{"id":274388,"date":"2011-01-18T18:54:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T18:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=48322"},"modified":"2011-01-18T18:54:12","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T18:54:12","slug":"socrate-sarfo-clears-the-air-on-kofi-adjorlolo-ekow-smith-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/18\/socrate-sarfo-clears-the-air-on-kofi-adjorlolo-ekow-smith-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Socrate Sarfo Clears The Air On Kofi Adjorlolo &amp; Ekow Smith Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_48323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48323\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-48323\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/18\/socrate-sarfo-clears-the-air-on-kofi-adjorlolo-ekow-smith-ban\/socrates\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48323\" title=\"Socrates\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Socrates.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socrate Sarfo<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nVarious people including \u201cOpanin\u201d  have been asking GhanaCelebrities.Com what caused the 2 year ban imposed  on Ghanaian veteran Actors Kofi Adjorlolo and Ekow Smith Asante by the  Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG).<br \/>\nTo ascertain what  led to the ban of the above mentioned actors, I made a phone call a few  minutes ago to Socrate Sarfo, the PR of FIPAG for clarifications on the  issue.<br \/>\nAccording Socrate Sarfo and as most people may know, under  ECOWAS which seeks to achieve free movement of people and trade between  its member states, any national of ECOWAS can visit Ghana for a limited  time to engage in trading enterprises.<br \/>\nHowever, as part of  ECOWAS regulations, you cannot work in a member state without work  permit. Most of us living abroad maybe familiar with work permit rules  and its subsequent consequences.<br \/>\nSocrate Sarfo in our phone  conversation explained that, late last year, FIPAG was informed that,  some Nigerians were working (shooting a movie) at a location in Ghana  without the necessary documentations to work (work permit, etc).<br \/>\nSince  FIPAG is largely in charge of the production of movies within Ghana,  they have a monitoring team to ensure that foreigners who come to work  in the movie industry do not take the laws for granted.<br \/>\nBased on  their tip-off, they sent their monitoring team to the specified location  and found Kofi Adjorlolo in the midst of various Nigerians who were  indeed working without permits.<br \/>\nAt the location, they asked to  speak to the Producer and Ekow Smith Asante phoned as the man in charge  of the production (Producer).<br \/>\nEkow Smith Asante was then advised  by FIPAG to make the necessary arrangements to acquire work permits for  his Nigerian crew. He was asked to meet FIPAG leaders for a discussion  on the issue.<br \/>\nAfter Ekow Smith Asante confirmed the date and time  of the meeting, FIPAG asked Kofi Adjorlolo to come with Ekow Smith as a  witness to the proceedings and to further discuss with Kofi Adjorlolo  an alleged unfair treatment he suffered in the hands of a movie  producer.<br \/>\nOn the day of the meeting, FIPAG waited for several  hours and the two gentlemen failed to show up, rather, they continued  shooting with the Nigerians who still had no work permits.<br \/>\nFIPAG  had no option than to impose the 24months ban on Ekow Smith Asante for  breaching the very fundamental laws of working in Ghana and in the movie  industry.<br \/>\nWhere does Kofi Adjorlolo come in? After Kofi  Adjorlolo heard of the ban imposed on his friend, he went berserk, threw  out several insults on radio and other places, saying among other  things that, FIPAG has no right to ban anyone and they dare bring their  \u201cnonsense\u201d on him.<br \/>\nAs a senior citizen in the movie industry,  this was uncalled for and very disrespecting to FIPAG. As a result of  his disregard for the Association and its rules, he was also handed down  a 2 year ban.<br \/>\nAfter my chit chat with Socrate Sarfo, I asked him  if he is coming out with any movie soon. He quickly replied; it will be  out soon. What is the title I asked and he answer, \u201cWhat Sex Can Do\u201d.<br \/>\nSource: ghanacelebrities.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various people including \u201cOpanin\u201d have been asking GhanaCelebrities.Com what caused the 2 year ban imposed on Ghanaian veteran Actors Kofi Adjorlolo and Ekow Smith Asante by the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG). 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