The annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards organised by Charter House sits on top of the conversation as the most popular award scheme in Ghana—and perhaps, the most insanely controversial.
Interestingly, most of the yearly controversies are easily avoidable but the organisers seem to take pride in bathing their egos in unnecessary back and forth tantrums with artistes and critics, when a simple clearer explanation of the matters generating the controversies would have settled things.
The organisers and the ‘infallible’ VGMA board have been accused on different layers of scheming to grant awards to certain artistes or to deny others their purportedly deserving winnings, mostly out of previous cause of dealings.
We’ve had the infamous Kwesi Pee’s indictment, the unending Shatta Wale ruction—and more recently, the ScrewFace’s accusation which mirrors the picture Kwesi Pee long painted that somewhat portrays the award scheme as intrinsically fraudulent.
Despite the yearly hullabaloos and the strong finger pointing of dishonest awarding or nominations practiced by the organisers and the VGMA board, the two bodies have always denied any wrong doing—and have always insisted they are competent structures, incapable of being anything less of their posture.
Of course, we are talking about an award scheme based in Ghana, a country where everyone clothes himself as an expert or overly competent and would never accept any liability for a fault—even if it borders on his own incompetence. After all, It’s impossible for the exceedingly competent to be incompetent.

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