The
All Progressives Congress youth group has lambasted the Okoye brothers,
Jude and Peter of P-Square for insulting the Federal Government over
its plan to ban the production of movies and music abroad.
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The Okoye brothers
It should be recalled that TORI News had reported few days ago
that the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated that the
Nigerian government is planning to amend the Nigerian Broadcasting
Commission, NBC’s rule to stop the shooting of music videos, movies and
other productions meant for Nigerians consumption outside the country.
Nigerian artistes spearheaded by the Okoye brothers - Jude Okoye
and Peter Okoye - through their social media accounts slammed the
Federal Government over its plans
Jude Enges Okoye took to his social media page on Instagram to wrote:
“Smh. An industry they NEVER encouraged, supported or empowered
is what they now want to control. Let all of you stop running to abroad
when you are sick as na naija money una dey use patronize oyibo
hospital dem. You people are the ones refusing to fix our health
facilities so u travel out when mosquito bite una.
"So why tell us where to record when u can’t provide
uninterrupted power here in Nigeria. Sometime I wonder how we got it all
wrong. Una children when dey sch for abroad na which money una dey use
patronize them? Abeg stfu!"
Also in reaction, Peter Okoye of the P-Square music group took to his Twitter page to wrote: “And
our Government been failing us since 1960 #SMH. Dear FG, for your
information! All the Shame way una dey bring for dis our country na we
dey entertainers dey cover una Nash! Ndi ala #SMH.”
He added, “Sometimes am ashamed to be called a Nigerian because this people."
According to a report by Politics NGR, the All Progressives
Congress(APC) youth renaissance group has now fired a stinker at the
Okoye brothers for insulting the Federal government of Nigeria.
In a statement signed by the group’s national secretary, Mr Collins
Edwin and made available to PoliticsNGR, the APC described Okoye as a ‘son of darkness’.
The statement read in full;
"We read the scurrilous remarks credited to Mr Peter Okoye of
the Psquare group against the Federal Government’s job-saving policy in
the entertainment industry with great anger and vexation.
"Least of all persons to make scathing remark against the
government is the Psquare group which the local content policy of the
Federal Government dusted-up from the valley of obscurity.
"Where was Peter Okoye or Psquare brand in 1999 when foreign
music dominated our airwaves? If not for the government policy which
mandated all broadcast stations in Nigeria to pay attention to Nigerian
music by playing 95 percent of Nigerian songs every day, would Peter
Okoye or Psquare be known to anybody in Nigeria today? Or would they
have competed with better American music which dominated our airwaves
then?
"After the government have used its policy to brush them up
from nothing to something; instead of giving opportunity to other
people, they are taking Nigerian jobs to foreign countries through the
shooting of music videos abroad.
"Now that government have intervened to raise great and better
entertainers again, Peter Okoye has the gut to insult the entire Federal
Government by calling our great leaders ‘Ndi Ala’ which means mad and
stupid people. How dare you say that Psquare?
"We, therefore, urge the security agencies in the country to
arrest Mr Peter Okoye for disrespecting our government and bringing it
to a disrepute. If you cannot produce in Nigeria and hire Nigerians,
then leave the industry.We must export Nigerian culture to the outside
world through our music and videos."
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