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Celebrities, who campaigned for John
Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress government, in the
run-up to the December 7, 2012 elections, have begun beating a retreat,
citing the worsening conditions of living in the country as the reason.
One
of such celebrities is the first runner-up of Miss Malaika 2011,
Alexandra Ayirebi-Acquah. The young beauty queen first made political
news when she mounted an NDC platform in Ho during the official launch
of the NDC’s 2012 manifesto.
At the manifesto launch, Miss
Ayirebi-Acquah trumpeted the achievements of the NDC’s ‘Better Ghana’
agenda which, she said, had transformed her life and further went to the
extent of asking the electorate to vote massively for John Mahama and
the NDC.
It, however, appears recent conditions in the country,
which have been described as worse in every part of the country, after
the elections, have made the beauty queen regret her actions during the
election campaign.
She expressed her frustration with the current
load shedding and petroleum price hikes, bemoaning what she calls the
absence of ‘fear‘on the part of the NDC government for the people.
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Obviously disillusioned by the
manner in which things have turned round to be, Alexandra Ayirebi Acquah
poured out her frustration on her Facebook wall, saying: “I know I
campaigned for this government but I think it is heartless that our
electricity is not reliable and now is the time they think it is to
remove subsidies. In Ghana here most of our businesses depend on
electricity or fuel.”
She added: “The government must fear the
people and not the people fearing the government. They owe us so much
than subsidies that are being taken off to develop other sectors. Which
sectors? I see no development.”
The New Statesman has also been
informed that most of the celebrities who championed the “e dey bee
kƐkƐ” slogan have all regretted as they see the lives of the ordinary
Ghanaian getting worse and worse by the day.
“In the coming days,
we will all see most of the celebrities who campaigned for Mahama
coming out to denounce their ‘so called allegiance’ for Mahama. Things
are just getting worse by the day and they have had enough,” a manager
of one of the celebrities told the New Statesman.
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