{"id":114629,"date":"2015-05-08T08:57:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T08:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=114629"},"modified":"2015-05-08T09:02:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T09:02:25","slug":"mahama-charges-at-dumsormuststop-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/mahama-charges-at-dumsormuststop-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama charges celebrities: Stop the attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Dramani Mahama has urged celebrities in the country not to import mainstream politics into the creative industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe division in our politics is bad enough. Let it not spread to our creative industry. Let&#8217;s cease the polemics,\u201d stated President Mahama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first citizen of the country made the comment via his Twitter account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The division in our politics is bad enough. Let it not spread to our creative industry. Let&#8217;s cease the polemics. &#8212; JM<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDMahama\/status\/596368558575202304\">May 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The issue about the power crisis facing the country has stirred controversy among some celebrities in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas some have mounted pressure on government to quickly find a lasting solution to the crisis, others including actor, John Dumelo disagrees advising that government should be given ample time to deal with the situation.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;XjOs5iiXLKgFnLW4cLC9nvRlQF6GUqvN&#8221;]He is quoted to have said, \u201cWe should just give him [Mahama] time to solve the problems. The problems are there but it\u2019s four years; Rome wasn\u2019t built in a day\u2026 and if after 2016 the problems are not solved, then we know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But others including, Yvonne Nelson, award winning rapper, Sarkodie, Ghanaian Commedian, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/05\/04\/dont-label-us-npp-dumsor-demo-is-for-ghanaians-dkb\/#sthash.lAc31Pms.smark8VQ.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">DKB<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and Lydia Forson on the other hand are leading a campaign dubbed #Dumsormuststop which is aimed at forcing to address the power situation with urgency.<\/p>\n<p>They claim the power situation is affecting the creative industry too.<\/p>\n<p>Though the President&#8217;s tweet never \u00a0mentioned any name, it is believed that it is a call to the celebrities to seize fire.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, they have set May 16, 2015 to stage a procession and <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/05\/05\/celebrities-to-hold-dumsormuststop-vigil-on-may-16\/#sthash.mt7aHGnB.3jznPgMF.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">vigil to entrench the #Dumsormuststop<\/a><\/strong><\/span> campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has urged celebrities in the country not to import mainstream politics into the creative industry. \u201cThe division in our politics is bad enough. 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