Former President and flag bearer of NDC, John Dramani Mahama has come out to speak on why he is not working with celebrities during this year’s campaign period. 

According to the NDC flag bearer the supporters of the musicians and celebrities does not understand the role of these people to a political party hence it goes along way to affect their careers. 

In 2016, Ghana’s Ex-President also worked with a lot of celebrities from the likes of John Dumelo to Mzbel, Tracy Boakye just to list a few. These celebrities went from North to South and to West to campaign for the then-sitting president of Ghana John Mahama. 

Also in 2008, the sitting president now, Nana Addo also used alot of celebrities during his campaign. 

John Mahama was speaking on Star 103.5FM in Accra as part of his media tour ahead of December elections in Ghana. His comment comes at a time where two big names in the Ghan music industry have endorsed his opponent – Nana Addo. 

This is what the Ex-President said. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHI4Le6J7sI/

The NDC Flagbearer’s comment serves as a response to Sarkodie and Samini. Both artists released songs to back Nana Addo ahead of the December elections.

Sarkodie released Happy Day featuring Kuami Eugene

While Samini also released Kpoyaka

Social media went buzzing when Ghana’s rapper Sarkodie released a new song titled: Happy Day. The song which features Lynx Entertainment signed artiste Kuami Eugene and Ghana’s current reigning artiste of the year has sparked a lot of conversation in the Ghanaian Entertainment industry. 

A day after releasing the single, Sarkodie has also received an acceptance tweet from Ghana’s President. Nana Addo. 

In his post to Sarkodie, Ghana’s president mentioned that he likes the song and indeed the battle is still the lords. 

President tweeted: 

The post by the president of Ghana has also sparked some controversies and social media platform twitter has responded. 

In some comments under the president posts there seem to be a whole debate as to whether the president has performed well or not. 

Others also showed their love for the president and showed their support for the song. 

Listen to happy day by Sarkodie ft Kuami Eugene