Award winning Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo, was on Thursday November 19, spotted at the Ho Jubilee Park in the Volta Region, where President John Dramani Mahama was addressing supporters of the incumbent National Democratic Congress to end his \u201cChanging Lives, Transforming Ghana\u201d tour.<\/p>\n
The movie star, who has not hidden his soft spot for the NDC, was seen on national television seated alongside big wigs of the party as President Mahama addressed the enthusiastic crowd ahead of the party\u2019s parliamentary primaries scheduled for Saturday November 21.<\/p>\n
Also spotted close to Dumelo was veteran actor and comedian, Papa Nii of \u2018Taxi Driver\u2019 fame, who gleefully appeared in an NDC-T-shirt, whiles Dumelo cheered on the crowd with a miniature NDC flag in his hand.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”eWIeEfQ0yaGgKElKX7UIFaP4Vf0t1QYz”]Mr. Dumelo, who like many others in the showbiz industry, has been criticized for actively getting involved in politics, became a subject of public discussion in May this year, when he reportedly stated that Ghanaians were putting undue pressure on President Mahama to fix the country\u2019s economic challenges.<\/p>\n
Dumelo later explained that his sentiments expressed had been \u201ctotally misread and misconstrued.\u201d<\/p>\n
Days after the backlash, John, who did a radio commercial for the NDC ahead of the 2012 elections, hinted that he was ready to join the campaign of any party that preaches a message he can associate with.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes I did a TV commercial for the NDC in 2012 because I loved the message they preached. I must state here that it was purely voluntary. I wasn\u2019t paid for that and I wasn\u2019t expected to be paid for that. I did it for the love of the country. Any party that preaches what will benefit the country I won\u2019t mind joining that bandwagon; be it NPP, CPP or PPP.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are reports Dumelo may be nursing a political ambition specifically to get into Parliament in the near future and is seeking to build popularity and support base within the NDC.<\/p>\n
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\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Award winning Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo, was on Thursday November 19, spotted at the Ho Jubilee Park in the Volta Region, where President John Dramani Mahama was addressing supporters of the incumbent National Democratic Congress to end his \u201cChanging Lives, Transforming Ghana\u201d tour. The movie star, who has not hidden his soft spot for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":168303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38,6],"yoast_head":"\n