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Despite the unbearable hardship Ghanaians are going through because of the current power crisis dubbed-Dumsor, which has pushed Yvonne Nelson and several other celebrities to kick-start a social media campaign #DumsorMustStop—former president of the Ghana Actors Guild-Nii Odoi Mensah has come out to say the whole campaign is wrong and unnecessary…

Mr. Nii Odoi Mensah in an interview with Starr Fm said; ‘though the celebrities have the right to hold the [upcoming #DumsorMustStop] vigil, it is “unnecessary” in his opinion.’

Mr. Odoi Mensah told Starr Entertainment “that the young members of the guild should have sought advice before starting the campaign. He believes President Mahama is making frantic efforts to bring Ghana back to full illumination”.

He added; “in a society where the young will not seek advice from the elderly, then you know we have a problem.”

“Seriously my sister do you think the present government is happy with the situation in which we are? Or, when his Excellency the president came into power, do you think he went to Akosombo to [shut] the dam off, so that we stay in darkness? Or can’t we understand that there is a problem and somebody must fix it and that we all have to help that person to fix it?” he wondered.

He continued; “Ghanaians must learn to be patient in life. You don’t get things on a silver platter. No condition is permanent. The man said he is trying his best to solve the problem, let’s help him solve it!

“My sister go to Nigeria. Years and they are still in darkness. Ghana has only been in this for one year. If Ghana is fifty something years and for that period we’ve had electricity except for one year, why should we be complaining as much?”

He added “If you embark on a demonstration and you go on a vigil that #dumsormuststop, what have you done? If you have any ideas as to how to stop the dumsor, give it to them. But if you go on a demonstration, you go on a vigil and all that, it won’t solve the problem.”

“All the past governments! They didn’t have vision. So let’s not only blame it on the current government, I mean we don’t have to politicise everything. We must be realistic in all we do. Let’s stop the blame game and help the man to solve it.”

Really? How much is this man being paid for this sort of reasoning?