I Never Meant To Slander Celebrities - Ernest Owusu-Bempah

Ernest Owusu-Bempah has apologised to all the celebrities in Ghana over his words concerning the #FixTheCountry social media campaign.

In a lengthy Facebook page, he admitted that he didn't mean to slander the celebrities, rather, he only meant to point out the inadequacies in their movement.

"I'm sorry. I, therefore, retract the strong and uncomplimentary language used in the write-up. Maybe the issues that I was so much concerned about will not have been glossed over had I not engaged in some early conclusions." He wrote. 

According to him, there was no untruth is what he said but he admitted that he could have chosen his words more politely because describing celebrities as "‘social misfits’ whose behaviour can be ‘akin to drunken behaviour’ and thereby unfit to teach President Akufo-Addo how to govern" is not really good enough.

The Head of Communications at Ghana Gas noted that he was only trying to highlight the parts of the story that Ghanaians don't see as he only “took the huge risk of presenting another side of the story as it is against the Ghanaian situation being pushed by the #FixTheCountry campaigners”.

In his initial statement, he accused the #FixTheCountry protesters of plotting against Akufo-Addo due to partisan politics.

“Their action plan is to attack certain frontline government officials and denigrate them for their own hidden agenda. President Akufo-Addo is doing exactly what the people elected him to do. He was sworn into office a few months ago to begin his second term and every right-thinking Ghanaian can attest to the fact that leadership approach to issues has been phenomenal with his Presidency,”

He has now taken back his words while also acknowledging that a solution can be reached without unnecessary fights. 

“While some agreed with the piece, it wasn't all hearts and flowers. Let me state that my motivation to write that piece was not to slander all celebrities in general nor persons involved in the campaign but to bring to the fore some salient indicators with regards to where we are as a country, and to correct some serious negative phenomenon within the Ghanaian celebrity front."

“I have taken a second look at the write-up and although nothing that I wrote is an untruth, I admit that perhaps I was too harsh in some of my conclusions and choice of words. This shouldn't have been the case and I apologise to all those who may have been hurt by the piece.”