Patience Nyarko Explains Why She Cannot Endorse Alcoholic Beverages
8 October 2020
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By Naliaka Kitui
Ghanaian Gospel musician Patience Nyarko has disclosed the real reason behind her refusal to endorse alcoholic beverage companies.
Speaking during an exclusive interview with host Nana Kwame Gyan on Accra 100.5FM’s weekend entertainment show, Entertainment Capital on Saturday, October 3, 2020, Patience explained that she does not endorse alcoholic beverages because of her position as a gospel musician.
“I can't endorse alcoholic beverages,” adding that: “If I were a secular artiste, I would endorse alcoholic beverages.”
She further explained that celebrity endorsements are meant to boost business ventures to enhance the profits, such companies make, and for this reason, she chooses not to be part of promoting such business ventures.
“Many people were complaining about the FDA law that bans celebrities from endorsing alcoholic beverages but you see, the endorsements bring money,” She added.
Earlier in the year 2020, Ghanaian Afropop singer Wendy Shay had to let go of a deal with an alcoholic beverage company that would earn her millions because the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) had banned celebrity endorsing alcoholic beverages. This generated different reactions from other celebrities, who called for the law to be amended.
In a comment, Wend Shay expressed her disappointment by saying: “I just lost a deal worth 1000s‘of dollars with this foreign alcohol company. I didn’t know in GH, celebrities can’t advertise for alcoholic beverages according to FDA. Like Seriously?! Small food we go chop too u wan take 4rm our mouth. Gh celebs wake up!!FDA Lift dat ban!!"
Additionally, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rufftown Records, Bullet recently threatened to move his record label to Nigeria where Gaming Commission allows celebrities to endorse betting companies.
"In a year or two, there will be no record labels in Gh due to stringent/ heart-wrenching laws made by people occupying higher positions to collapse the creative arts/
1st it was FDA, and now Gaming commission, I am moving Rufftown to Nigeria, if the gov’t doesn’t change these laws," Bullet said.
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