This comes on the back of the announcement by the Minister that her outfit will be launching a channel called Agya Koo TV.

Agya Koo TV is meant to market local movies on to a bigger audience.

Catherine Ablema Afeku at the launch of the Agya Koo TV on Sunday, 4th January, 2018 at the Accra Mall told attractivemustapha.com, that even though there are several apps in the offing for artists like Daddy Lumba, Kojo Antwi, Jackie Appiah, Lil Win among others, they chose to start with Agya Koo because he has the topmost local content brand.

When asked if actor John Dumelo was not best placed in terms of international appeal and exposure, Catherine said a scientific survey conducted by the ministry which considered both online and stratified sampling in their research methodology indicates that Agya Koo is more popular than John Dumelo.

“Agya Koo is more popular, when you go to my constituency, the people in the rural areas know Agya Koo but when you mention John Dumelo, they don’t know him,” she said.

According to the minister, after Agya Koo TV, Daddy Lumba TV will be next to be launched.

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Speaking to citifmonline.com, he stated that he personally developed and wrote the concept of the sketch.

“It is my own concept. I wrote it by myself. At least we had a very good message that we should try to send the girl-child to school and we achieved our aim,” he said.

When asked if they had a challenge with the directing of the play, he indicated that, everything about it was on point except for the few technical hitches with the microphones.

“We have had calls from Holland, Germany and other places around the world that we did well. We did not have any bad directing. It went well. We only had problems with the microphones,” Agya Koo added.

Agya Koo strongly believes that most of the people who are badmouthing the play are supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who are bitter that he campaigned against them.

He noted that in 2016, he was part of a group of comedians who marched at the 59^th Independence Anniversary parade, dressed in old military apparel, and that at the time, people saw nothing wrong with it.

“I have heard Asiedu Nketia has said that what we did was unnecessary. Why did he not say same last year when we played old military personnel at the parade?” he asked.

Principal among the concerns by the general public about the drama is the use of the Twi language, which according them could not be understood by most of the dignitaries and the international audience.

However, Agya Koo believes that those saying the drama should have been done in English are part of Ghana’s problems.

“You see why we are suffering? Twi is my language. Go to Italy, you have to speak their language. I was speaking to Ghanaians – they were my target. So what is the essence of speaking English?” he asked.

According to the actor who is well-known for his comic roles in movies, the argument that the sketch was unnecessary and should not have featured at the parade is misplaced.

“We did not just wake up to do what we did. We had done a couple of rehearsals in the presence of some leaders of the country. If it was useless, they wouldn’t have allowed us to stage it,” he further noted.

On 6^th March, 2017, Agya Koo and a couple of other Ghanaian actors including Akwesi Boadi aka Akrobeto, Clara Benson aka Maame Serwaa  and Matilda Asare, put up a sketch of about eight (8) minutes on girl-child education at the parade of the 60^th Anniversary of Ghana’s Independence.

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He joins a tall list of other Kumasi-based entertainers including Matilda Asare and Ras Nene, who have endorsed the flagbearer’s candidature ahead of the 2016 general elections.

Agya Koo at a press conference on Wednesday, September 21 at Patasi in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, expressed disappointment in the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), and called on the Ghanaians to vote them out come December 7.

He revealed that together with other actors, they have launched a campaign dubbed “Agenda 57% 4 Nana Addo” to canvass support for Akuffo Addo going into the crucial election.

Other actresses present at the conference included Nyankuta, Mama Cali and Adwoa Bene.

‘Courtesy call on Nana Addo’

Agya Koo on Thursday, September 22, paid a courtesy call on the NPP flagbearer at his Nima residence in Accra, where the actor formally informed Nana Addo of his decision to support his candidature this year’s elections.

“Since this [NDC] government came to power, there has been so much hardship and Ghanaians are complaining… For five years I have been at home, a lot of actors and actresses are just home with nothing to eat,” he lamented.

“I called my colleagues and told them to listen to the complaints of others… Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo should come and rescue this country. John Mahama has done his bit, but the group we have started [agenda 57% for Nana Addo] will travel the length and breadth of this country to explain to people why we need a change in government and why they should support you,” he told Nana Addo.

‘Celebrity endorsements’

With almost about 3 months to the December polls, many Ghanaian public figures especially actors and musicians, have publicly declared their support for the two main candidates.

Lucky Mensah, Wisa Greid, Dada KD, Kwabena Kwabena, Barima Sidney, Leo Mensah, Daddy Lumba, Nana Quame and recently, Cwesi Oteng, have endorsed the NPP’s Akuffo Addo while the likes of John Dumelo, Selasie Ibrahim, Mr. Beautiful, Mzbel, Bukom Banku, Ayitey Powers and Papa Nii, have endorsed President John Mahama of the NDC for a second term.

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