- Edo Musicians and Entertainers
SOME notable leaders of the entertainment industry of Edo State, performing groups, musicians, cultural artistes, film makers and others, were unanimous in their declarations that Prince Clem Agba, immediate Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and a frontline governorship aspirant in the guber election holding in the state by September, 2024, under the All Progressives Congress (APC), was bound to boost the entertainment and creative business in the state, if he was elected as governor of the state.
The assertion were variously made during the “Benin-Igue Culture and Reggae Fiesta One” (BICURF One) extravaganza, which was held during the week, at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Centre, in the hub of Benin City, the state capital and organised by the Forum for African Renaissance and Reggae Revival (FA-R3).
Speaking as Chairman of the event, Prince Actor Shegun Alile, veteran musician and actor, who is Culture and Arts Ambassador to the Great Benin Kingdom, who was pleased with the stage performance of Prince Agba at the occasion, said that he was elated to confirm at the occasion, about what had been said that Agba was a great singer, who also loves music and recreation, and was bound to encourage it, once elected as governor in the said election.
Prince Alile, a founding cast of the famous serio-comedy, Hotel De Jordan, and composer of its famous theme-song “Poor Man De Suffer Monkey De Work, Baboon De Chop”, urged all artistes and others in the creative industry and members of the public, who are APC members and election influencers, to ensure that Prince Agba emerge in the party’s primary election and the main election, adding that it would benefit the people to elect such a socially inclined and development-driven personality like him.
Speaking in the same vein, Comrade Willy Eghe Nova, Sole Administrator of the state’s chapter of the Performing Musicians/Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN), said that with Agba, a well-known singer, music and art collector as a governor, entertainers and the industry were going to be bettered an Edo State that is the spin of Nigeria’s entertainment industry.
While he also stressed the need for artistes and performing groups to use their public-influences to see that Agba gets the APC ticket and win the election, he added that Agba had been exemplary in the numerous projects he attracted to the state as a former commissioner and minister.
Earlier on, Comrade Tony Erha, Founder/President of FA-R3, thanked Prince Agba, for his love for the entertainment industry and the Edo people, with his development strides, as he also thanked him for his immense support to the activities of FA-R3, particularly for supporting its three previous major events.
The event, which had a galaxy of veteran artistes like Elder Omorogie (Mochico Bay), Chief Great Omoruyi and others in attendance, had Lady Patra, Peter the Rock Uwaifo and Dr. Bishop Omoigiade, Life Patron of Edo PMAN, performing with Prince Agba.
