DJ Switch says adults must stop making romantic jokes about children
Ghanaian disc jockey DJ Switch has condemned comments made by Ahafo Ano South East Member of Parliament Yakubu Mohammed to a schoolgirl during a visit to Parliament, describing the remarks as inappropriate and urging society to do more to safeguard children.
The remarks, which have generated discussions online, were captured in a video showing the MP engaging with a group of pupils who had visited the legislature.
In the video, Yakubu Mohammed is heard praising one of the girls before telling her, “You are very beautiful; when you grow up, I will marry you, so she is my wife. In the future, she will also be an MP.”
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Responding to the comments, DJ Switch said she was uncomfortable with the statement and stressed that adults, especially public figures, must be careful about the kind of messages they communicate to children.
She argued that children should never be placed in romantic situations, even in jest, and dismissed claims that the comment was simply harmless humour.
“That’s not funny. That’s not charming. That is not African humour. That is completely inappropriate,” she said in a video posted on her social media platforms on August 1, 2026.
DJ Switch said society has become too accepting of adults making remarks about children that cross boundaries, cautioning against normalising such behaviour.
“Children are not the punchlines for such jokes. They’re not your future spouses. Children are not objects for adults to be making romantic or flirtatious comments about. They’re children,” she noted.
She questioned why marriage was brought into a conversation with a child, suggesting that such comments reveal attitudes that require deeper reflection and change.
“Why is marriage, even as a joke, the first thing that comes into the mind of an adult when speaking to a little girl?” she asked.
The young entertainer emphasised that her criticism was not about being overly sensitive but about protecting children’s innocence and maintaining appropriate boundaries.
She also noted that such comments about children are not only made by men, adding that both genders can sometimes make statements that place children in imagined adult relationships.
DJ Switch further recounted personal experiences of receiving inappropriate remarks from adults while growing up, describing the behaviour as disturbing and calling for an end to the practice of excusing such comments as jokes.
“Let’s call a spade a spade. That’s paedophilic. We have to stop excusing this behaviour just because someone smiled while saying it,” she said.
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