Oyebanjo, 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 finish 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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