Gospel Musician threatens to sue NPP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) may soon be dragged to court as popular Gospel musician Patience Nyarko has threatened to legal action if they (NPP)continue to use her song at its delegate congress without her consent.
Speaking in an interview on Adom entertainment Hall on Adom FM with Mike 2 last Saturday monitored by Ghsplash.com, she said the NPP amid its congress at Koforidua utilized her tune without looking for an endorsement from her and her management.
“I got a hint that NPP was using my song during their congress without my consent where the MC being an active member of the party, Lord Commey, declaring ‘Obi Nyanime” song as the official song for the event which borders on copyright…” Patience Nyarko revealed.
When asked what would be the next line of action if her management doesn’t hear from the party, she said they would go to court.
“The reason is that I think about my fans, we first considered what the party discussed with us to make peace but they think they are big and that they can just take someone’s property without thinking about the person”, she added.
The vocalist went on to likewise uncover that her administration had composed authoritatively to the General Secretary of the gathering, John Boadu, Chief of Staff Tourism serve yet had yielded no outcomes.
“People think I have sold the song to NPP, it is very difficult for people to believe me when I ask for loan from them because they think I have taken money from NPP. Nobody has given me anything, they took the song without my consent”, she sadly said.
People think I have sold the song to NPP, it is very difficult for people to believe me when I ask for loan from them because they think I have taken money from NPP. Nobody has given me anything, they took the song without my consent”, she said.
“It’s not right, it’s a big offense for using someone’s intellectual property without the person’s knowledge and I believe that NPP is a big party which understands all these legalities so I’m hoping for the right thing to be done or go to court for redress”, she stated.
In the mean time, when reached the representative General Secretary of the part, Lawyer Obiri Boahene, apologized on the gathering’s sake for the error, including that, the administration should practice persistence for the issue to be settled agreeably than talking about it on air.
NPP held an Annual Delegates Conference of the gathering a year ago at Koforidua which brought gathering delegates, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Municipal and District Chief Executives just as gathering body electorate officials and supporters from far and close.
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