Talent and brand manager Bernard Kafui Sokpe, popularly known as Mista Meister, has vowed never to invest in organizing concerts in Ghana.

His comment is a reaction to Executive Director of Big Ideaz Consult, Kojo Poku's recent remarks on Joy FM that “We are all (every event organiser) in debt, people are chasing me and calling my phone every day because we do events hoping we get it back.”

While Mista Meister did not mention a particular event he organized and made losses, he confirms that the venture is indeed not worth their time and effort.

“Events in Ghana are not lucrative. Especially high-budget events like concerts etc. Even if you have Jesus Christ and the 12 disciples as headliners, the cost of setting up the event always out budgets ticketing revenue and sponsorships. Me mome dieeer never again!” he wrote.

In contrast, renowned radio and TV presenter Mercury Quaye and YFM radio presenter, Kojo Manuel, have been complaining for a couple of years about how event organisers treat MCs in terms of compensation.

Merqury Quaye called on event organizers to provide fairer compensation for MCs, while Kojo Manuel questioned why these organizers tend to undervalue the work of MCs as merely supplementary to the event.

Kojo Manuel revealed instances where some event MCs were compensated with drinks and even women.

“This is strictly a business unless you are telling me that you are giving me something that I value in return for it. No two ways,” he noted.

Kojo further highlighted that even media houses engage in business transactions with clients but are remunerated with airtime, which is a mutually agreed upon arrangement.

“It’s an agreement but you don’t call me and tell me that I have ten bottles for you,” he pointed out.

According to Kojo, this type of compensation is often encountered by MCs who primarily work in the party-oriented segment of the industry.

“When I was coming up some of the things that I was offered to be paid with was my name being on the artwork alone. That was somebody’s way of trying to pay me.

“Because nobody knew me and they were putting my name on the artwork. They would say ‘oh when you come in you will get free drinks. When you come in, I will introduce you to girls’,” he stated.