It’s a good move by Yvonne Nelson to take charge of a social media campaign, calling for the government of Ghana led by President John Dramani Mahama to end the current energy crisis-Dumsor Dumsor but to be frank, I find it difficult to understand why it took her and the many others this long to start the noise making.

In January, 2015, I wrote an article on ‘Dumsor Dumsor’ in which I stated that;

“Ghana is a pure JOKE to some of us—and anyone who wants to debate this should take me on. I know for certain no sane person will dare to take up this challenge. No good arguments can displace certain things because they are not falsifiable—and Ghana being a joke is one of these things.

Earlier this month, Madagascar’s Government resigned over their own version of ‘Dumsor Dumsor’.  The Prime Minister and the Government’s resignation came following weeks of heavy protest by angry Madagascans who said blackouts (Dumsor Dumsor) have become more frequent since Rajaonarimampianina came to power a year ago. And even before that, the Energy Minister-Richard Fihenena was fired for his inability to solve the problem.

Now do you spot where Ghanaians have become jokers? For the people of Madagascar, the Government’s inability to deliver on its promise just within a year was enough to ask for a change by taking to the streets in unity—devoid of political affiliations.  The firing/sacking of the Energy Minister was not enough of a solution for the problem—they wanted electricity and if the Government could not provide it, then it had to go; they did not care about who was fired or not…

When it comes to many Ghanaians (the reason why I defined them as jokers), they somewhat have accepted the constant blackout—and have started making jokes out it on Facebook and Twitter; relegating such a serious issue affecting every person living in Ghana to silly social media comments portrays us as non-serious beings. And the Government will therefore continue to take the piss; after all, what are they going to do apart from go on Facebook and Twitter just to make jokes?”

It may have taken people like Yvonne Nelson sometime to realize this or to act in their little way. Nevertheless, it’s something—and this comes at a time Ghanaian actor-John Dumelo seems to have no deep problem with the current energy crisis which is fast collapsing businesses.

On twitter, Yvonne Nelson has started a Dumsor campaign with the hashtag #dumsormuststop. This campaign got her on BBC world Service where she talked about living in Ghana under the current power crisis (see audio below).

On twitter, she tagged several Ghanaian Celebrities in her campaign, asking them to join the call. When John Dumelo’s namee was missing, Kumasi’ s YFM’s presenter-Ebenezer Donkoh asked her why John Dumelo was not called to be part of the campaign and she said; John Dumelo is an a$$ kisser…

Surely, Yvvonne Nelson was referring to John Dumelo’s recent comment on President Mahama and Dumsor, which has fetched him several bashing on GhanaCelebrities.Com and across various social media platforms.

Listen to Yvonne Nelson’s interview on BBC World Service below…