GHANA: Afro Nation 2019 Under Threat but Organizers Calm Participants with New Notice
7 January 2020
By Eugene Brown
Being one of the biggest events to mark the Year of Return celebrations in Ghana, participants have been very expectant of performances and everything in between at this year’s Afronation.
However, the event was nearly marred two days ago when management of the Laboma Beach Resort where the event has been scheduled to take place when Real estate developers Wonda World Properties Ltd. in a writ on December 20, 2019, sought an interlocutory injunction against La Bone Mambii Association, Afro Nation Ghana Limited, and Rave Marketing Solutions Limited respectively at a High Court.
La Bone Mambii Association (LABOMA) is an association of Labadi youth responsible for the preservation of Laboma Beach Resort.
Wonda World properties were claiming ownership of portions of the beachfront off the Laboma Beach resort.
This development has raised several concerns among potential participants and the general public alike over the fate of what many have described as Ghana’s biggest musical event of the year.
But the management of the event have issued out a notice to participants and the general public alike. The statement said some of the reports making the rounds “wrongfully allude ownership of the entire beachfront to Wonda World when the claim in their filing is only a small portion of this important asset.”
“The AfroNation Ghana will be held on lands been owned by the aforementioned families [Nii Okpoti Awele from Nmati family] for decades and will continue to remain so.
Any attempt to undermine such an important international event, which has been recognized by President’s brilliant and hugely successful Year of Return initiative, is deplorable and shameful,” the statement further read.
The statement which was signed by the chairman of the event organizing group, Daniel Okpoti, on Saturday encouraged patrons and fans of Afro Nation 2019 to continue preparations towards making the upcoming event one to remember.
“We therefore unequivocally reassure all stakeholders, including tickets holders, organizers, and groups attending the #AfroNationGhana, that the event has our complete backing and support,” the statement added.
Afro Nation 2019 is an urban music festival that has been scheduled for December 27 to 30 which will see some of Africa’s biggest artists performing to a multinational audience as part of the Year of Return celebrations. Conversations on ticket availability has been on social media since November.
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