Actor LilWin has claimed that his movie “Mr. President” has served as inspiration for the campaign messages of political leaders in Ghana. He mentioned that both Dr. Bawumia and Mr. Mahama have used parts of his movie in their campaigns.
During an interview with Summy Brown on Accra 100.5 FM’s after-drive program, Akwaaba, LilWin, whose real name is Kwadwo Nkansah, pointed out specific scenes in the movie that he believes have been noticed and utilized by Dr. Bawumia of the ruling New Patriotic Party and Mr. Mahama of the opposition National Democratic Congress.
“Government may not be able to start the business, but it can surely support those who have businesses and employ 300 to 2000 workers. So there will be increasing employment. Otherwise, unemployment will heap pressure on you.
“At the same time, you need to review utility bills and taxes downwards, so people can maximise profit and expand their businesses, but it’s unfortunate that in Ghana, you open a business, and the government demands huge taxes, which hinders the company’s growth. The taxes and electricity bills, for instance, keep business owners from expanding their businesses. Government would have no headaches if it paid attention to this area,” he contended.
The entrepreneur turned his attention to the promising workforce in prison.
“Consider the number of people in prison, whose upkeep comes at a great cost to government. They do not work to contribute to the economy in any way. So government could get land, to get inmates into manufacturing and production of things like prison biscuits, shoes, water, so they sell it, and get profits for themselves and the government,” LilWin suggested, touting: “There are a lot of such ideas in my movie.”
The rural-Ghana movie (Kumawood) star also noted the overwhelming success of the premiere of his Mr President movie in Kumasi, Ashanti Region.
“My intention was to change the status quo and beat that record and make movie premiering in Kumasi a huge success, just like in Accra, because we shoot almost 80 per cent of the [Kumawood] movies here,” he indicated.
“There was such an overflow of audience that people sat where it was not even conducive. We had to even add a conference hall to seat about 300 more people.”
The Afigya Kwabre South resident also emphasised his desire to be the Member of Parliament (MP) for Afigya Kwabre North, where he is originally from.
