Ghanaian singer, Kirani Ayat, has issued a statement in response to an earlier release by the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) over the use of portions of Mr. Ayat’s ‘Guda’ music video in the government’s “Visit Ghana’ campaign.
Mr. Ayat wants the GTA to publish details of the contract for the promotional video, which was posted on Twitter by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on September 27, 2022.
According to him, he has had no engagement with any agency regarding the use of his material for the Visit Ghana project, and thus demands that the full contract containing the name of the agency and other information be made available to the public for all persons interested in the matter.
Below is the full statement:
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, September 27 shared a video 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 voiceover by the President, some portions of Kirani Ayat’s music video appeared, prompting him to respond with a tweet.
The president of Ghana has used my video “GUDA” in this ad to promote Ghana. I was actively reaching out to the Ministry of Tourism in 2018/19 to use this video to push tourism in the North and got NO reply, yet today it’s in an ad and no one reached out to me for permission. 🤦♂️ https://t.co/vLnAP0bRqf
— Kirani Ayat 🌍 (@KiraniAYAT) September 27, 2022
