The headquarters of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) was very
busy this past week as the society played host to one of the gurus of copyright
collective management in the world, Mr. Robert Hooijer.
Mr. Hooijer, former Chief Executive Officer of South African Music
Rights Organization (SAMRO) and who until recently was the Acting CEO of the
Paris based International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers
(CISAC) was in Nigeria on a two day working visit to COSON.
Receiving Mr. Hooijer at the COSON office in Lagos, the COSON
Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji, told the CISAC boss that COSON is proud to be an
important part of the great CISAC family represented in 121 countries of the
world and that COSON is determined to be a model Collective Management
Organization and that nothing is being spared to make COSON one of the most
effective CMOs in the African continent within the shortest possible time.
During his visit, Mr. Hooijer who was in the country in his
present capacity as Regional Director on African Affairs met with the entire
management team of COSON and reviewed the processes in the Membership,
Datatech, Finance, Administration, Licensing and Communications
departments of the Society.
Speaking on the visit, the General Manager of COSON, Mr. Chinedu
Chukwuji said, “We are privileged to have Mr. Hooijer with us. He is a renowned
copyright expert and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience which
has been beneficial to the CISAC family of which COSON is proud to be a member
of. We are confident that this visit will impact greatly on the society and we
eagerly look forward to the results in terms of improved income to the
stakeholders in the Nigerian music industry”
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