About 10 years after ebullient rapper, Eedris Abdukareem, released a song titled Nigeria Jaga jaga, former President Olusegun Obasanjo is still angry with him.
While many people may largely agree with the singer that the country is truly upside down based on the state of things, Obasanjo has again described the song as being blasphemous. According to him producing such a song shows that the artiste does not believe in the future of Nigeria.
The former president made the remarks in Lagos on Tuesday while speaking at a forum organised by the Nigeria Leadership Initiative. Obasanjo said his passion is to see the country excel.
Expressing his disdain for the attitude of some Nigerians youths, he said one of the worst problems Nigeria is facing is disbelief.
The former president has never hesitated to express his displeasure at Abdulkareem for deriding Nigeria. The hit track of the album released on Kennis Music label was banned from radio airplay by the president in a televised address, although it enjoyed continued play in nightclubs.
Abdulkareem had also hit back at Obasanjo in January during the fuel subsidy protest. He said, “The man wey say i dey craze because I sing Nigeria Jaga Jaga where him dey now inside this hardship? Na 2002 I sing Nigeria Jaga Jaga, na 2012 we dey so o.”
The former president made the remarks in Lagos on Tuesday while speaking at a forum organised by the Nigeria Leadership Initiative. Obasanjo said his passion is to see the country excel.
Expressing his disdain for the attitude of some Nigerians youths, he said one of the worst problems Nigeria is facing is disbelief.
The former president has never hesitated to express his displeasure at Abdulkareem for deriding Nigeria. The hit track of the album released on Kennis Music label was banned from radio airplay by the president in a televised address, although it enjoyed continued play in nightclubs.
Abdulkareem had also hit back at Obasanjo in January during the fuel subsidy protest. He said, “The man wey say i dey craze because I sing Nigeria Jaga Jaga where him dey now inside this hardship? Na 2002 I sing Nigeria Jaga Jaga, na 2012 we dey so o.”
It would be recalled that Obasanjo had hit back at the artiste when the album was freshly released, with some people quoting him as saying it was the singer’s father’s house that was jagajaga.
