It has emerged that Noella Wiyaala’s refusal to accept a citation from the President of The Bronx Borough, Vanessa L. Gibson, backstage was caused by one Mohammed Mardah, a Ghanaian based in the United States.
Mohammed Mardah, who identifies himself as the Chairman of the African Advisory Council to the Bronx Borough President’s office, has taken responsibility for whatever happened during the SummerStage festival over the weekend.
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He indicated that he wanted to show the world two of Ghana’s best and acknowledge their commitment to artistic excellence.
Mardah wrote on his Facebook timeline: “I want to state categorically and emphatically that! The Bronx Borough President bears NO RESPONSIBILITY for what happened last night at Summerstage 2022.
“Shatta Wale bears NO RESPONSIBILITY for what happened at Summerstage 2022 in the Bronx. Is rather unfortunate that the idea to amplify the event and show the world two of Ghana’s best and acknowledging [sic] their commitment to artistic excellence failed. That was MY fault. ”
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In apologising to the Afro-pop singer, Mardah stated that the intent of the citation presentation was to show unity and cohesion among the artistes but it failed.
“So, I am hereby rendering an unqualified apology to Wiyaala and her team. I initiated the idea of the citation with the Borough President in my capacity as Chairman of the African Advisory Council to the BP’s office. And the intent to show unity and cohesion failed.
“I would elaborate further, but the main point here is that neither Shatta Wale nor the Borough President had any responsibility in what happened,” Mohammed Mardah’s post concluded.
Noella Wiyaala in a series of social media posts has been complaining about how she was treated unfairly at the event to the extent of her rejecting a presentation of citation of merit backstage.
She said, the organisers of the show had informed her that she would be presented with a citation on stage during Shatta Wale’s performance, so, she should wait.
