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Publicly endorsing Nana Addo in 2016 nearly collapsed my career - Cwesi Oteng

September 11, 2020 12:39 PM

Cwesi Oteng has opened about how endorsing Nana Addo as the then NPP candidate in 2016 has negatively impacted his career.

Cwesi Oteng and Nana Addo in the lead up to the 2016 elections

According to the award-winning Ghanaian gospel musician, publicly declaring support for the New Patriotic Party was very bad for his business to the point that his music career took a nosedive.

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Cwesi Oteng was speaking on the 'Aben Wo Ha' cooking show, an Onua TV show, hosted by his colleague gospel singer Gifty Osei. He said “after making that endorsement I went down. It was too bad for my business”.

Commenting on why he went public with his support for Nana Addo, he said: “I did what I did because it’s everybody’s civil right to have a political choice so I did it from that perspective.”

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In a report by 3news.com, the 'God Dey Bless' hitmaker also noted that he loved then Candidate Akufo-Addo because of his character and his love for the country, adding that he wasn’t given anything and he didn’t even expect to be given something for campaigning for the NPP.