OPEN LETTER
TO JOHN DUMELO (ACTOR CUM POLITICIAN)
IDDI
MUHAYU-DEEN’S FOLDER
Dear John Dumelo,
Let me begin by congratulating you on your new role as
the Operations Director of ‘Agenda for Mahama’, a subsidiary of the #iChooseJM
campaign. Your task, I understand, is to essentially mobilize the youth of the
country, including students to vote massively for your new boss, President
Mahama and the NDC in the upcoming general elections. I am particularly happy that
you have finally mustered courage and the fortitude to admit that you are
actively involved in the NDC campaign, which is an obvious departure from what
you initially wanted Ghanaians to believe. At least, we now know that your so
called, peace ambassadorial maneuverings in our schools was a sham. You were
only using same as a conduit to surreptitiously propagate the NDC campaign message
to students, particularly first time voters in the nation’s second cycle
institutions.
I am sure that you are not unaware of the reprimand
from Ghana Education Service cautioning you to desist from such ignominious
practice which affronts the GES regulations and conventional norms. At least I have
heard the PRO of the Ghana Education Service, Rev Jonathan Better on a number
of radio stations dissociating the GES from your enterprises and claiming that
they were unaware of your called, peace tour in our educational institutions,
particularly, the Senior High Schools. He proceeded to describe your move as
unfortunate and reminded you that the GES and for that matter our pre-tertiary
institutions are NOT political platforms. Read more of this on the following links:
www.ghanaman.com/topic/john-dumelo-is-breaking-the-law-for-touring-shs-ges-1/
or www.thestatesmanonline.com/index.php/politics/1810-don-t-campaign-in-our-schools-ges-warns-mahama-s-dumelo
Now, back to your political exploits, I am so
fascinated at the way you are gaining fame and recognition in the NDC within
this short period. You are really a genius my brother, to the extent that, in order
of protocols, you are placed above the national youth organizer of the party. Not
even the man who founded the NDC [former president Rawlings] with his sweat and
blood is able to match your value and industry in the party today. Ghanaians
are still yet to come to terms with last Sunday’s spectacle at the Cape Coast sports
stadium during the NDC campaign launch, where the founder of the party was made
to speak before you took your turn to address the congress. The verdict however
is that, your message was uninspiring and quite disappointing to many. Perhaps
there is a thick line between speaking on a huge campaign platform and speaking
before the cameras when acting a romantic movie, which you are very good at.
As for the national youth organizer of the party, he
was not even given an opportunity to speak at all. This development, I find, quite
intriguing, because the NDC is a party that claims to believe in the youth,
yet, won’t allow the leader of its national youth wing to address an all-important
gathering, like a national campaign launch but you [John Dumelo], a new
entrant. My brother, ‘you be toooo much’. I can only imagine the fate of the
ordinary footsoldiers of the party under the circumstances, if their whole
commander-in-chief could be treated with such disdain.
Mr. John Dumelo, now that you have become so powerful
in the governing party, there can never be a better time for you to champion the
interest and welfare of your colleagues in the Creative Arts Industry/Showbiz. A
lot of them are going through a hell of a time to even make earns meat; let
alone, to take care of their families. Please do not turn your back on them because
they now need you more than ever. At least, I have spoken to a few of them on
their expectations and I can tell you without equivocation that they expect so
much from you, one of their own.
Your first test-case is to impress on your new boss,
President Mahama to honour his government’s promise of releasing money to
support the Creative Arts Industry, a promise, which is still yet to see the
light of day. Once again, let me remind you that candidate John Mahama made this promise
when he met your colleagues in the Industry at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi
ahead of the 2012 general elections. You can follow this link and refresh your
memory in case you have forgotten:
My good friend, if you are able to do this for your
colleagues, I will not only be the first person to salute you, but will also
support every agenda you push and this is inclusive of the #iChooseJM campaign,
which you are championing. I wish to conclude by thanking you very much for
your indulgence and also express hope that you won’t disappoint your colleagues
or should I say, former colleagues in the Creative Arts Industry and by
extension, we, your distant admirers.
Thank you.
Assalamu alaikum
Your brother in struggle for God and country,
IDDI MUHAYU-DEEN
Student Activist/Social Commentator
Former NUGS Secretary
(0245335197)
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