Rufftown Records signee, Wendy Shay says she is taking on the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), and the Gaming Commission to the Human Rights for banning celebrities from endorsing betting.
The new directive from the two bodies, prevents celebrities in Ghana from partnering with betting companies.
A new press statement from the Gaming Commission says “Operators shall not use celebrities in their advertisements to entice the general public to gamble,”.
To ensure the new guideline is followed all advertisement must be approved by the commission to help protect not only underage persons but “the interests of punters, customers and stakeholders,” the statement read
Wendy Shay took to twitter to register her displeasure with the decision and wrote: ‘GH Celebs can we put our differences aside and fight the system ?? I guess we don’t know how powerful we are … Well I’m taking the FDA and Gaming commission to the Human Rights Court Celebs are also Ghanaians and deserve better !! Ghana wake Up !!”
