This morning, veteran rapper and #ENDSARS campaign advocate, Ruggedman joined other Nigerians to condemn the singer for his statement.
Now, writer Adeyinka Oluwamayowa has written piece describing the artist as a 'National Disgrace'.
See his full piece below...
Recently,
when I said many Nigerian artistes are into music to clean up their
illegal activities, some thought I was discrediting them. What Marley, a
Nigerian musician, shared on social media about ‘Yahoo’ should not be
taken lightly by the government and the Nigerian citizens at home and in
diaspora if we want the tarnished Nigerian image to be redeemed.
Initially, I ignored Naira Marley when I saw his insensitive video on ‘Yahoo boys’, but hey, aside being dumb, the video shows he bought his way into spotlight (although claimed not to be a ‘yahoo boy’) and I am convinced by all stand that he doesn’t deserve to be called a Nigerian musician… This isn’t what we want from those who claim to be representing us.Naira Marley is not only a shame to the music industry, but also a shame to Nigeria! This should not be taken lightly by the FG. There can never be any justification for ‘Yahoo’, it is illegal and should be curbed! pic.twitter.com/e5LcpN3BI8— Adeyinka Oluwamayowa (@MrSEPTIN911) April 23, 2019
The
use of ‘Naira’ in his stage name coupled with his recent ‘Yahoo’
comment is an abuse to the Nigerian currency and I’ll like to call on
the Federal Government to take strong sanctions against him, all brands
and prospective brands should dissociate from him as he has proven
himself to be a bad image to this country!
While
many Nigerians are striving to succeed without walking the illegal
path, as a celebrity, he should do better by encouraging them, knowing
that these are the people that still consume his music (though we know
he’s just using it as a cover up to clean up your illegal money).
We
need to stand against these Yahoo boys and flush them out! They brought
more shame to Nigeria’s international image, they have polluted our
country enough. People with decent jobs and businesses are bullied by
the illegally rich fraudsters intimidating them with the stolen items
they call luxury. How long will this keep happening? We still have noble
Nigerians… plenty of them, but these bad eggs must be secluded to see
them, we have to sieve them out.
Speaking
of slavery, it is not anyone in this present age’s fault or our
grandparents’ faults slavery happened, Marley, go back to history,
you’ll realize, slavery was part of the African tradition, not excluding
Nigeria, before the colonial government. The best we in this generation
can do is not to allow the past witch-hunt us, do more to put Africa,
especially Nigeria in good image all over the world.
And
Marley, if you feel the British or American stole from your forefathers
(whom you know nothing about) and you’re angry, get your proofs and
seek legal advises before putting up a fight, not denting the image of
Nigeria.
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