Both Ghanaian and international media covered the weekend’s well attended “Dumsor vigil extensively.
Thousands of Ghanaians joined some celebrities as part of a protest pressurize on government to solve the ongoing power crisis.
[contextly_sidebar id=”nJwbcUoUZLXmYy5fGVEedYxFzZ9VMEzg”]The massive crowd that turned out for the vigil was through a campaign on various social media platforms; a testament to the power of new media.
Actress Yvonne Nelson, together with her colleague celebrities including Sarkodie and Lydia Forson led the campaign despite numerous attacks from government communicators and sympathizers.
The diversity in the various headlines reflect the backgrounds of the people who participated in the vigil.
The vigil was attended by people from all sectors of the economy including members of academia including Head of the University of Ghana, School of Communication Studies, Prof. Audrey Gadzekpo, Assistant Prof. at Ashesi University- Department for Arts and Sciences Dr. Llyod Amoah, Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Prof. Kwame Karikari , Executive Director Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) Mohammed Amin Adam, were some of the notable people among the participants.
Also ordinary Ghanaians who were being affected in one way or the other poured into the streets to make their voices heard.
Citifmonline.com captured the story as “thousands attend Dumsor Vigil“
Ghanaweb described it as a “Massive turnout at “DumsorMustStop” vigil”.
Pulse.com.gh said ,”Thousands join Yvonne Nelson, Van Vicker, Efya and others to march against ‘dumsor’ “while Myjoyonline said “#Dumsormuststop pulls mammoth crowd“
BBC Africa wrote on its facebook page:” Thousands of protesters have joined a vigil in Ghana’s capital Accra demanding the government should fix power blackouts which have crippled industries and made life uncomfortable for many over the last three years“.
Reuters headlined the story with: “Thousands march against prolonged Ghana blackouts”
Yahoo news: “Ghana movie stars lead protest march against power cuts”
AP: “Ghana’s movie stars lead protest march against power cuts”
The vigil started from the University of Ghana, Legon Overpass at 4pm and ended on the green lawns of the Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout in Accra, at 7pm.
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By: Rabiu Alhassan/citifmonline.com/Ghana