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In fact i decided to stay behind and watch and listen to the news on how the ‪#‎DumsorMustStop‬ vigil will be aired but upon these coward abusive words, now i will join in the crusade #DumsorMustStop vigil.

Ghana is sick with people who don't reason with their heads and Ghanaians are also blinded by unnecessary politics. Our politics in Ghana has been reduced to sycophancy and boot-licking.

By Ghanaian nature not all can voice out their concern for the fear of being maligned and abused.

Celebrities voicing out their pent-up feelings on the power crisis in the country is laudable since the President John Dramani Mahama himself has expressed worry about the situation whiles finding solution to it.

The situation is a societal issue and it affects our daily bread so it’s a matter of concern, so if a citizen expresses his frustration in that direction, nobody has the right to condemn that person.

Ghanaians are really suffering, the increasing rate of theft and robbery going on in the darkness, and house and human life being lost as a result of these frequent blackouts.

According to Prof Addae, you live in a country where the President is lying; Ministers are lying; and everybody is lying.

Which is true, but having the Sitting President and his cabinet lying on serious economic and energy problems then that calls for concern.
Ghanaians should be worried when the presidency is not truthful in addressing their concerns; especially as Presidents are voted for in anticipation to solve the country's problems.

For over 3 years Ghana has been battling with energy crisis. And the President keeps shifting the goal post as to when this energy crisis will end. To the point where President Mahama vowed not to make promises as to the end time for the energy crisis, and breaches his own vow just a day after. This should tell you that the dumsor will never be a thing of the past but for the future.

To have the President blaming this energy crisis on the usage of mobile phones, Television sets etc then we must be worried.

But my questions are, were we not using mobile phones and Television sets before this current administration took over? Was the country in darkness before this administration took over?

These are legitimate questions that need answers.

This Dumsor situation is unbearable, to the extent where Ghanaians are losing jobs day in day out. Companies’ production cost keep rising as most firms spend thousands of dollars on fuel to keep factories running. Students are failing exams because there is no light to learn in the evening, there are a lot of adverse effects to this crisis but mentioning few is okay with me.

All these mention issues will have a ripple effect on the economy of Ghana as companies may declare loss or low profits thereby paying fewer taxes due high cost of production.

Balance of Trade Deficit will continue to rise especially as companies in the exports industry will be producing under capacity since most might have laid of their workers, hence producing less for export.

This energy crisis is not affecting the individuals and businesses but the country as a whole.

It saddens my heart, when people we are supposed to be learning from are exhibiting immaturity and unintelligence in address the legitimate concern of the Ghanaian.

Following an aide to the Presidency comments which likened celebrities above 30 years of age and still unmarried to “prostitutes” and further claimed they were to be considered “irresponsible”. Is it a crime to be unmarried? Definitely No, Alhaji Haruna should not look far but within his party, there are a lot of unmarried celebrities, since celebrity status is not meant for people in showbiz only. This comment from Alhaji keeps me wondering if celebrities like Jackie Appiah, Becca etc they took to the Brazil world cup was for services of satisfying the sexual desire of the government entourage as rumored sometime after the world cup.

It is pig-headed for NDC Communication team member, Stephen Atubiga linking Showbiz personnel who have aired their frustration about the worsening power crisis to NPP.

Mr. Atubiga, how would these celebrities get their product to the consumer? May haps they need candles, lanterns, torch lights and "bobo" aka "yokuyo" to get their tapes and videos played by the consumer.

I agree with Mr. Kuntu Blankson for describing those NDC members attacking celebrities as “sycophants” within the ruling National Democratic Congress with “little brains”. Indeed it is outrageous to say Ghanaian celebrities cannot add their voice to the ongoing demand by citizenry for solutions to ‘Dumsor’. Are the celebrities not Ghanaians? It’s a big shame.

For the Former president of the Ghana Actors Guild, Nii Odoi Mensah saying the planned vigil to protest against the worsening power crisis in the country will amount to nothing, and that energy problem was not created by President Mahama.

But was Ghana in darkness before President Mahama took over? He should know that Even NDC members are complaining of the Dumsor, so why not the celebrities?

According to Chinua Achebe: "People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck"

These celebrities don’t need any advice to air their frustration on dumsor and so is any Ghanaian. Everyone must rise up and be heard on this energy crisis.

But in all these happenings I’m saddened by the way the majority of Ghanaians who have the power to make and unmake political changes in the country have allowed the few politicians we have put in power to take care of our needs to knock our heads against each other.

If this is the way we will allow our politicians to have a free ride with our power without questioning them on how they are managing our resources, then we are doomed forever.....In fact am convinced that it is not the matter of Ghanaians are respectful but it is that we are timid, hypocrites, cowards, sycophants and boot-lickers and ignorant of how powerful we are as one people.

I pity the faceless boy who called YVONNE NELSON to insult her and as a matter of fact, Yvonne Nelson and co who are behind the #DumsorMustStop vigil have won my unflinching support and affection for this noble course for Mother Ghana and for our future generations.

God bless everyone who is in support of this revolution against ‪#‎Dumsor‬....It is all about Ghana and no one else.