[ 2015-05-09 ]

Dumsor is an Accra pandemic not a national disaster- Oscar fends off critics
Comedian David Oscar believes the current outrage
over the ongoing power crisis is a bit
exaggerated.

Describing it as an "Accra pandemic" and not a
"national disaster," the comedian does not
understand why people are becoming excessively
emotional about the subject.

On Joy FM's Ghana Connect programme, Friday, Oscar
said he had traveled to some regions within the
past month and can say on authority that the power
outage which has now been christened in Ghana,
dumsor, is not as severe in other regions as it is
in Accra.

He mentioned Kumasi in the Ashanti Region,
Koforidua in the Eastern Region, Volta Region and
Cape Coast in the Central Region as some of the
places he visited where the situation was not as
bad as it is being made to seem.

The comedian had already courted anger amongst
some of his colleagues for criticizing a planned
procession by celebrities against the power
crisis.

The procession dubbed the 'dumsormuststop' vigil
was triggered by a post on twitter by actress
Yvonne Nelson.

She has had enough of the power crisis and took
her frustration to public with a #dumsormuststop
.

Whether by design or coincidence, rapper Sarkodie
also released a track titled the masses in which
he chided government for what he says is the high
cost of living in the country, worsened by a power
crisis.

He would later join forces with Yvonne Nelson,
comedian Derrick Kobina Bonney (DKB), actress
Lydia Forson and a host of others, who have vowed
to be part of the dumsor vigil.

David Oscar said it would be hypocritical for him
to be part of the vigil, a comment some of the
celebrities found insulting.

Poet Nana Asaase, who was on Ghana Connect, said
Oscar was sounding like the "PRO of the Power
Ministry".

While, he believed the comedian had every right to
disagree with their planned procession, he said
the manner in which he communicated his
disagreement was condescending.

Cartel Big J, who is a member of what used to be
Praye group did not understand why celebrities
would be attacked and tagged as supporting the
opposition party for deciding to join the dumsor
vigil.

He said dumsor has such a deleterious effect on
everything in the country. He said school children
have been affected while couples' relationships
have been affected as well.

People cannot even make love anymore because when
you touch her, she will say there is heat, he
stated.

Actress Ama K Abebresse, was looking forward to
the May 16 vigil which she said should draw the
attention of government to the debilitating effect
of dumsor on Ghanaians.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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