Veteran actress Grace Omaboe popularly known as Maame Dokono has revealed that the national chairman of the National Democratic Congress Kofi Portuphy and former head of the National Health Insurance Scheme Sylvester Mensah were her acting colleagues when she was honing her skills in the industry.
According to Omaboe, Mr. Portuphy was her close friend until he started gaining prominence in politics.
“We started acting with people like Kofi Portuphy and Sylvester Mensah. Kofi and I were very close friends. He often acted as my boyfriend on stage. We separated when Kofi started becoming a big man in politics. We used to be very good friends, our group was known as talent.
“I was to meet Kofi Portuphy at his office some time back…I couldn’t see him because of how some of the staff looked at me and the remarks they made,” she told Bola Ray on Starr Chat Wednesday.
Maame Dokono also bemoaned the closure of her Orphanage under the NDC.
“It was very political…I [had] a license but I had not renewed it. It was not illegal because I was operating the orphanage and they were bringing the children to me. Why should they bring the children to me if they knew it was illegal, most of the children were even taken to orphanages that were not registered.
“I had registered an NGO and every year I had to go and renew it, that is what I knew and I decided to use my house as a shelter. It wasn’t even meant for children alone, it was meant for women and men who were distressed…and the social welfare knew about it and OSU children’s home also knew about it.”
Source: Ghana/Starrfmonline.com/103.5FM
