{"id":13482,"date":"2018-12-06T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T14:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13482"},"modified":"2018-12-06T14:22:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T14:22:46","slug":"times-are-hard-in-ghana-yvonne-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13482","title":{"rendered":"Times are hard in Ghana \u2013 Yvonne Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Yvonne-Nelson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Yvonne-Nelson.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Yvonne-Nelson-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Yvonne-Nelson-110x75.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It appears some showbiz personalities are livid and not impressed with the Akufo-Addo government\u2019s handling of the Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them have in recent times taken to social media occasionally to voice out their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Yvonne Nelson is the latest to join the bandwagon of complaints about the state of the economy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTimes are hard in this country!!!! It\u2019s that bad!!!!\u201d she tweeted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes a few days after actress\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/11\/29\/nana-addos-govt-not-living-up-to-expectation-lydia-forson\/\">Lydia Forson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and Shatta Wale had also expressed their disappointment at how the government is running the economy.<\/p>\n<p>According to the opinionated actress,\u00a0Lydia Forson, the government led by President Nana Akufo-Addo, has failed to deliver on its promises.<\/p>\n<p>When the Host of Hall of Fame on\u00a0Citi TV, AJ Sarpong, asked if the government ticks all her boxes, she answered in the negative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, absolutely not,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nana Addo, sit up; Ghanaian youth are suffering \u2013 Shatta Wale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale had also said that\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/12\/04\/nana-addo-sit-up-ghanaian-youth-are-suffering-shatta-wale\/\">the youth of Ghana are suffering<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0because there are no jobs for them.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, he noted that the youth are unhappy about hard economic conditions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember when the youth rise there is no stopping cuz everybody is saying it loud now ..Chale money no dey\u2026the system hard,\u00a0 my job spoil,\u00a0 this government has failed us. Yes this is what the street is saying and anyone who will comment and say am lying is a damn liar himself ..\u201d Mr president stand up !!!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo has admitted the challenges Ghanaians are faced with, and has promised to make sure things work out for the better.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xeli-dtGK_Y\" width=\"777\" height=\"437\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re not in crisis; but Ghanaians are in difficulty \u2013 Nana Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he expects the country to be firmly handle the current economic difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Though the President said the country was\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/09\/24\/were-not-in-crisis-but-ghanaians-are-in-difficulty-nana-addo\/\">not at a crisis point<\/a><\/strong>, he acknowledged that the average Ghanaian was in difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a crisis, but the difficulties that we are going through now are difficulties that the system will be able to accommodate. It has meant some difficulties in the lives of ordinary people in Ghana, but they are events that were out of our control, which we have to find a way to accommodate,\u201d he said at a meeting with the Ghanaian community in New York.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo stated that the difficult economic conditions \u201crequire some degree of fortitude and firm action, and that is what we are trying to do at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yvonne Nelson led \u2018Dumsor\u2019 vigil in 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The award winning Ghanaian actress is known for expressing her views on critical national issues regardless of the unfavourable political atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Yvonne Nelson was widely praised for leading one of the massive demonstrations in the country against the power crisis at the time.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, she described the government\u2019s explanations about \u2018dumsor\u2019 as \u201clies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Her #DumsorMustStop hashtag at the time, trended on social media, and received a lot of support from Ghanaians with celebrities like Sarkodie joining in.<\/p>\n<p>She was however unfairly criticized and insulted some by NDC government functionaries at the time, but she was not perturbed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com | Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears some showbiz personalities are livid and not impressed with the Akufo-Addo government\u2019s handling of the Ghanaian economy. 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