Nana Poku Ashis, manager of highlife musician Kwabena Kwabena, has called on event organisers Charterhouse to lead the organisation of a national celebration in honour of the late Daddy Lumba.

Speaking on Hitz FM’s Daybreak Hitz with Kwame Dadzie, Ashis said such an event should be held before the funeral of the Yentie Obiaa hitmaker.

“The iconic Lumba needs a national celebration and I am urging Charterhouse to lead this campaign. Try and put together an event where we will have our stars come and honour the legend.

Before his burial, we should do something of that sort where we see [maybe] a Fameye or Kwabena Kwabena perform a Lumba song just like they do at the Ghana Music Awards. Even if it is a paid event, I am sure it will be a sold-out event,” he said.

Ashis described the late musician as one of Ghana’s most revered entertainers and recalled a conversation with a friend who said Daddy Lumba was the only musician successive governments “feared.”

He explained that for more than a decade, presidential candidates from Ghana’s two main political parties had been cautious of Lumba because “he is that guy that could be with you now, the next moment he was with the other person. And nobody dared touch Lumba. Other people did political songs and they were touched but he did and nothing happened to him."

Daddy Lumba, born Charles Kwadwo Fosu, was one of Ghana’s most celebrated highlife musicians, with a career spanning over three decades. He released more than 30 albums, including classics such as Aben Wɔha, Yentie Obiaa, and Theresa, which cemented his status as a household name.

Lumba died on 276th July 2025 after a short illness, leaving behind a rich musical legacy that holds great promise to influence generations of Ghanaian artistes.