[ 2015-05-02 ]

Tell your minions not to call me; their voices aren't sexy; Lydia Forson tells Mahama
Curvy Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson has written an
open letter to President John Mahama to end the
power rationing, popularly referred to as
‘Dumsor’.

Describing the president “like that kid in
school who is always last, always gives the wrong
answers and never seems to grasp what is being
taught,” the actress urged him to find a
solution to the problem before she dies.

Ghanaians have been grappling with constant power
cuts for more than two years now due to shortfalls
in power generation.

Several celebrities have expressed frustrations,
even angst, at the situation.

Read below, Lydia Forson's open letter which she
posted on Facebook Friday, May 1:

I’ve been [wanting] to write this for a while,
but every time I start I’m just reminded of all
the drama my friends face on my behalf every time
I “speak” my mind. I’ve told them to stop
fighting my battles, but well they won’t
listen.

Personally, I’m past caring about what people
think of the things I have to say, it’s not for
their benefit that I write; it’s for the many
people who don’t have a voice or a platform like
mine to express themselves.

But last night I had an encounter with a man who
all but told me that I need to shut up about
issues that aren’t about me or don’t concern
me.

Now being the lady that I “pretend” to be I
basically tried to keep my cool and let him know,
my parents didn’t raise me to be a fool.

They raised me to ask questions, think and have an
opinion.

So in honour of the fool whose STUPIDITY can’t
be cured, I’m about to go in on something I’ve
tried to stay out of, you know, just to piss him
off a little. Ha, I like that, piss him off!

See I’ve kept mute over this
‪#‎dumsor issue going on between my
friends on social media because the last time I
wrote to President Mahama, he ignored me.

Chaii, dude didn’t even call me !!?????

How much rejection can one take Huh?

One person refuses to marry me and another won’t
call me?

Well, I’m too much woman for them anyway.

Sorry, I digressed.

Anyway…. Mahama

Our president is like that kid in school who is
always last, always gives the wrong answers and
never seems to grasp what is being taught.

But for some reason you keep rooting for him, you
keep hoping he will come out and shock everyone,
come out and put people to shame, come out and
make people take back every little mean thing they
said about him.

You keep waiting and waiting until you all
graduate and he’s still stuck in the same class
because he didn’t pass.

I hate that I have to say this about someone I
truly do admire and like many people really want
him to make a change.

But when you frustrate people enough, your
feelings don’t matter anymore.

The truth is by now you should know, the president
really doesn’t care about us; we the little
people, we the ones who are not significant enough
to be bothered about.

I mean how do you believe the bulls**t he’s
constantly trying to feed us about understanding
us.

Please, Mr. President take several seats on that
one because you really have no clue what it’s
like to live like us the COMMON people.

Hey I have an idea, why don’t you try having
your lights off for maybe 48 hours (and that’s
being generous)

And sleep in the heat because you’re afraid to
leave the windows open, in case thieves try to
break in.

Oh and on top of that add the fact that you
can’t even afford a generator because you’re
not making enough to buy one, and when you finally
do make some money the value is basically useless
because the cedi continues to depreciate.

Let’s see if you don’t lose your mind.

Then and only then will I believe you understand
just about 3% of how frustrating it is to live in
Ghana.

So really I’m not even going to address you Mr.
President.

I’m going to sit here in the heat and hold my
breath till you SHOCK me. (hope I don’t die from
waiting)

FYI please tell your little minions who call me
every time I write to you to stop, I don’t like
that.

And their voices aren’t even sexy, aaah, it’s
you I want to hear from. So if it’s not you,
they shouldn’t call me. They should also keep
their threats in the sandbox they play in when
they meet their buddies for play time; I don’t
play with kids, too grown for that.

And please oh I apologize to everyone this post
will offend, I already apologized the last time
and hoped it would cover this post as well. But
hey, there’s more to come so my apology covers
all the things I haven’t even thought of writing
yet.

Happy May Day

‪#‎dumsormustSTOP

Source - MyjoyOnline

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