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border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Sarabun; font-size: 15px; height: auto !important; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 30px;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Popular Hiplife artiste, Michael Owusu Addo, aka&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/sarkodie-to-stage-rapperholic-rebirth-concert-on-25-december\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">Sarkodie<\/a>, has filed a case at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/sarkodie-to-stage-rapperholic-rebirth-concert-on-25-december\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">Supreme Court<\/a>&nbsp;challenging a guideline by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/fda-cautions-street-food-vendors-operating-without-permit\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)<\/a>&nbsp;prohibiting celebrities and well-known personalities from being used for advertising alcoholic products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The case was filed by Mark Darlington Osae, manager of Hiplife artists -Reggie \u2018N\u2019 Bollie, and Skrewfaze.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; left: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 780px;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"780\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">It is the case of the plaintiff that the guideline by the FDA is unconstitutional as it violated the right against discrimination as guaranteed by Article 17 of the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Article 17(1) of the Constitution stipulates that all &nbsp;persons shall be equal before the law, while Article 17(2) states that \u201ca person shall not be discriminated on grounds of gender, race, colour , ethnic origin, religion, creed &nbsp;or social or economic status\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Adjournment&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">A seven \u2013 member panel of the apex court was expected to hear the constitutional matter but the case was adjourned to 17 January 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Sarkodie was in court with lawyer for the plaintiff, Bobby Banson.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 6px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Ban&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Guideline 3.2.10 of Guidelines for the Advertisement of Foods was published by the FDA on 1 February 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">It states that \u201cNo well-known personality or professional shall be used in alcoholic beverage advertising\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The FDA contended that the guideline was necessary to stop minors being hooked to alcohol due to the influence of celebrities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">In November last year, Mr Osae, who is also the chairman and co-founder of Ghana Music Alliance, dragged the FDA and the Attorney General to the apex court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">He is seeking a declaration that \u201c on a true and proper interpretation of Article 17(1) and (2) which guarantee equality before the law and prohibits discrimination against persons on grounds of social or economic status, occupation, among others, Guideline 3.2.10 of the Guidelines for the Advertisement of Foods published by the 1st Defendant on 1 February 2016 which provides that \u201cNo well-known personality or professional shall be used in alcoholic beverage advertising\u201d is discriminatory, inconsistent with and in contravention of articles 17(1) and 17<br style=\"border: 0px; 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