Information and Culture Ministry, PMAN Partner Against Piracy

Pretty Okafor, PMAN President

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Info and Culture Minister

The newly elected Performing Musicians Employers Association (PMAN) executive has hit the ground running with its recent striking of official partnership with the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry Of Information and Culture to fight and curb the menace of piracy in the country This is coming on the heels of the association’s recent national delegates conference and elections where Pretty Okafor emerged president unopposed to lead the union for the next four years and consolidate on the numerous groundbreaking initiatives his tenure as interim president witnessed. According to a letter signed on behalf of the ministry of Information and culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the partnership between PMAN and the ministry is multifaceted to institutionalize and declare a national piracy day, demonstrate commitment and the political will to fight piracy, support the growth and development of the Nigeria entertainment and creative industries as well as take immediate steps to minimize and curtail the piracy menace and to come up with stakeholder driven anti-piracy initiatives. In a bid to make the partnership work,Pretty Okafor and his excutive have swung into action immediately by reaching out to various establishments and individuals in both the corporate and public sectors to work together to achieve its set out goals in this regard.