Ghanaian Actor, Van Vicker Says Ghana Actors Guild ‘Abandoned’ Him After His Injury

After sustaining a leg injury during the
friendly games held between
the Ghana Actors Guild (GAG) and their
Nigerian counterparts at Kumasi sports
stadium  Ghanaian Actor, Van Vicker is
very upset with the Ghana Actors Guild
for not sending him any solidarity
message.
He lamented:
‘I was first admitted at Sunshine
Hospital in Ghana and later transferred
to United states of America where I am
still receiving medical treatment but had
to come to Ghana to continue with my
movie shoot, and then go back for check-
up ‘. He said.
‘I believe one of the responsibilities of
the Actors guild is to support
its members , or support the interest of
Ghanaian actors, I am a member of
actor’s guild and that’s why I went to
play for the Guild and also to represent
Ghana in the name of the guild. I was
made aware that the tournament was an
independence match , which shows that
it is part of the state’s agenda for the
celebration of independence, so if for
nothing at all, the Guild should have
shown concern,’
He continued to vent , ‘I think it is a sign
of ingratitude, because it’s just like going
to work for a friend and getting injured
in the process and the friend turns deaf
ears to how you recovered or
recovering’.
Talking about the way forward for the
insurance of Ghanaian actors , Van said
that , what happened to him could have
happened to anyone, so he has a future
plan of securing insurance policies to
Ghanaian actors.
He revealed to Razz Newspaper reporter
(Mustapha Inusah)that he has already
started meeting different organizations
on that, so very soon , Ghanaian actors
will be informed on that.
Meanwhile in a separate chat with Mr
Samuel Nii Odoi Mensah , president of
(GAG), he says that Van Vicker’s
allegation is not true .
He said:
‘I personally called Van Vicker and I also
whatApp him to check up on him
because I was also sick that time and I
couldn’t play much active role in
frequently checking up on him, so
Actress Emelia Brobbey took over and
was doing that on our behalf’ he
responded’.
He added that ‘If Mr Van Vicker is
critiquing the Guild because we didn’t
support in payment of his bills, for that I
admit and all I can say about it is that,
our members don’t pay their dues for us
to be able to support any member in
cash, we would have supported him if we
have the cash’. Mr Samuel Nii Odoi
Mensah , president of (GAG), added.