Gomoa Central MP Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, disclosed President John Mahama’s private efforts to support highlife icon Daddy Lumba prior to the musician’s death.
Speaking to GhanaWeb, the lawmaker recounted Mahama expressing concern after observing Lumba’s frail health at Ghana’s 2025 Senior Citizens Day event.
“President Mahama told me he wanted to take care of Lumba immediately after that event,” A-Plus revealed, noting the musician’s reclusive nature delayed the outreach. “He followed up twice, asking: ‘Have you gotten Lumba? I want to help him.’ But Lumba needed time to prepare for meetings.”
The MP transformed his grief into advocacy, urging systematic preservation of cultural legacies. “Lumba took unreleased songs and stories to his grave.
We must document our legends now—not wait until they’re gone,” he asserted, criticizing Ghana’s sparse archival records. A-Plus proposed reviving heritage institutions like the defunct Ghana Film Industry Corporation, originally established by Kwame Nkrumah.
“Whether in arts, politics, or other fields, we owe future generations their heroes’ full stories,” he emphasized.
