Ruff Town Records signee Wendy Addo popularly known as Wendy Shay has bared her canines at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Ghana Gaming Commission for placing a ban on celebrities to advertise for both alcohol and betting companies.
According to the Self-titled queen of GH music, people like herself cannot get companies to sponsor their work or even take them on as brand influencers and that is draining their streams of income.
Wendy Shay took to her official Twitter page to make her grievances known as she promises to gather votes for the presidential candidate who will promise to lift this ban in the next presidential elections.
Wendy Shay’s post was purely motivated by hunger because she lamented on how the ban placed on celebrities advertising for alcohol and betting companies has taken meals off their table.
“Musicians are not supposed to be poor but in this country, if God does not step in you’ll die poor. Now we can’t even get alcohol and betting companies to sponsor our shows. 2024, my vote will be for any party that will lift that Ban!“ she tweeted.
Recall that in 2015, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) placed a ban on celebrities from advertising alcoholic beverages.
The FDA said the ban was part of efforts to protect children and prevent them from being lured into alcoholism by influential personalities and was in adherence to a World Health Organisation policy.
The Ghana Gaming Commission also brought their ban in 2020, preventing betting companies from using celebrities in their advertisement or as ambassadors.
The two decrees took a large chunk of funds from celebrities because that was part of the major streams of money for entertainers.
Wendy Shay and a tall list of celebrities called on the government to come to their aid and ease the ban but their plea fell on deaf ears. It is at the back of this that Wendy Shay stated that she will only vote for the party that lifts the ban on alcohol and gambling in 2024.
Her stance did not sit well with some netizens who accused her of making a decision fueled by greed and selfish interests.
Others defended her thoughts saying entertainers need such endorsements to survive and the onus lies on parents to control the actions of their kids, not celebrities.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
