{"id":115080,"date":"2015-05-10T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=115080"},"modified":"2015-05-11T10:52:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T10:52:41","slug":"govt-tagging-celebrities-to-divert-attention-from-dumsor-toma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/govt-tagging-celebrities-to-divert-attention-from-dumsor-toma\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t tagging celebrities to divert attention from Dumsor – Toma"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Editor of the Business Finder newspaper, Toma Imihere, has said the government and its supporters are attempting to divert attention away from the power crisis by labeling the celebrities leading the DumsorMustStop campaign as members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”pRbAIK8LJB35Npf3zHWnosBT2bof79Gy”]He indicated that it was no surprise when some supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) accused the celebrities of working for the largest opposition party since the members of pressure group, OccupyGhana, suffered the same fate.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, they will be tagged but just like in the case of occupy Ghana, we all know that when government is on the defensive, they will definitely try to turn the issue away from the substance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this case, government and the supporters are simply trying to divert attention from the substance and defend themselves by claiming that there is a political agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n
A group of celebrities led by actress Yvonne Nelson and hiplife artiste, Sarkodie have criticized the Mahama government of ineptitude in their quest to solve the energy crisis.<\/p>\n
The group has gained support the general public but they have received several attacks<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from some government functionaries and some supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) both on social media on through phone calls.<\/p>\n