“I nearly turned down NDC Youth Manifesto Soiree gig” – DKB

Ghanaian comedian Derrick Kobina Bonney, popularly known as DKB, has expressed his initial reluctance to perform at the recent Youth Manifesto Soiree of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

DKB, who eventually performed at the event on August 12, 2024, at the Bukom Boxing Arena, revealed during an interview on Joy FM’s Cosmopolitan Mix with aKorfa that he hesitated when first approached with the request.

Despite his reservations, he decided to accept the invitation and participate in the NDC’s event.

“I nearly turned down the NDC gig at Bukom Arena. I was booked to perform and I told them it’s a political platform and they said I should just come and entertain the people. Because it’s very tricky when you are on political platforms. I went to the NDC Youth soiree to entertain them and pass my somewhere so I had no idea that John Mahama will slam me with the breakthrough.

I actually did, and they told me ‘you can decide to stay away from politics with your content, if you want’,” he said.

He said he didn’t regret taking up that gig because in the end he got to know that John Mahama is his fan.

“It was very pleasant and shocking to me when John Mahama repeated two of my jokes on stage. I couldn’t sleep till morning. He’s captured my heart and right now I’m a presidential comedian,” DKB noted.

DKB said he had made a pledge to return a favour for John Mahama, by campaigning for him.

“It was one huge endorsement in my whole career and I have been through a lot in this country so if a President is talking about your joke and how he loves your joke, the only thing you can also do is to help him become President and realise his dream. So right now, I am fully pushing John Mahama. It doesn’t mean I hate NPP,” he said.

DKB is not the only creative arts figure supporting the National Democratic Congress ahead of the December 7, 2024, election. Other entertainers, including Big Akwes, Christiana Awuni, Mercy Asiedu, Jack Alolome, and Kofi Okyere Darko, have also publicly endorsed the NDC, aligning themselves with the party in the upcoming election.