Host of GHOne TV’s GH Today, Serwaa Amihere has come under intense attack on Twitter for asking whether the phenomena of betting on sports games by the Ghanaian youth has become a national crisis.
Serwaa Amihere tweeted this controversial question after a couple of UEFA Champions League games which took place on Tuesday, 17th September 2019 ended.
Letβs talk about betting among the youth; is it becoming a national crisis? #GHToday
— Serwaa Amihere (@Serwaa_Amihere) September 17, 2019
Many Twitter users are of the view that the patronage of betting by the youth in Ghana is not a matter that should be subjected to the question of whether or not it has become a national crisis.
BBNZ Live rapper, Ko-Jo CueΒ criticized the GHOne TV journalist for relating the betting phenomena to a national crisis in her question. According to the rapper, there are more pertinent issues that should be of national concern than betting.
1. Corruption
2. Fraud
3. Lack of infrastructure
4. Human rights abuse
5. Drugs
6. Money Laundering
7. Sanitation
8. Banking
9. Educational System
10. Bad JournalismBut somehow we find a way to blame the youth when old people cause all these issues.
Betting no be crisis. https://t.co/yC3FOckRGo
— YDL (@KOJO_Cue) September 17, 2019
Below are some other reactions to Serwaa’s question above:
https://twitter.com/Kaypoisson1/status/1174244110041014272
https://twitter.com/Ankamagyimi/status/1174306240203243520
Serwaa Amihere, Please it's not only the youth that stake bet wai.. Bet de3 3y3 national assetπππ pic.twitter.com/x7oPAlmEwH
— A R M S T R O N Gπβ (@_BraHenry) September 18, 2019
You are campaigning against betting but advertising NLA lucky 3, are you serious at all? @GHOneTV @Serwaa_Amihere #GHToday #ghtoday
— KOFI OTEDOLA π°πΈ (@boateng_images) September 18, 2019
Investors dema investments make beans tonite wey Serwaa Amihere take ein bodi come , Ambandi ππ pic.twitter.com/mzMkoShBmG
— Sergio Manucho (@sergiomanucho1) September 17, 2019