Tick tock for NAMAs applicantsHeyday for Namibian artists closing in The Namibia Annual Music Awards (NAMAs) committee is urging artists to submit their participation application forms before the deadline. With merely two weeks left, the NAMAs organising committee is strongly urging the artists and entertainment journalists to submit their applications whilst there is still time and not to wait until the eleventh hour. The NAMAs organising committee is utterly disappointed by the snail''s pace at which the artists are moving to submit their application forms.
The committee has made provision of ample time to make sure that all the artists get a chance to apply and instead of making use of it, the artists are sticking to their tendency of waiting until the last days to submit their applications.
As it stands, there is merely two weeks left to apply and the organisers are not granting an extension as a grace period for the artists who fail to apply before the closing date. The application period has been open since 19 October 2016 and will run until the 2 December and no application will be accepted thereafter.
“We strongly urge all the artists and entertainment journalists who are interested to be nominated in the NAMA 2017 and have not yet submitted their application to start doing so to avoid last minute disappointment or inconvenience,” emphasised John Ekongo, member of the NAMAs organising committee.
He further expressed his disappointment about the number of entry forms received saying they are quite few and not satisfactory. Ekongo argues that most artists are waiting until the last days to submit their applications. “To this end, we have only received around 90 online entries from the public and over 25 manual entries, collected country wide.
The application forms are available at both MTC headquarters in Olympia, at NBC or can alternatively be downloaded on the NAMAs website. The NAMAs will take place on 28 and 29 April 2017.
Staff reporter