The Telephone Calls Yvonne Nelson Acquired From Mahama, Akufo-Addo Earlier than #Dumsormuststop Demo | Common Leisure

Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson has unveiled vital particulars about her interactions with former President John Dramani Mahama and present President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo earlier than her famend #dumosormuststop protest.

In her just lately printed e book titled ‘I’m not Yvonne Nelson’, she sheds mild on their respective positions and responses to her trigger.

In response to Nelson, President Akufo-Addo personally contacted her to increase his assist and encouragement. Of their temporary dialog, he counseled her efforts, acknowledging her as a real daughter of Ghana.

Akufo-Addo assured her that the entire nation stood behind her and inspired her to persevere, emphasizing the significance of her trigger.

“It was regular that an issue of that magnitude would give a political benefit to the opposition political events, so whereas the federal government didn’t take kindly to our protest, the opposition events have been solidly behind us although we had made it clear that our agenda was nonpartisan.

“Within the days main as much as the protest, I acquired a name from somebody who stated I ought to maintain on for the presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Celebration (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In that temporary name, he expressed his assist for my trigger and inspired me. He stated I used to be a real daughter of the land and that what I used to be doing was factor. He stated I ought to push on and never be discouraged, for the entire of Ghana was behind me.”

In distinction, Nelson acquired calls from then President John Mahama’s workplace, expressing his need to satisfy her. Nonetheless, she declined the invitation, insisting that her fellow protest organizers be current through the assembly. Regardless of stress from the presidency for a one-on-one assembly, Nelson stood her floor, sustaining {that a} assembly with out her colleagues wouldn’t happen.

“I additionally acquired calls from the workplace of President John Dramani Mahama. The callers stated the president needed to satisfy me, however I instructed them I might solely meet with the president provided that my fellow organisers of the protest can be a part of that assembly. The officers on the presidency insisted that the president needed to satisfy me alone. I stood my floor, stating that if the president was not ready to satisfy me with my colleagues, then the assembly was not going to occur,” she stated in her e book.

Reflecting on the political panorama, Nelson acknowledged that the magnitude of the issue naturally supplied political benefits to opposition events.

However, she emphasised that her protest was meant to be nonpartisan, although the opposition events confirmed solidarity along with her trigger.

The #dumosormuststop protest gained vital consideration and highlighted the problem of energy outages in Ghana.

Yvonne Nelson’s activism and willpower in addressing the issue captivated the nation and introduced it to the forefront of public discourse.

Concerning the e book

‘I Am Not Yvonne Nelson’ is an explosive and riveting account of a younger lady who units out to find herself however finds out that she has been dwelling with a false id.

The drama and twists and turns of this transferring story have all of the markings of a spellbinding film script, besides that the protagonist, who’s an actor, is contending with a actuality that intermittently soaks her pillow with tears.

Uncharacteristic of an autobiography, the writer involves her viewers stark bare. The e book opens the door extensively into the lifetime of the writer and exposes the nice, the dangerous, and the ugly sides, not solely of her life but in addition of the make-believe world of celebrities.

The launch was graced by many trade stalwarts, businessmen, and politicians, together with John Dumelo, Adjetey Anang, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and Becca. Additionally current have been media personalities, together with Manasseh Azure Awuni, Sammy Forson, and GhanaWeb Leisure Editor Abrantepa Benefo Buabeng.