The municipality of Conceição do Mato Dentro in the central region of Minas reported that it had managed to Millionaire commitment from singer Gusttavo Lima without the need to pay the R$600,000 penalty fee.
The clause called for a payment of 50% of the show’s value, estimated at R$1.2 million, if the municipality backed out of the artist’s hiring. However, according to a note published this Saturday by the municipality of Conceição do Mato Dentro, “an instrument of devaluation has been signed with the singer Gusttavo Lima, without any burden or cost to the municipality”.
The imbroglio between the name of the artist and the municipality of Minas came after a show worth R$1.2 million was contracted with public funds from the municipality of Conceição do Mato Dentro has more than a third of the population below the poverty line.The municipality has a population of 17,500, of whom 6,152 depend on Auxílio Brasil, a federal government benefit for families with incomes of up to R$ 210 per person.