'Wahala' for Omane over new song

When Nicholas Omane Acheampong released his Akuya 57 song a couple of weeks ago, little did he know that his good intentions of telling political leaders to seek truth to secure better leadership for the country would create ‘enemies’ for him.

According to the gospel artiste who hit the limelight with his Tabitha Kum song some years back, ever since Akuya 57 hit the airwaves, he had been the subject of unwarranted attacks on social media for his decision to let Ghanaians know what God had revealed to him.

“For these past weeks, I have had to endure insults and unnecessary attacks on my person because I released a song asking our political leaders to be wary of their leadership style”, he stated.

The well-known gospel artiste said he was at a loss at the state of affairs because he least expected such reactions from the public. 

Nicholas pointed out that, he was touched to pray for Ghana as a nation because he didn’t understand why a country blessed with so much natural  resources was struggling  economically. 

To him, he only wanted to let Ghanaians know the answer to his  prayers.

“I don’t think those criticising me have listened carefully to the content of the song. Most of the criticisms are coming from supporters of the ruling party. They think that I’m just using my fame and public appeal to make the government unpopular but that has never been my intention. 

“I will never seek the interest of one political party against the other. My interest is to do  the bidding of  God and not that of a political party.

“I won’t be a propaganda tool for any political party and I have no intention of mounting any platform to campaign for any party. Not even for a billion dollars. I won’t sell my credibility for the sake of any party.”

He told Showbiz that he has no problem if any of his colleagues in the gospel industry decide to support  a particular political party but he would not do so  because he had been appalled by the leadership qualities of all past governments.

“We shouldn’t blame just the NDC government for our economic woes since they started from previous regimes.  All the previous governments contributed to our current state. Their untruthfulness and corrupt ways are the result of what we are experiencing now,” he stated.

Surprisingly, Nicholas said the church which  should lead the truth campaign, has in itself been corrupted, making it difficult  for it to talk against the ills in the society. “We are all guilty, ” he emphasised.

For now, the Zaphenath Paneah singer has asked Ghanaians not to read any strange meanings into his  Akuya 57 song since it is just a warning to us all to live right  in order to  save Ghana from her troubles.  

“It is the word of God that I have delivered to His people,” he stressed.

Explaining the meaning of Akuya 57 which was recently launched at the Glorious Wave Church International at Sakumono near Tema, he said it depicted the day Ghana gained independence which fell on a Wednesday.

Apart from his catchy album titles like Zaphenath Paneah, Tabitha Kum and Mahashala Hashbaz, Nicholas has other songs such as Susu Dwene, Yesu Tumi, Aseda and Wojejireje.