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Following allegations by rapper Kwaw
Kese, that a Producer from Vodafone Icons called him to pay 10,000ghc in
order for the rapper’s brother, Budda to win Vodafone Icons- Street
Edition, the telecommunications company has responded to the claims.
Kwaw
Kese popularly known as Abodam disrupted the declaration of the winner
of the reality show during the live recording last week Thursday,
September 5, 2013 by walking on stage uninvited to register his
displeasure.
For several minutes, the artiste protested at the
eviction of his brother Buda from the Top Two finalists and later
alleged that he was asked to pay GHc10,000 for his brother to win.
According to him, he strongly suspects that his refusal to pay the money
deprived his brother of winning the reality show.
A statement signed by Carmen Bruce-Annan, Head, Brand & Corporate Communications for Vodafone Ghana reads as follows:
Our
attention has been drawn to allegations in the media that Vodafone was
biased in selecting the eventual winner for the Vodafone ICONS
competition.
Vodafone is a high integrity organisation that has
zero-tolerance towards bribery and corruption. This is non-negotiable
and under no circumstance will we compromise on this by demanding money
from any contestant or their families.
Vodafone ICONS results;
including the eventual winner, are driven 100% through fans’ votes,
which are sent by SMS and not public cheering. The public had the option
of keeping a contestant in the competition by texting YES and
candidate’s name or voting out a contestant by texting NO and
candidate’s name to designated short codes.
In order to ensure
integrity and transparency, we appointed Mtech Communicationsand
AtchikRealtime to independently manage the voting process and KPMG to
independently review and validate the votes received.
The
collated votes from both Mtech Communications and AtchikRealtime were
forwarded to KPMG for review. The review involved collating the relevant
votes based on the voting criteria, applying weights to the votes (80%
on “YES” votes and 20% on “NO” votes, and ranking the net votes). The
final validated votes received from KPMG formed the basis for
determining candidate’s eviction or otherwise.We want to reassure ICONS
fans and the general public that we remain, as always an organisation of
high integrity. |
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| Source: Eugene Osafo-Nkansah/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana |
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