Being a reporter and a journalist for that matter is not only about presenting a viewpoint, but rather collating and transmitting facts. Can you imagine seeing a reporter supposed to be flawlessly informed exhibiting his/her ignorance shamelessly on a subject matter? One will wonder how perfectly s/he manages to educate the listeners or viewers. This was the exact situation when two female reporters decided to “crucify” ill-fated Ras Wayoe at a press conference last Friday when they barely knew a thing about the BBA competition.
The dream of several newsmen in this country is not only to grab unending awards but also to gain the fame of treasured journalists including Americas Jon Steward. This they openly admit without fear or grope at any opportune time. What seems anonymous to them is the knotty journey their idols embarked to get to the apex of their careers. Should they know this, it becomes obvious most of them will become Ghana’s Aziz Zakari in their race to reach their career destination.
George Tetteh Wayoe had suddenly become a public property thanks to Big Brother Africa. The law student had incurred the wrath of the entire nation for what is speculated as his bad showing and subsequent eviction from the house just after a week. Ironically, most of his critics don’t possess his level of courage that saw him through the auditions not to talk of his level of acumen that sees him surviving his legal studies.
The GH rep at the Revolution was presented to the press just after hours of touching down on home soil. Originally planned for a day earlier, the change became necessitated due to snags surrounding his flight back to Accra. Ras Wayoe walked into the Bouquet hall of the lavish Holiday In hotel with no precursor of disappointment. His relatively small but round face beamed with smiles with a hand bag hanging on his shoulder and a staff in one hand.
The press conference was quite brief with PR for Muiltichoice Anne Sackey, serving as the coordinator for the event. After introducing him, the interaction with the press began with Wayoe taking endless questions. It was at this point those female reporters from two respected television networks daringly humiliated themselves. To be noticed, the lady from the “metropolitan station” inquired if Wayoe had resided out of GH prior to his selection like his predecessors. She asked if that formed criteria for selection.
Upon correction, she would further taint her credibility by arguing her gaffe based on hearsay rather than thanking her media colleagues for their generosity. This lady had earlier caused a five minute stoppage of the program for her supposed cameraman’s shooting difficulty due to bad positioning of Anne and Wayoe. She had arrived over an hour late and that action left qualms about her “journalistic style”. The least said about the other lady from the Kanda based television station, the better. To talk unnecessarily sometimes makes one to become a nuisance.
During the interaction, Ras Wayoe admitted failing with his erroneous first week game strategy. He further responded to his usage of the Jamaican lingua. “I am a true Jah Boy and I want to be seen as such. The Big Brother House is about being authentic and real. When you see me on the streets, I am a Rasta and will speak as such. I am a true Ras and not the fashion type. So I was being myself in the house with the Rasta language. And look, people are now speaking it since my eviction”. Wayoe can be pardoned after confessing not being an ardent fan of BBA. Kwaku Tee had his American accent raising doubts about him in the house two seasons ago.
The father of two confirmed his earlier statements in the Big Brother House related to his political aspirations after graduating his LLB degree. He followed it up with reasons for the botched relationship with his babies’ mama. “This is true and I will be a politician with my dread logs on. There is no part of the constitution that says you can’t be a political figure when you have dread logs. Within every generation, there is a revolution and I will bring about this change in my time.
I was a young man trying to make it in life with the likes of Black Rasta. I was doing a thing on radio and had to work my way onto the payroll of Multimedia. This was taking quite longer than my lady expected. Her family had their reservations about me and advised her to move away from me. I can attribute it to my status then, I was broke so I lost my lady and relationship”.
Wayoe claimed to have developed twelve strategies to be used as the competition progressed and regrets not combining all twelve from his very first day in the house. “This is the time my strategies would have worked perfectly. I had a swimming strategy which would have placed me ahead of the others as the female housemates joins in the competition. I should have used all twelve, a bit of each from the very first day”.
Described by most as a “humble lion”, the fervent follower of the conquering lion tribal of Judah was grateful to the BBA team that selected him to represent the over twenty million populated West African nation, describing the opportunity as a blessed and most wonderful one. Whenever you see the Tarkoradi based Ras Wayoe in town, drop him a congratulatory message rather than callous criticisms.
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