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I’m Currently Shooting ‘Sparadice’

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Steve Onu popularly known as Yaw is a famous stand-up comedian, on-air personalit­y, actor, master of ceremony, event host, radio personalit­y and all round entertaine­r. His time in the Nigerian entertainm­ent industry has contribute­d more than just his personal artistry but added more of his capacity to add to its growth through his shows and on air programmes. In this interview with Tosin Clegg he talks about his projects, his just concluded show and a lot more

II’ m currently onset shooting a new TV show “Sparadice.’ it’s coming on star times and some other tv stations. It’s an humorous tv series, so that’s what Yaw has been up to. Well, I’ m still on radio, the same radio station Wazo bi a FM. That’ s what I have been doing with my time.

Flatmates is like a family

We started flat mates, I think in 2002 or 2003 I can’ t even remember again jo! Myself, Basket mouth and Okechukwu Chi om a started Flat mate sand the rest is history because for now, it’ s the number one most sort out for tv series. I will just say it’s grace and we loving what we know how to do, I really can’ t say the secret but we loving our craft and giving it our best.

About my just concluded show

Alright, so the show is titled PO! It’ s the normal PO that you goto toilet with, the normal ones kids use. It’ s written by actor Fe mi Branch, I’ m sure it’ s in the 1990 she wrote it and the first ever performanc­e was done in 2004 by late J aye Abode rina ndKeppy Ekpeyoung. And I did the play again in 2009 and it doesn’t really have special meaning than the PO! You pass excreta with. So, I decided to make it a three-day show because the play on its own is to sensitize people about governance and the part the society plays; not just the people in power. We are all in this together. If we don’t we don’t get it right now, with the way this country has become now, believe me I don’ t know what will become of us. This is to tell people to vote, go out and get your PVC to vote and then vote wisely also. Not just because you want to get money.

Yaw as president of Nigeria

If I have the opportunit­y to become the president of this our great country, the first thing I would fix is the power. I will fix power because the things I have noticed about Nigerians is we are hard working people.

Government hasn’ t provided us these things but we provide it for ourselves. Our lights, security, houses and all by ourselves to ourselves…so if I have the opportunit­y, I will fix power so that people can grow well in their doings. The money we spend our power alone is too much, too crazy! And gradually, we can start to have train, electronic cars.

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