Abraham Attah thanking me is refreshing and encouraging – Kennedy Agyapong

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Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin

Central in the Central region has lauded ‘Beasts of No

Nation’ star Abraham Attah’s gesture of showing gratitude

to him.

The who MP paid the school fees of Abraham Attah at one

point said, “what the guy has done is so marvellous.

Looking at the assistance I give to people, his is peanut,

just a little so for this young man to remember me and come

back to say thank you, it’s refreshing and encouraging”.

The Independent Spirit Award winner paid a courtesy call

on the MP at his residence at Assin Fosu earlier in the week

to show gratitude for contributing to his education when

Kennedy Agyapong discovered saw him selling at the toll

booth in Ashaiman some years back.

Abraham Attah gained public attention in 2015 after his role

as ‘Agu’ in ‘Beasts of No Nation’. He went ahead to win

several awards including Marcello Mastroianni's Best

Young Actor Award at the 72nd Venice International Film

Festival.

In an interview on Hitz FM’s Daybreak Hitz with KMJ, the

MP said he didn’t want to bask in the young actor’s glory

for fear that people would say he is a braggart.

“I watched excerpts of his movie in America and was like

wow. No matter where you were born if you’re giving the

opportunity, you will excel,” he proudly added.

The MP discovered young Abraham at the Ashaiman

tollbooth selling some items and asked him why he was not

in school. Abraham told him although he wanted to, he

parents could not afford it.

“I said, go and tell your parents that I want to pay the

school fees for you so he went. The next morning when I got

there he was there and I asked him ‘what did your parents

say?’ he said, 'they are happy with it', so I gave him money

to go and buy school uniform and for school fees”.

The businessman said he was surprised when Abraham

Attah asked to see him.

Kennedy Agyapong, who says he has been doing a lot of

benevolent deeds for people, was surprised when Abraham

asked to see him after becoming a star, revealing the young

actor was one of those who returned to thanked him for

assisting him.

“I have helped bankers, engineers, medical doctors and

none of them has even come back to say thank you to me

except one b
oy I took care of at Cape Vas who later won a

US lottery and is living in America,” he reiterated.

Commenting on the entertainment industry, he

said “Ghanaian artistes are doing great songs. I visited

Minnesota and a DJ there kept playing Ghanaian songs

back to back for three hours but the problem is with their

video clips. They should add a little art, a little style, it

should be flashy.”

He also revealed that he loves Bisa Kdei’s ‘Brother Brother’

song but the video for the song is terrible.

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