{"id":366573,"date":"2017-10-29T20:37:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T20:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366573"},"modified":"2017-10-29T20:37:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T20:37:59","slug":"advertising-law-to-take-effect-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/advertising-law-to-take-effect-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Advertising law to take effect in 2018 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghana\u2019s advertising industry will beginning next year, be sanitized of all institutions that breach the industry\u2019s regulations.<\/p>\n
This is the indication from Information Minister, Mustapha Hameed.<\/p>\n
His assertion follows efforts to get the Advertisers\u2019 Bill passed into law by next year.<\/p>\n
Mr. Hameed made the remarks at this year\u2019s Advertising Association awards held over the weekend.<\/p>\n
According to the Information Minister, the bill which is largely to outline best practices in the advertising space, is long overdue.<\/p>\n
In his view, the development has partly contributed to the seeming lack of standards in the advertising industry.<\/p>\n
But he believes the trend should change from next year when the law is in full force.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce an advertising law is passed, it will not discriminate members and non members. The law will binding on all; individuals or organizations\u2026you cannot just embark on your own way to put out any recording and put it out on the media or communication space,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Responding to the assurance of getting the Advertising Law passed, the President of the Advertising Association of Ghana, Joel Nettey told Citi Business News the idea is a laudable one.<\/p>\n
He again explained its impact of checking conformity to standards in the industry going forward.<\/p>\n