Iyabo Ojo, a Nollywood actress, claims that a Ghanaian television station aired her recently released film, “The Memory of You Part 2,” without permission less than 24 hours after its YouTube premiere.
Ojo made the claim in a video posted on Instagram on Saturday, identifying the station as North East TV in Ghana.
The actress claimed she awoke to find that the station had already begun broadcasting the film despite her lack of agreement or authorisation to air the movie. 
Ojo described the alleged unauthorised broadcast as unfair m to filmmakers who rely on production revenue to cover costs.
“You just took my movie that I posted on my YouTube channel, not even up to 24 hours, and put it on your TV for people to watch for free while you make money. How do we make our money back?” she queried.
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The actress urged the Ghana National Film Authority, government officials, and President John Mahama to intervene and stop the piracy.
“Ghana National Film Authority, the minister in Ghana, the Ghanaian President himself, please look into this because it is very unfair that we Nigerians work so hard to produce our movies and some people sit in their corner transmitting them on local TV,” Ojo said.
She explained that producing a movie involved substantial financial commitments, including payments to actors and expenses for locations, accommodation, costumes and equipment.
According to her, broadcasting such productions without the filmmaker’s consent deprives producers of income and threatens their living.
Earlier this month Nollywood producer Uchenna Mbunabo,also claimed that Ghanaian television stations were downloading Nollywood films from YouTube and airing them for free.
The deputy executive secretary of the National Film Authority (NFA) Ghana, James Gardiner said the NFA is working with the Ministry of Communications, the National Communications Authority (NCA), and the National Media Commission (NMC) to strengthen copyright enforcement and curb piracy.
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