Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale has taken a swipe at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) for banning Ghanaian celebrities from advertising alcoholic beverages.
In a seris of tweets, the ‘my level’ hitmaker wrote “Ghanaian musicians only think about awards and not a business and moreover they behave like children no wonder FDA sees us a great influence to minors !!! Poor industry poor mentality !!!!!”
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He added that, “In a small-time dem go Ban alcohol for parties and then after they will Ban water too then we will drink Urine and our sweat !!!! Nonsense !!!!”
The FDA in 2015 banned celebrities from advertising alcoholic beverages as an adherence to a World Health Organization (WHO) policy.
According to the Authority, the ban was part of efforts to ensure that minors are protected from being lured into alcoholism.