Says:”They don’t work hard enough”
Okechukwu Mac-Anthony known in the entertainment world as Okey Bakassi has been around in the make-believe world for decades. His rich profile earned him appointment as Senior Special Assistant on Entertainment Affairs to the former Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State.
In a recent interview on Emmanuel Ugolee’s The Gist, Okey proffered reasons young comedians haven’t been able to retire them.
According to them: ”Young comedians have not been able to retire us because they are not actually working hard. A lot of them have double the followership that we even have on social media because it’s the medium of their generation and we are playing catch up in that area.”
He further stated that young comedians need to improve on their content.
“They need to work on their content . We know who is really working hard when we listen to them.”
He was interviewed alongside Alibaba. Together, they x-rayed the growth and emergence of the Nigerian comedy industry.