Former Upper East Regional Minister, Tangoba Abayage has disclosed why she had to rescind her support plan for musician, Atimbila.
Speaking in an interview on Dreamz FM, Madam Abayage indicated that she had witnessed the musician performed at a program during her tenure as regional minister and fell in love with his craft.
She stated that although he performed so well to her admiration and that of the many audience present, she was not impressed with his appearance as she said he looked disoriented and dejected.
She, therefore, took it upon herself to support the former MTN hitmaker contestant to rebrand and grow his craft.
But the musician, she indicated, showed no seriousness in taking advantage of the opportunity and bettering his craft and for that matter, his life.
According to her, Atimbila, after visiting her once at her office and asking for a mobile phone, which she bought for him, ceased contacts with her and only had a lady, who claimed to be his wife, constantly telephoning her and demanding money to cater for his supposed medical bills.
The said lady, she disclosed, had called her on more than 10 different occasions, claiming that the musician had been hospitalized due to his excessive alcohol intake and needed money to settle his bill.
She, however, could not bear it any longer and had to cut ties with him and his supposed wife.
“I met Atimbila at a program somewhere, he sang so well and I liked him. But he looked so disoriented and dejected so I decided that ‘why don’t I take such person and groom him up’. So he came to my office and said he didn’t have a phone, I gave him a phone. Once in a while, I gave him something small.
I left office, he hardly would call but a lady would call, ‘madam, it is Atimbilla, he is dying, we need money’, more than 10 times. I asked why and she said ‘he keeps drinking, I tell him not to drink but he drinks’,” she recounted.
She added, “I was willing to help him but he didn’t give me any assurance that he was ready to do something meaningful with his life. You can’t call me and say you are drunk and you are sick and at the hospital, they should give you money, who does that? This is the first time I’m saying this just so he know. I don’t even know the lady. Maybe, the lady was trying to scam me because anytime she called, ‘madam, Atimbilla is sick’. Who are you? I don’t know you, I don’t know the girl. She claimed she is his wife. Atimbila himself doesn’t call me”.
The former minister contended that it was discourteous of the musician to cease communicating with her and only had a lady, whom she does not know, calling her to beg for money.
“You don’t have to call and beg. You have to call and checkup on me. Sometimes, we need to do that. I left office, you are my son, call and check on me and we build the relationship. Our people have a proverb that water doesn’t run the wrong way. I have been here, I have nice with you, pick a phone and call and check on me, that is it. But you let some girl somewhere be calling me and demanding for money for treatment”.
