GTA vs Ayat: Fuse ODG chases GTA over copyright Breach - www.asempanews.com

UK-based Ghanaian singer, Fuse ODG, has released a statement to express his displeasure about the use of parts of his music video titled, New African Girl, by the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in its controversial ‘Visit Ghana’ video.

His statement comes after Ghanaian musician, Kirani Ayat accused the president of Ghana of using portions of his music video in an advertising campaign without his knowledge.

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, September 27 shared a video dubbed, Visit Ghana, to promote the nation’s tourism sector on the occasion of World Tourism Day 2022.

In the video, which captures beautiful scenes of the country with a voice-over by the president, some portions of Kirani Ayat’s music video for his song “Guda” as well as Fuse ODG’s ‘New African Girl’ can be seen.

Both Kirani Ayat and Fuse ODG have released separate statements to announce that they were not informed about the use of their works in the video, which was tweeted by the official Twitter handle of the President of Ghana.

As a Company, we feel that the last few days have exposed an issue in Ghana that goes beyond the Office of the President, Ghana : The lack of respect and understanding of intellectual property.

As a Company, we have stayed true to our own mission – investing hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote Ghana over the years, which we will continue to do.