{"id":112989,"date":"2015-05-01T14:12:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T14:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=112989"},"modified":"2015-05-01T14:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T14:25:58","slug":"govt-telling-lies-about-dumsor-yvonne-nelson-tells-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=112989","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t &#8216;telling lies&#8217; about dumsor &#8211; Yvonne Nelson tells BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Award winning Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson has taken a swipe at the John Mahama-led administration over the current power crisis, describing government&#8217;s explanations as &#8220;lies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The actress is presently leading a campaign on Twitter with the trending hashtag #DumsorMustStop.<\/p>\n<p>The hashtag has received a lot of support from Ghanaians on Twitter with celebrities like Sarkodie joining in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dumsormuststop?src=hash\">#dumsormuststop<\/a> !!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarkodie (@sarkodie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarkodie\/status\/594106017593597952\">May 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nI stopped writing about President Mahama when he didn&#8217;t respond to my last letter. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dumsormuststop?src=hash\">#dumsormuststop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miss Forson (@lydiaforson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lydiaforson\/status\/594140306917982209\">May 1, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">this is not an issue of playing politics it&#8217;s high time our leaders learn that the youth of today will demand answers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dumsormuststop?src=hash\">#dumsormuststop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kofi Amenkuta (@RealAmenkuta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAmenkuta\/status\/594134563368116224\">May 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>According to her, students &#8220;writing exams can&#8217;t learn because of dumsor. Businesses are closing down, companies are laying off workers. We can&#8217;t function as a nation, we need electricity to function.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nKids using street lights for their homework, breaks my heart <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DumsorMustStop?src=hash\">#DumsorMustStop<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/G2ckpVTC2H\">pic.twitter.com\/G2ckpVTC2H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yvonnenelsongh\/status\/594088015829557248\">May 1, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Government promised the delivery of two power barges to help ease the power challenges. The two barges are expected to supply the country with 450MW of power.<\/p>\n<p>The first\u00a0emergency power barge from Turkey was expected to be delivered by first the quarter of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This deadline by government has however been missed after Karpowership Company limited, manufacturers of the power barge disclosed it will start power production in September.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the BBC World Service Radio, Yvonne Nelson said:\u00a0&#8220;The government actually promised they were sending power barges to help the situation. They told us it was coming last month [April] and today is 1st May. So it it pretty much full of lies. They keep telling us lies and \u00a0we are not seeing any results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are just telling lies and taking Ghanaians for granted,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Mawuli Tsikata\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award winning Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson has taken a swipe at the John Mahama-led administration over the current power crisis, describing government&#8217;s explanations as &#8220;lies&#8221;. The actress is presently leading a campaign on Twitter with the trending hashtag #DumsorMustStop. 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