The Board of Trustees of the much talked about COSON Music Foundation
will be inaugurated in Lagos on Tuesday, May 7. The inauguration will
take place at Protea Hotel in GRA Ikeja. Juju music maestro, Evangelist
(Dr) Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi MFR will chair the Board which has as members
such respected music industry personalities as Prof (Sir) Victor Uwaifo
MON JP, Erelu Keji Okunowo, Mr. Edi Lawani, Mr. Toju Ejueyitchie, Chief
Osita Okeke, etc. The Board of Trustees will be responsible for the
prudent management of the funds of the foundation.
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Each of the seven big events of the forth coming COSON Week is in
support of the COSON Music Foundation, the big non-profit trust being
set up for Nigerian music and musicians in a profession where there is
no pension, gratuity or an insurance scheme. The foundation will provide
support for artistes in distress and also provide funding for music
education.
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The COSON Music Foundation will be formally launched on Wednesday,
May 22, 2013 at the MUSON Centre In Lagos during the COSON Week. The
launch at the special event tagged, the COSON Green Ball, is a key
objective of THE COSON WEEK 2013, one week of unrivalled spectacle which
will grip the attention of the nation from May 19, 2013 and rise to a
crescendo on May 25, 2013 when the COSON SONG AWARDS is staged at the
New Ball Room of the regal Lagos Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island.
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At the Tuesday event, the COSON Advisory Council also headed by Evangelist Ebenezer Obey will be inaugurated.
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COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji, will use the occasion to give a
comprehensive briefing to the media on the state of readiness of the
different events of the COSON Week as the trophy of the COSON Song
Awards is for the first time unveiled.
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