Deputy Minister for Tourism Culture and Creative Arts, Dzifa Gomashie with the family of late Bob Okala
Dzifa Gomashie, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, has visited the family of the late, Ghanaian comedian Bishop Bob Okala, real name, Samuel Kwadwo Buabeng, on last Thursday, at his home at Amasaman in the capital, Accra.
Her visit was especially to lament with the family of the veteran humorist, this incident was happened when he was performing live on stage at Koforidua, he collapsed on the stage and kicked the bucket later at the Koforidua Regional Hospital on 12th of March, 2016.
Dzifa Gomashie, who in the mid 90s, worked with the late bishop Bob Okala, was joined by Anastasia Agbeyagah, maker of the famous Key Soap Concert party.
Speaking to the family members, Madam Gomashie said, ‘it was a genuine catastrophe to deal with the news that the man who bought such a lot of bliss to Ghanaian homes was no more’.
She was especially depressed that, within a brief period of time, a few individuals from the creative arts, have passed on during a period when the entertainment industry was developing and being given the right consideration and acknowledgment.
She begged that Bob Okala’s death, closes some awful news circulating around anybody in the industry.
She said before, the industry did not have a proper service, but rather now same can’t be said, and longed that the individuals who have paid their dues over the previous decades, would live to see and contribute in whichever way to its development.
As per Madam Dzifa, it was unfortunate that, any likes of Rev. Swirl Coffie, president of the Ghana Actors Guild, Solomon Sampah, Nkomode and now Bob Okala, within such a brief time period, were no more alive to captivate Ghanaians. Nkomode who kicked the bucket on 5th of February, is likewise yet to be buried in the coming days.
Both Bishop Bob Okala and Nkomode, used to furiously challenge for “Who Is Who” in the Key Soap Concert Party show, exciting Ghanaian viewers and fans with extremely amusing stage satire.
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