Charterhouse PRO Robert Klah has defended the Telecel Ghana Music Award's recently introduced swing period rule, insisting it is a permanent feature of the awards scheme and was not introduced with an expiry date.

Speaking on the TGMA Countdown show with Isaac Dadzie, Klah addressed concerns from some quarters that the rule, which allows songs released late in the year to qualify for the following awards cycle, is meant to favour some preferred artistes.

"It is understandable for some people to feel otherwise. But when we look at the stakeholder community that we deal with, we are very, very confident that it is sitting well with quite a lot of people. And we are happy that the scheme can serve the interests of a lot of people," he said.

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On why the swing period is limited to only two songs and restricted to December releases, Klah said the scope was determined by what the TGMA board actually uncovered and a genuine need to give late-released songs a fair shot.

"Only those two songs because those are the songs that we found. December because the swing period seems to consider songs that were released so late that they couldn't make enough traction. So if we take the December period, that is a fair duration to work with," he explained.

Klah was also certain that the swing period rule is meant to stay until when communicated later.

"It's not a category, it's a rule. Unless there's a need for a rule to change, it stays as is. And it wasn't introduced with an expiry date," he said.

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