popularly known as D'banj on Saturday in
Abuja urged upcoming artistes to promote
Nigeria's image through their music.
Speaking, he described music as a veritable tool
for the propagation of the country's rich
tourism, economic and entertainment
potentialities.
The musician also said the wrong perception of
the way of life of Nigerians must be corrected.
"There has been a lot of wrong perception about
how we are and from the lifestyle.
"But I believe spending a whole full day in
Nigeria, you will understand from the food to the
culture to the weather a lot of people look for
this kind of weather around the world.
"Then the music, the field that I am from, I think
that right now music is very universal and a lot
of people globally are even listening to African
music.
"So I believe late Fela Anikolapo Kuti even said
it that afro beat the original sound has a life.
"Music is very spiritual so I want everyone to
come and see how great Nigeria is, let us not
focus only on the oil yes we have plenty of oil it
will not finishing in the next 100 years to 200
years.
"But people need to understand what we have;
from textiles like `Adire' to the entertainment
industry, from Nollywood to other areas, we'll
get to see a lot.
D'banj also described the entertainment
industry as an employer of labour, adding that it
was capable of keeping the youth economically
engaged and out of social vices.
He said there was also the need for the public
and private sector to boost the Nigerian music
industry
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