The phone calls Yvonne Nelson Received From Mahama, Akufo-Addo Before #Dumsormuststop Demo

Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has made significant revelations about her interactions with both Presidents Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and John Dramani Mahama prior to her well-known #dumosormuststop protest.

She clarifies their respective stances and responses to her cause in her most recent book, “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson.”

Nelson claims that President Akufo-Addo personally got in touch with her to offer his encouragement and support. He praised her efforts and recognized her as a genuine daughter of Ghana during their brief conversation.

Akufo-Addo reassured her that the entire country supported her and urged her to persevere while highlighting the significance of her cause.

The opposition parties were firmly behind us despite the fact that we had made it clear that our agenda was nonpartisan, so even though the government did not take kindly to our protest, a problem of that magnitude would normally give the opposition political parties a political advantage.

“In the days before the demonstration, I got a call from someone advising me to support Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). He encouraged me and supported my cause during that brief call. He referred to me as a genuine daughter of the land and praised my actions. He advised me to keep going and not give up because all of Ghana was behind me.

Nelson, on the other hand, received calls from the office of the then-president John Mahama expressing his desire to meet her. She turned down the invitation though, insisting that the meeting also include the other protest organizers. Nelson resisted the presidency’s demands for a one-on-one meeting, insisting that no meeting would take place without her colleagues.

“I also received calls from the office of President John Dramani Mahama. The callers said the president wanted to meet me, but I told them I would only meet with the president on condition that my fellow organisers of the protest would be part of that meeting. The officials at the presidency insisted that the president wanted to meet me alone. I stood my ground, stating that if the president was not prepared to meet me with my colleagues, then the meeting was not going to happen,” she said in her book.

Nelson considered the political climate and admitted that the size of the issue naturally provided political advantages to the opposition parties.

Even though the opposition parties expressed support for her cause, she emphasized that her protest was intended to be nonpartisan.

The #dumosormuststop protest attracted a lot of attention and brought Ghana’s power outages to light.

The nation was captivated by Yvonne Nelson’s activism and resolve in tackling the issue, which elevated it to the fore of public discourse.

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