DJ Wasty Kay Starts Online Buzz With His Complaint About GH₵1 Note: “It Is Disrespectful”
- DJ Wasty Kay has voiced frustration over GH₵1 notes, saying they left DJs embarrassed and lacked real purchasing power
- In a trending video, he urged President John Mahama to scrap the denomination and make GH₵5 the lowest note
- He argued that tips in GH₵1 devalued entertainers’ efforts and made financial support feel meaningless or even disrespectful
Well-known Ghanaian entertainer DJ Wasty Kay has sparked conversations online with a passionate appeal to President John Mahama to abolish the use of the GH₵1 banknote.
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Taking to social media, the disc jockey was sitting on his chair with a pile of money spread out on the ground, with the majority of the cash in GH₵1 notes.
The entertainer went on to make an outcry that the note was diminishing purchasing power has affected his business when he goes to perform.
He called it a symbol of disrespect and financial embarrassment to people of his calibre as performers.
Wasty Kay shares frustration with GH₵1 notes
In the trending video, DJ Wasty Kay voiced the frustrations of many of his colleagues who, when they check the tips they receive, find out it's just a bundle of GH₵1 notes.
He explains that being tipped with one-cedi notes is disheartening and financially unsustainable.
"We DJs and MCs, we are tired," he declared in the video. "When you go for a show and someone gives you GH₵1... it is embarrassing. GH₵1 cannot buy anything. It doesn't help."
To illustrate his point about the banknote's low value in the current economy, he contrasted the single cedi with the high cost of basic goods, noting that a crate of eggs now costs GH₵150.
He contended that receiving tips in a denomination that could not even contribute to a single meal devalues the hard work and energy performers put into their craft.
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As a solution, DJ Wasty Kay proposed that the government should phase out the GH₵1 note and make the GH₵5 note the lowest denomination in circulation.
He believes this move would ensure that gestures of appreciation from the public are more meaningful and provide tangible support to entertainers.
In his words:
"Let's change it from GH₵1... drop it. Let's make it GH₵5."
Watch the video of his outcry below:
Reactions to Wasty's appeal to scrap GH₵1
YEN.com.gh collected reactions from Ghanaians who watched the video on X. Some of these comments are below.
@iamogidigidi questioned:
"Wasty Kay paa, you want the government to abandon GH₵1? Wetin broke boys go take make show?"
@TheNunooKojo said:
"Look at this one.. he thinks when it’s removed they will throw money again. 🤣🤣"
@5vanderpuijeIII commented:
"Is that his salary or people's appreciation😁?. If the GH₵1 note is scrapped they might not throw money again oo bro, so appreciate it wai."
@joydaddy_ said:
"We will throw coins to them.😂😂"
Cedi's anniversary: Ghanaians send request to BoG
YEN.com.gh had earlier reported that the Bank of Ghana commemorated the cedi's 60th anniversary online on July 19, 2025.
Many netizens who saw the post commented, with some asking that the BoG share money for all Ghanaians on such a day.
Meanwhile, the BoG outlined programmes it had organised to celebrate the anniversary from August to December 2025.
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