The phenomenon of media branching into the political arena which took off hugely as we approach the next election, is showing no signs of stopping, with a couple of new media faces making moves towards entering the legislature.
Radio Gold presenter Alhassan S Suhuyini and popular Edziban host Kwame Dzokoto are reportedly eyeing two NDC seats for the 2016 elections. According to numerous reports, the pair would stand for elections when the NDC primaries commence in November, as announced by the party.
Once again politics and partisanship colouring the utterances of a high profile personality and how they react to #DumsorMustStop
Abeiku Santana recently came out to announce he’ll be standing for MP on the NDC ticket, so these pronouncements should not be very surprising. Although for someone hoping to stand for the legislature I’d have expected a better analysis than ‘they do not understand the issues’.
“Their demonstration will not make any difference. You can demonstrate that you are eating too much rice and you want yam, it is your right, but at the end of the day, if you don’t appreciate the issues, I don’t think anyone is going to take you serious”
It’s increasingly looking like the proliferation of some high profile personalities into the political realm is going to become a trend as we draw closer to election 2016.
Abeiku’s political affiliation has never been a secret, as he was one of several celebrities who campaigned for this government in the last election.
Now, the versatile radio presenter has thrown his hat into the ring for a parliamentary bid, planning to contest the Mfantseman West seat on the ticket of the NDC.
It is sad some people in showbiz or the creative industry in Ghana, enter into politics and compromise their conscience and principles – thereby disappointing their fans and the nation at large.
Most times, people in Ghana’s showbiz industry don’t care much about political, social, religious, commerce and other non-entertainment issues that become public discourse or of public concern. Nonetheless, the very issues regarding the above mentioned disciplines have either positive or negative impact on every living creature in the country.
For instance, Ghana’s legislators (Parliament) were unanimously about to pass the Bio Safety Act to make room for Genetically Modified Foods popularly known as GM Foods in Ghana and some people in the creative arts industry, advocated against this…
In other jurisdictions, celebrities advocate for social and humanitarian issues – damn the consequence. They don’t limit their involvement in their societies to only showbiz matters. Revered TV presenter, entrepreneur and actress, Oprah Winfrey, endorsed and supported Obama to become President of America.
However, she denounced and renounced herself from Obama – after the latter welcomed the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a law that denied the recognition of same-sex marriages. I respected Oprah for that gesture!
In the year 2012 general elections, it was reported that well over 30 Ghanaian celebrities formed a group known as Celebrities For Mahama CFM, campaigned for the current government to maintain power. Some names that became very popular were: John Dumelo, Abeiku Santana, Kalsium Sinare, Mr. Beautiful, etc.
Ghana is now going through tough times and none of these celebrities have gathered courage to censor the government – with that same star-power they campaigned for the government to come into office. What even annoys me is that though it is abundantly clear they campaigned for the ruling government; they still claim they are not part of the ruling government’s party.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers—Aristotle According to MyjoyOnline; One of Ghana’s foremost broadcasters, Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey, who publicly declared support and actively campaigned for President John Mahama’s re-election in the December 2012 election, has said that government has lost focus. Known popularly as “Abeiku Santana”, the broadcaster said Ghana … Read more
On-air celebrity-Abeiku Santana has decided to give marriage a second chance after that bitter divorce with his first wife-Maggie 2 years ago… We hope whatever he was doing wrong as man which contributed to the first divorce will not be imported into his new marriage because women are all from the same mother… Congrats and … Read more
Kumasi on Saturday hosted various personalities as Smarttys Management and Productions premiered two of its movies. Since movie premiere became popular in the country, Accra, the capital has been a preferred destination for premieres. From Silverbird Cinema to National Theatre – the action has always been in Accra. Kumasi welcomed various personalities to the Golden … Read more