Let's not politicize 'dumsor' - Okyeame Kwame

Hiplife superstar, Okeame Kwame has stirred
controversy by claiming the past and present
leaders could not escape blame as far as the
country’s recurrent energy crisis is concerned.
According to him, all our presidents- right from Dr
Kwame Nkrumah to John Mahama should have
done far more in tackling the recurrent problem
during their tenures in office.
“In 1957, we were six million, now we are 24 million,
so our leader then, Kwame Nkrumah in his infinite
wisdom should have envisaged the population of
Ghana increasing and build a vast energy reserve to
meet the demand. The same applies to his
successive leaders,” Okyeame Kwame charged.
Speaking on Atinka FM ’s morning show dubbed AM
Drive hosted by Kwame Adinkra, the ‘Rap Doctor’,
who acknowledged that he could receive public
bashing over his comments, noted that this was not
the time for Ghanaians to be playing politics with the
dumsor crisis.
“It saddens me that this whole dumsor thing has
been politicized,” the hip life star lamented.
According to him, this is not the time for politicking
and that it is rather prudent to hold a national
consensus to find a lasting solution to the problem.
Asked by his host, who should initiate the national
consensus, Okyeame Kwame said, ideally, the
president of the Republic should be the initiator.
However, if the president is shy or unwilling to lead
in that direction, “the opposition or other civil
society groups can take up the challenge,” the
originator of the acclaimed “Versatile Show”
suggested.
According to him, the proposed national forum on
dumsor should involve major stakeholders like
engineers, strategists, politicians and businessmen.
He said even Rwanda, which was once ravaged by
war, has been able to build a 24 million- dollar solar
panel to serve over 8,000 homes, why can’t Ghana,
which is regarded as peaceful and blessed with
resources such as oil and gold, embark on such a
sustainable investment.
“We must make a conscious effort to separate
politics from dumsor as a nation for once and come
together and solve the energy crisis, the “Faithful”
hit maker advised.
Source: atinkaonline.com