Ghanaian musician Worlasi says he won’t vote on December 7, 2020 because he will be busy shooting a movie.
The artist has indicated that his profession is more important than participating in the decision making of the country.
Worlasi in an interview on Class FM disclosed the elections coincide with a scheduled movie shoot with high prospects for his brand.
Therefore, the musician plans to forgo his rights to exercise his franchise.
He stated this will be the first time he is going to be in a movie so he doesn’t want to miss that chance.
“On that day December 7], we have a shoot. We’re shooting a movie…Unfortunately for us, that day falls within the time we’re shooting the movie. It’s the first time I’m going to be in a movie so I don’t want to ruin that chance because it is a great movie and if we are lucky it might be on Netflix”
“And I don’t think I will want to replace that with a vote. [Voting] is important but not as important as my own life,” he said.
When asked to encourage Ghanaians to vote, Worlasi said they should do what pleases them.
“I will encourage my fans to do what pleases them. I’ll encourage them to do what they want. If they want to vote they should. If they don’t want to vote, it’s their choice. But I’ll never encourage my fans to go and vote. It’s their right to go and do so.”
Worlasi recently called out Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for copyright infringement over the use of his song titled ‘One Life’ featuring Sena Dagadu and Six Strings.
