
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.
*ENDS*