Event Organizer, Whitney Boakye-Mensah has called out former President and NDC presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama over his comments about celebrities endorsing political parties.
The NDC flag-bearer said that he has refrained from using celebrities for campaigns because the public misconstrue their endorsements and their careers suffer.
John Dramani Mahama stated he is not angry with musicians Sarkodie and Samini for endorsing his opponent, Akufo-Addo.
On November 2, Sarkodie released ‘Happy Day’ and Samini released ‘Kpoyaka’ as endorsement songs for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Akufo-Addo.
However, Whitney Boakye-Mensah, Mr Mahama’s said if President John Mahama were in power, his speech would have been different.
She asked Mahama to accept that he cannot use celebrities because he is in opposition and there is no money to spare.
”It looks like when you’re in opposition, you seem to make very sensible arguments. It cuts across whatever party political colors. And it also looks like when you’re in opposition, that is when you realize your finances…because from what we learnt about governance and so forth, how money is when you’re in government; you don’t get that in opposition”
”It looks like when you’re in opposition too, endorsements from not just celebrities but from Chiefs, opinion leaders cuts across; it doesn’t come like when you’re in power. When we accept some of these things, we can move on with our politics but unfortunately, we play the role of ostriches and then we pretend when we’re in power and when we’re in opposition too, then we pretend”, she said.
Ahead of the 2020 elections, a number of celebrities are still expected to endorse President Akufo-Addo.
