Entertainment pundit, Halifax Ansah-Addo
Entertainment pundit, Halifax Ansah-Addo, has criticised the Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMAs) board for what he calls a lack of transparency following the exclusion of King Paluta’s 2024 hit song, Makoma, from the nominations list.
According to him, the decision by the board would rather discourage artistes from working hard on their crafts.
King Paluta’s management had initially demanded an explanation from Charterhouse, organizers of the awards, but received no immediate response.
However, interim PR representative, Robert (MC Portfolio), later confirmed that Charterhouse had addressed their concerns, clarifying that Makoma was not considered Hiplife by the board and that only one song per artist could be nominated in most categories.
According to Charterhouse’s guidelines, multiple nominations for a single artiste in the same category are only allowed in Best Video, Best Collaboration, and International Collaboration.
Halifax Ansah-Addo, in a submission on the March 29, 2025, edition of United Showbiz, raised concerns about the fairness of this rule, arguing that it discourages hard work.
“If an artist releases multiple hit songs that meet the metrics, why should only one be considered? That’s like changing the rules of the game midway.
It is against the natural laws of justice. They should have informed everyone before they changed the rules.
“What is wrong with that is that they are discouraging hard work. They are making it seem that artistes should not put their all into the songs so that they can compete with the others. So, they are sabotaging artistes,” he said.
He further accused Charterhouse of altering nomination criteria without informing the necessary stakeholders, stating that the move was an attempt at generating publicity rather than ensuring credibility.
“I feel like Charterhouse was doing this just to create talkability and ensure visibility. You can’t change the rules without telling anybody.
“It injures their credibility, which doesn’t help. When they do these things to raise emotions, it happens to their publicity. We have all become puppets that they are using. It is good for their hype strategy but brings a strategy that will not make you look credible,” he added.
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