The Performing Musicians’ Employers’ Association of Nigeria, PMAN, has sent an SOS to President Goodluck Jonathan, calling for the immediate liberalization of collective administration in Nigeria.

In two separate letters, PMAN also addressed to Mr Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker, House of Representatives, the group said it had written series of letters to the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, SAN, on the issue but had received no response.

In a chat with journalists, the Chairman, PMAN Caretaker Committee, Kevin Lucciano Gabriel, lamented that the monopoly was killing entertainment business in Nigeria:

He said: ”The forced monopoly in the copyright administrative system in Nigeria is killing entertainment business even more than piracy. We have demanded for audience but PMAN has not received any response or action on its requests from NCC.

“In August 2010, a group of entertainment practitioners, under the aegis of Concerned Copyright & Intellectual Property Owners (CCIPO), protested against the imposed monopoly and the Honourable Attorney General promised to reverse the situation within two weeks. Four years on, the problem is still there and this is unacceptable.”