The Executive Secretary of the National Film Authority (NFA), Kafui Danku-Pitcher, has stated that Nigerian actress and filmmaker Bimbo Ademoye has yet to provide details regarding her allegations of copyright infringement against some Ghanaian TV stations.
It will be recalled that in a social media post earlier in April 2025, Bimbo Ademoye accused several Ghanaian TV stations of airing her movies without permission.
The controversy prompted swift reactions from the NFA boss and the Minister of Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, who both promised to address the issue.
Speaking on United Showbiz on April 27, 2025, Danku-Pitcher, herself a filmmaker, expressed empathy, saying, “I know how it feels to have your intellectual property taken. If you invest your money or take a loan to produce a movie, it’s frustrating to see it pirated.”
She added that the NFA had requested Ademoye to submit a list of the implicated TV stations to facilitate investigations, but the filmmaker has yet to do so.
“I contacted her through her comment section and asked her to provide the list of TV stations she identified; she has yet to respond. Maybe she is busy with other things,” she said.
Danku-Pitcher noted that this follows similar complaints by Nigerian actress Omoni Oboli, whose case is already being addressed by the NFA.
“Even before this incident, we had been engaging with Omoni Oboli over her own claims of copyright infringement. She provided us with a list of the TV stations involved, and we have been working on it. It takes time, but we are on it,” she added.
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Bimbo has not yet responded to my message regarding the Ghanaian TV station that pirated her movie. – Kafui Danku #UnitedShowbiz pic.twitter.com/sw5KUdT3fn
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) April 26, 2025
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