Kwame Owusu Fordjour, known as Dr UN, says he gave Sarkodie an international appeal when he awarded him.
“My award has made Sarkodie popular and given him international appeal,” he said on Onua FM’s Adwuma Adwuma midmorning broadcast to AJ Poundz.
According to Dr. UN, Sarkodie and the rest of his honorees got a lot of mileage out of his accolades.
“Earlier, Sark was only known to the Ghanaians community abroad. For example, initially, when he travels to New York, he was known by just the Ghanaian community there. When my award made it into international headlines, for example, BBC and CNN, that was the deal breaker for him,” he explained.
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He continued: “You know, the UN issued a disclaimer via international media saying Dr Kwame Fordjour doesn’t have any affiliation with them. It elevated you. So, if you want to brand yourself, you start from there. Every award scheme is limited to the local community, but my initiative was way bigger. Now people in high positions, like pastors and high commissioners, know Sarkodie,” he asserted.
He also revealed that the citation he presented was custom-written with assistance from ambassadors, embassies, and high commissioners.
“So Sarkodie shouldn’t have listened to the masses. Now the world knows Sarkodie, so my award isn’t fake,” he concluded.
SOURCE: 3NEWS
