Even though Ghanaian/Nigerian actress, Yvonne Okoro may be disappointed for not winning in any of the categories she was nominated in at the just-conc
Even though Ghanaian/Nigerian actress, Yvonne Okoro may be disappointed for not winning in any of the categories she was nominated in at the just-concluded Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), she is clearly displeased with her Ghana fan-base who she has called out for not voting for her movie, ‘Ghana Must Go’.
Yvonne noted that Ghanaians are quick to complain when Nigerians and South Africans take home all the awards, but they never put in effort to vote for the movies they claim to support. The actress who received multiple nominations blames Ghanaians for never proving their dedication to their movie industry.
“It means people didn’t vote that’s what it means. When you say this, people get angry. They go and watch the thing (award shows) and go like why are Nigerians only winning, why are South Africans winning but it’s a viewer’s choice awards, you’re meant to vote so that the one that you want to win, would win. And you’ll realize that we have that problem.
“We talk a lot about supporting, oh yes! Let her go, we’re so proud of you but nobody goes out there to vote if you look at Big Brother and all these shows, the person cannot win if you don’t vote. So you’ll realize that for my last movie ‘Contract’, the awards that I won for them were all by the jury and not by popular votes so that should tell you that Ghanaians don’t know how to vote and when you don’t win, they would want to ask you why you didn’t or, get angry and say why are Nigerians winning. It’s because they vote for their people.
“No matter how terrible the movie is, they go out there and vote because they want their country to win. What’s most important is that, next time, let’s not just celebrate the person or the fact that she’s been nominated. Yeah being nominated is fantastic but trust me, winning is the best. So next time, let’s go out there and vote for Ghana, vote for your people so that they can win but the fact that we were nominated and at least Ghana represented, I think it’s a beautiful thing but it would have been better if I won.”
Joy News
