[ 2016-11-01 ]

Alfred Oko Vanderpuije turning banku

Nii Kpakpo Thompson mocks Oko Vanderpuije over ‘banku campaign’
Host of the most popular satirical talk show in
Ghana, Nii Kpakpo Thompson has mocked the Accra
Mayor, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, after the latter
decided to demonstrate his banku turning skills
while campaigning.

Alfred Oko Vanderpuije who was sighted a fortnight
ago seriously turning banku during his
door-to-door campaign tour of the Korle Gonno
community, argued that the act is a way of
bringing the message of hope and advancement to
the people.

“With me turning the banku shows that I can
cook. I’m bringing a message of hope to our
restaurants, our women who cook and sell banku
along the roads. I’m telling them that with me,
there is going to be advancement,” the mayor of
Accra argued.

But Nii Kpakpo on his Tonight Show on Viasat1 last
Friday, somewhat disagreed with the approach by
the MP, which according to the host, is not close
to the role of an MP in Ghana.

“My brother in ‘beardedness’ has launched
his campaign full swing. He’s been going around
his constituency campaigning to take office as MP
and he’s been turning banku. He says,’You have
to show the skills you have acquired to let the
people know that when you come you would expand
their businesses for them?’”

“What is the work of an MP? Is it to be turning
banku?” Nii Kpakpo Thompson joked.

Nii Kpakpo also used his opening monoloque to poke
fun at the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, who also
recently cautioned Ghanaian adults to desist from
drinking Kalyppo fruit juice because it is not
good for their health, after which he delivered a
long list of word play for “Kalyppo” and their
interpretations.

Source - Viasat

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