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<div id="attachment_2026" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2026" class="size-medium wp-image-2026" src="https://www.deborafreeman.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG-20211219-WA0027-1-2-300x168.jpg" alt="Members of Musiga Volta Region pose with Mrs. Deborah Freeman after the launch" width="300" height="168" /><p id="caption-attachment-2026" class="wp-caption-text">Members of Musiga Volta Region pose with Mrs. Deborah Freeman after the launch</p></div>
<p dir="ltr"><b>Presidential aspirant and General Secretary of the Musicians Union of Ghana, (MUSIGA) Mrs. Deborah Freeman. last week took her ‘manifesto launch to the Volta Region.</b></p>
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<p dir="ltr">The launch allowed her to meet with leaders and mu to give them first hand information of what she will do for Musiga when voted into office come January 12, 2022.</p>
<p dir="ltr">She thank them for their massive support <span style="color: #000000;">being </span>given to her as General Secretary of the union.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I will remain indebted to the musicians of the Volta Region for their overwhelming support in the election that brought me into office as General Secretary.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mrs Freeman, who is on a &#8220;manifesto&#8221; tour of the region with the leadership of her campaign team expressed her appreciation to the members.</p>
<p dir="ltr">She said despite the intimidation during the membership registration, Deborah Freeman will still had an appreciable vote to move on to victory.</p>
<p dir="ltr">She said there had been false statements from opponents that she abandoned her office as General Secretary of MUSIGA that did not see any development under the Obuor&#8221;s administration, describing it as a &#8220;palpable falsehood&#8221;.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&#8220;When we came into office, the former adminstration did not give me the chance to work because I did not support many <span style="color: #000000;">wrongs</span> happening <span style="color: #000000;">with</span>in the executives.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="color: #000000;">Sh</span>e challenged <span style="color: #000000;">her opponents</span> to show evidence of what they<span style="color: #000000;"> are saying.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="color: #000000;">The region, she promised, would have its fair share of the national cake if she comes to power as president of the union.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="color: #000000;">Sh</span>e gave an assurance that <span style="color: #000000;">sh</span>e would do everything possible in <span style="color: #000000;">2022</span> to ensure that the election was transparent, fair and clean. &#8220;We will not want to cheat anybody, we will not make an attempt to cheat anybody, but we will also make sure that nobody cheats us,” <span style="color: #000000;">s</span>he said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">According to <span style="color: #000000;">her</span>, joblessness among the <span style="color: #000000;">members</span>, the <span style="color: #000000;">union</span>&#8216;s growing indebtedness and high levels of corruption were threats to the future survival of the nation, peace and security.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">&#8220;We have done enough politics over the years; it <span style="color: #000000;">is</span> time that the focus be shifted to our developmental needs. As it has been acknowledged by others in the past, survival is not the same as prosperity, so the fact that our <span style="color: #000000;">union</span> continues to hold and survive as one <span style="color: #000000;">MUSIGA</span> does not suggest that we are that prosperous&#8221;.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The <span style="color: #000000;">union</span> <span style="color: #000000;">s</span>he said, had the resources to turn things around and therefore called on all to support the development of the people.The first thing we need to eradicate in the music industry is Corruption. Second is Nepotism. Third is favoritism. She lamented.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Story by; George William Dickson</p>
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