The Founder and Leader of Heaven’s Gate Ministries, Prophet Kumchacha, has called on gospel musicians to boycott the Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) scheme.
Speaking on UTV’s United Showbiz, he urged gospel artists to establish their own awards platform to gain the recognition they deserve.
“What I would suggest is that Gospel artistes should band together and stay away from the TGMAs. They should rather host their own awards to recognise themselves, so they get the respect they deserve,” he said.
However, he lamented that previous gospel-focused award initiatives have struggled due to lack of participation from the artistes themselves.
Kumchacha acknowledged that financial constraints might be a factor, but stressed the importance of self-support within the gospel music community.
“But the problem is even the gospel artistes themselves do not even want that. The few award schemes set up for gospel artistes are on the verge of collapse because no one is going.
“They should try to support themselves… If indeed it’s about money and support, then that is understandable,” he said.
His comments come amid growing concerns that the TGMAs sidelines gospel artistes, offering limited performance opportunities and inadequate recognition in award categories to them.
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