Ghanaian comedian Lekzy DeComic is calling out what he sees as a growing habit in Ghanaian discourse, where conversations around national challenges are quickly dragged into partisan territory.
Speaking during Parrout Mouth’s “Laugh It Off” show on April 26, 2026, in an interview with GhanaWeb’s Joseph Henry Mensah, Lekzy said discussions about the country’s persistent power cuts, widely referred to as dumsor, are often misread through a political lens instead of being treated as a national concern.
He stressed that the situation with electricity supply has become worrying and needs practical solutions rather than political back-and-forth. According to him, the tendency to assign political labels to people who speak up only weakens efforts to address the problem.
“I slept in darkness all through. What more can we say? When you try to speak the truth, people label you as belonging to a certain party. All we want is the betterment of Ghana. So if something is not right, we just have to make our leaders understand that it is affecting businesses.
“I have always been saying this: if you don’t have good stew or soup in your fridge, you won’t understand this conversation. So I only believe that we are on the right path, and they should fix it as soon as possible before it gets out of hand,” he said.
Lekzy also used the platform to comment on reports of xenophobic violence in South Africa, where some Ghanaians have allegedly been targeted in recent incidents.
He argued that the root of South Africa’s tensions goes beyond Black African migrants, pointing instead to deeper societal and structural challenges. In his view, it is unfortunate that frustration is being directed at other Africans rather than the core issues.
“It is quite unfortunate that they are attacking Ghanaians living in South Africa. Actually, the country is highly dominated by white people, but they are not able to even confront the same white people taking over their land. Instead, they go after the minority, which is us, the same Black people.
“I don’t know how this is happening. I don’t know where this energy is coming from, but I only believe that the AU, the African Union, can help rectify it,” Lekzy DeComic added.
