A Vice President of IMANI Africa Bright Simons is questioning the basis of the call made to the policy think tank by actress Yvonne Nelson to organize a protest against the government for the power outages just as the one that happened under the Mahama administration.
Bright Simons says IMANI has been raising the issues against the government but he is yet to see Yvonne Nelson supporting their work by sharing them on her social media platforms.
The movie producer in a post on her X platform on April 22 expressed her readiness to partner with IMANI Ghana for the second time to organise the demonstration against the Akufo-Addo government for the power cuts.
The actress was the lead organiser of a massive protest against the John Mahama government which brought together many celebrities over ‘dumsor’ back in 2015.
In a post on her X platform, Yvonne Nelson disclosed that her 2015 ‘dumsor’ protest was supported by IMANI Ghana and wants same to be done against the current government.
Replying to her also on his X platform, Bright Simons said “We’ve been chasing ECG, pursuing CWM matters, fighting over gas value chain issues (a la Genser), probing power tariff proposals, highlighting IPP debt buildup etc etc.
“I’m afraid I’ve never seen Ms. Nelson amplify any of that work. Ever. Not even a retweet. Now, why is that?”
