APC Slams Peter Of PSquare, Demands His Immediate Arrest For Insulting FG
In a statement signed by the group’s national secretary, Mr Collins Edwin and made available to PoliticsNGR, the APC described Okoye as a ‘son of darkness’.
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The statement reads:
“We read the scurrilous remarks credited to Mr Peter Okoye of the Psquare group against the Federal Government’s job-saving policy in the entertainment industry with great anger and vexation.
“Least of all persons to make scathing remark against the government is the Psquare group which the local content policy of the Federal Government dusted-up from the valley of obscurity.
“Where was Peter Okoye or Psquare brand in 1999 when foreign music dominated our airwaves? If not for the government policy which mandated all broadcast stations in Nigeria to pay attention to
Nigerian music by playing 95 percent of Nigerian songs every day, would Peter Okoye or Psquare be known to anybody in Nigeria today? Or would they have competed with better American music which dominated our airwaves then?”
“After the government have used its policy to brush them up from nothing to something; instead of giving the opportunity to other people, they are taking Nigerian jobs to foreign countries through the shooting of music videos abroad.
“Now that government have intervened to raise great and better entertainers again, Peter Okoye has the gut to insult the entire Federal Government by calling our great leaders ‘Ndi Ala’ which means mad and stupid people. How dare you say that Psquare?”
“We, therefore, urge the security agencies in the country to arrest Mr Peter Okoye for disrespecting our government and bringing it to a disrepute. If you cannot produce in Nigeria and hire Nigerians, then leave the industry.We must export Nigerian culture to the outside world through our music and videos.
A lot of reactions have trailed the latest plan by the government to ban the entertainment industry from producing films and music videos outside the country.
According to the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, “we can not continue to go to South Africa or any other country to produce films and then send it back to be consumed by Nigerians.”
The Minister explained that for a product to be classified as Nigerian, it must have a certain percentage of the country’s content in it.
This did not sit well with many stakeholders in the entertainment industry and PSquare – just like the others, did not waste time in expressing disgust in the government for trying to place laws over how they choose to hustle for their money.
BuzzNigeria reported a statement shared by Rapper Rudeman who said:
Topics: featured “We read the scurrilous remarks credited to Mr Peter Okoye of the Psquare group against the Federal Government’s job-saving policy in the entertainment industry with great anger and vexation.
“Least of all persons to make scathing remark against the government is the Psquare group which the local content policy of the Federal Government dusted-up from the valley of obscurity.
“Where was Peter Okoye or Psquare brand in 1999 when foreign music dominated our airwaves? If not for the government policy which mandated all broadcast stations in Nigeria to pay attention to
Nigerian music by playing 95 percent of Nigerian songs every day, would Peter Okoye or Psquare be known to anybody in Nigeria today? Or would they have competed with better American music which dominated our airwaves then?”
“After the government have used its policy to brush them up from nothing to something; instead of giving the opportunity to other people, they are taking Nigerian jobs to foreign countries through the shooting of music videos abroad.
“Now that government have intervened to raise great and better entertainers again, Peter Okoye has the gut to insult the entire Federal Government by calling our great leaders ‘Ndi Ala’ which means mad and stupid people. How dare you say that Psquare?”
“We, therefore, urge the security agencies in the country to arrest Mr Peter Okoye for disrespecting our government and bringing it to a disrepute. If you cannot produce in Nigeria and hire Nigerians, then leave the industry.We must export Nigerian culture to the outside world through our music and videos.
“Nigerian government should stop giving us jokes and give us light, equipment and pay our forces. Equipt our hospitals enough so that even our president can be treated here.
“Amenities we lack here are a few of the reasons some entertainers go outside the country to shoot music videos and movies.”
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