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Ghanaian musician and media personality Sister Deborah has opened up about an incident involving herself, dancehall artiste Shatta Wale and event organisers Charterhouse during her time as a television presenter at GHOne TV.
Speaking on Showbiz Review on Asempa FM, Sister Deborah revealed that in 2015, while hosting one of her regular programmes at GHOne, she was instructed to omit Shatta Wale’s name from a script she had been given for the show.
According to her, the directive came at a time when Shatta Wale was involved in a dispute with Charterhouse following his loss to Kaakie in the Reggae/Dancehall Artiste category at an awards event.
Sister Deborah said she questioned the decision because she felt it was unfair and would place her in an uncomfortable position as the face of the programme.
“I was given a script as usual, and at the last part they had mentioned three artistes and I was told to leave Shatta’s name out. I disagreed because I didn’t think it was right,” she recounted. She claimed that at the time, it was widely known within the organisation that staff were not expected to mention Shatta Wale’s name on air because of the ongoing disagreement.
The artiste said the issue later gained attention when a Shatta Wale fan questioned on Facebook why she had failed to mention the musician during the programme.
According to her, she responded by explaining that the decision was not hers but that of the company.However, she said her response did not go down well with management, who were unhappy that she had publicly disclosed the reason behind the omission.
“So a Shatta fan on Facebook asked why I didn’t mention him, and I told him it had nothing to do with me but the company. They got angry at me for saying that, which I found strange,” she said.
