I
will start by saying that some people in the international community
already have a bad image about Nigeria. This is due to the dubious
actions of some bad Nigerians they have encountered, both government
officials and normal Nigerians. So I don’t see how one music video shot
in the Nigerian slums (which we know we have) will tarnish the image of
Nigeria.
When
Nigerians go abroad,we snap pictures and make videos all over train
stations, car parks, airports. We “choose” where we want to do this.
This is the same way Rick Ross decided to shoot his Naija version of his
song “Hold Me Back” in Naija ghetto areas. If you check his other
version shot in America u will see that it was also in the hood; not as
grimmy as ours but still the hood and I don’t hear any American saying
he is portraying the slums and poverty in America to the international
community.
Rick
Ross did not sneak into Nigeria. He came in legally. If he showed
anything in the video that some Nigerians find offensive, my question is
“why was he allowed to shoot it in the 1st place?”
Someone
on the internet said, after this video, no one will like to visit
Nigeria. I just laughed. Is this video as bad as the Ogoni 9 killing? Is
this video as bad as people being killed in the Northern crisis? But it
hasn’t stopped foreigners coming to this country. During the Dana Air
crash, local stations were going about their normal business but
international news was already covering it. If we cared so much about
our image to the international community what are we doing to clean it
up?
It’s
Nigerians in foreign countries that should check how they act. Once
outside Nigeria, you become a Nigerian ambassador and should act like
one. If you steal, you are a thief and you paint a bad picture of your
country. We really need to get our priorities right. We need to find a
way to make our leaders stop embezzling the Nation’s money right under
our noses, calling us fools and bullying us.
Now
take the situation of the masses in Nigeria e.g no light, education,
shelter, good roads, medical care, security and put it beside the Rick
Ross video then tell me which is more important to worry about. God
bless and save Nigeria, God bless us all in Jesus name. I am a proud
Abia man, I am proudly Nigerian and I am Ruggedman.
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