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Government Has Done Nothing To Fight Piracy Of Ghanaian Movies—Says Kaakyire Kwame Appiah

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Ghanaian musician and movie maker, Kaakyire Kwame Appiah has
said the Ghanaian government has failed to put measures in place to fight
against movie piracy.

The ‘Soroku’ singer speaking in an interview with DJ Murphy
Lee on Storm Fm’s Entertainment Extra said: “Government has done nothing to
help fight against piracy of Ghanaian movies. We pay taxes but what have they
done to help make the industry attractive and business oriented.”
“We have worked very hard to ensure the success of the
industry…some people think it is easy when they get an opportunity. Dumsor has collapsed
the movie industry. I produced a movie titled ‘Enko Yie’ but the patronage was
very low. The movie starred 22 popular actors with a good story line but in the
end I suffered due to dumsor and economic hardship. At first 50,000 copies of
CD’s could be purchased within three days but that is not the case now…all things
are falling apart in the era of President John Mahama and his NDC government.
“People are not buying movies because they cannot even afford
a three square male. Businessmen are crying…and I sense that change of
government is the only way out,” he added.
Kaakyire Kwame Appiah posited that he will not relent in
campaigning against any government who will fail to put proper structures in
place to ensure the growth of the industry.
“I am endorsing Nana Akufo Addo this year, but if he could
not deliver on his promises after winning the election, I will lead a crusade
for people to vote against him in the next elections.”  
Kaakyire  joined the
tall list of celebrities in the creative arts industry, including Matilda
Asare, Ras Nene, Agya Koo and a host of others, after he declared his support
for Nana Akufo Addo on Friday, October 28 during a press conference in Kumasi
dubbed ‘Alert & Win 2016 4 Nana Addo’.

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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