Praise and pillory for Yvonne Nelson as IMANI 'big boys' diverge on vigil proposal

Leaders of policy think-tank IMANI Africa cannot seem to agree on a common position relative to a recent call for them to support a vigil against rolling power blackouts known as 'dumsor.'.

While President Franklin Cudjoe fully supports the call for the vigil as called for by actress Yvonne Nelson, his Vice President Bright Simons stated in an X post that IMANI was not into the business of helping organize vigils.

In her original post calling for IMANI's support, Nelson wrote: "Imani Ghana, can we organize another vigil.

When an X user pointed out that Yvonne's call was well grounded with the current dumsor citizens were enduring, Simons responded: "Except that IMANI didn't organise any vigils.

Hours later Franklin Cudjoe posted a message on Facebook fully endorsing Yvonne's call but stopping short of stating whether IMANI will be directly involved in a vigil.

Fair call even as we (IMANI) have maintained our criticism of government's bad decisions for what often seem like a rudderless leadership, the latest dumsor episodes being the zenith.

Meanwhile, others can also organise their own unique protests in churches, mosques, bars, schools and homes," he wrote tagging other members of IMANI including Simons, Kofi Bentil and Selorm Branttie.