Entertainment pundit Ola Michael has voiced his discontentment regarding Ghanaian musicians who participated in the recent #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest. During a panel discussion on UTV's United Showbiz on September 23, 2023, he articulated his perspective on the engagement of celebrities in protests and criticized what he interpreted as misaligned priorities.

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"The easiest country to govern in this world is Ghana, so all these demonstrations where people go there to show their faces, is just not important. It won't lead anywhere, it won't bring any change. "People will continue to be hungry because the person leading us is saying we shouldn't talk about him, and who are you to discuss that?" Ola asked.

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He expressed his dissatisfaction, particularly with musicians who joined the protest rather than concentrating on issues facing the business. "For those musicians who went there, I am very disappointed in them. I wish they had not done that, You have very important issues regarding the music industry, and we are calling for you to be united around those issues for us to address them. But for that, you people won't do it," he said.

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Prominent artists who attended included Pappy Kojo, Stonebwoy, Manifest, Efya Nokturnal, Cina Soul, Kwaw Kese, and several others. During the concluding day of the three-day #OccupyJulorbiHouse protests, demonstrators made an attempt to breach a police barricade late into the night in a bid to march toward the presidential palace.

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This effort persisted despite the unlawful arrests and police use of force that marked Day 1, when 49 protesters were apprehended and held for an extended period on charges of unlawful assembly. All of them were subsequently released on bail.

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Day 2 and Day 3 transpired without any significant incidents, as the police established barricades on the primary road leading to the presidential palace, Jubilee House, even before the protesters initiated their march in that direction. On Day 2, one section of the 37-Accra road was obstructed, while on the final day, both sides of the road were blocked, causing substantial disruptions to vehicular traffic for a significant portion of the day.

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