Ghanaian actor and parliamentary candidate for the upcoming elections, John Dumelo has described the virtual concert organized by the government as needless.
Speaking in an interview on Accra FM, John Dumelo said:
“No, it wasn’t [necessary], I mean look, we’re in crisis; the government wants to launch an application to help COVID-19 and they’ve also gone to organize a concert, I mean it’s totally needless. It would have been more helpful if they had even invested that money used to organize the concert to, perhaps, buy more PPE or pay more allowances to the health personnel or used it for something more practical related to the COVID-19 crisis.
In his opinion also, Mr Dumelo said the money and resources used to organize the concert could have been used to fight the deadly virus in a more practical way.
“The musicians who performed, it’s their business, they were doing the job they were assigned, so, I don’t blame the musicians, that one it’s not a problem. I just blame the organizers for setting up that concert. I don’t know how much they spent but at the end of the day, what is the point? People are sick, people need food, people need things, people are dying and they say they want to organize a concert to launch an app? What will the app also do? It’s pointless and needless,” he added.
