he believes that he should be experienced enough to know there are systems that don't need a stakeholder to come to pay a visit before they work.

He asked why GHAMRO, Creative Arts Office, MUSIGA, and the others would want musicians to visit before they do what they are mandated to. He added that it would just be like Roads and Highway Ministry waiting for Ghanaians to go to them before they build roads for Ghanaians.

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“Do we visit GHAMRO to tell them to go and collect royalties on behalf of musicians?? No, yet they go to Radio Stations, Spinners, Spots, etc. to collect royalties. So, why then do they want us to visit them before they pay us royalties or do what they are mandated to? They should do the right thing,” he ranted while speaking in an interview with Kweku Bee Abrante and Feeling Daddy on Showbiz Today on EIB’s Empire FM 102.7 and Radio 360 in Takoradi.

He also pointed out that GHAMRO and the various institutions have never done anything for artistes who visited their offices, so why would a superstar like himself visit when he knows there's nothing in it for him.

He asked them to stop making unfounded claims and do what they are meant to instead.