Ghanaian comedian OB Amponsah made a light-hearted joke about former Vice President and NPP’s 2024 Presidential Candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, during a comedy performance at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
The event, which drew a large crowd, was filled with laughter as OB used satire to reflect on the political events leading up to the 2024 elections.
OB Amponsah shared a humorous story about how someone from Dr Bawumia’s campaign team allegedly contacted him, asking if he would campaign for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential candidate ahead of the election.
“Bawumia called me, well, maybe not Bawumia himself, but someone from his camp, and they asked how much I would charge to campaign for him. I said, ‘Let me call you back,’” OB said, prompting laughter from the audience.
He explained that instead of giving an immediate quote, he decided to consult his family.
According to him, his relatives helped him come up with a list of demands, which he later relayed to the campaign representative.
“I called my family to tell them about the offer, and they told me how much to charge. So I called the guy back and said I’d take two houses at Trassaco, two Benzes, and a Daewoo Matiz for Uber. The guy went quiet for like five seconds and then asked, ‘Are you mad? Do you even know how much our campaign budget is?’ That’s how I didn’t end up campaigning for Bawumia,” OB recounted, drawing loud laughter from the crowd.
He also joked about Dr Bawumia’s campaign strategy, saying the former Vice President behaved as though he was not part of the Akufo-Addo-led administration.
“I knew Bawumia was going to lose. He campaigned like he wasn’t even in government. The way he was talking during the campaign, it was only a thin line stopping him from saying, ‘Let’s vote this corrupt party out.’ Everything he said made it seem like he was opposing Akufo-Addo,” OB hilariously stated.
The comedian didn’t spare Bawumia’s running mate, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as Napo.
He joked that Napo was selected to inject some comic relief into the ticket because even the party knew a loss was likely.
“Why did they pair Bawumia with Napo? They knew they were going to lose, so they added some comedy. Bawumia could win ten votes, and Napo would say something that would cancel out seven. You all saw what Napo was doing. I didn’t know much about him until they made him the vice-presidential candidate. People were so concerned about Napo’s behaviour that they asked Otumfuo to speak to him. I’ve never seen a candidate who, after being appointed, had to be advised by a king,” he added.
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