History was made on May 21 when COSON, IBAN and BON
officially ended their feud and signed a music copyright agreement. The feuding
parties reached an amicable agreement after the intervention of the NCC and NBC
who formed a joint committee with all the parties involved.
Both parties were duely represented; for the board of COSON
Mr. Joel Ajayi, Hon John Ewelukwa Udegbunam, Alhaji Sikiru Agboola and General
Manager, Mr. Chinedu Chukwuji, while on the Broadcast arm was National
Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr. Emeka Mba; Director-General, Nigerian
Copyright Commission, Mr. Afam Ezekude; Director-General, Voice of Nigeria,
Mallam Abubakar Jijiwa who is also Chairman of the 400 member Broadcasting
Organizations of Nigeria.
Other stakeholders at the meeting were Ms. Julie Coker; Hon
H.A.B. Fasinro of Smooth FM; Mr Larry Izamoje of Brila FM; Mr. Deji Awokoya of
Beat FM, Classic FM and Naija FM; Ms. Evita Mousalli of Cool FM, Wazobia FM and
Naija Info FM, Mr. Adetunji Majeed of NTA, Lagbaja, Ras Kimono,
Azzezat, Daddy Fresh, KSB, Edi Lawani, Efe Omorogbe and Patrick Doyle
The signing ceremony signals a paradigm shift in the
Nigerian music industry and it was held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos.
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