Well-known rapper Tobechukwu Melvin Ejiofor, aka Illbliss, has mentioned Nigeria is in “a really harmful half” of its historical past.
He acknowledged this whereas expressing concern over rising insecurity, financial hardship, wanton corruption, and the federal government’s propaganda equipment.
That includes in a latest episode of the Actual Shareholders podcast, Illbliss shared how his aware tune, Nation, was taken off the radio as a result of it criticises the federal government.
He lamented that the federal government is now utilizing digital propaganda instruments to suppress criticism and disseminate falsehoods.
He mentioned, “I had this report in 2020 referred to as ‘Nation.’ It was taken off the radio. Earlier than ‘Nation,’ I launched different aware songs like, ‘A Completely different Sort Of Struggle’ and ‘Nationwide Cake.’ However OAPs are at all times saying that they can’t play such songs as a result of they might get fined.
“Now and again, you set out a report and also you see like a 100 or extra tweets come at you want, ‘Why are you at all times making an attempt to make a mockery of the nation? The nation is just not as unhealthy as it’s.’ And also you simply now that it’s a synthetic pushback, maybe, a digital response to no matter. As a result of I do know that propaganda can’t simply be on conventional media anymore. Propagandists can have a podcast simply to say the federal government is doing nice. And you will notice folks from our era sit proudly with their faces displaying and say, ‘However this authorities has created jobs. You’ll be able to inform.’
“That’s the place we’re. We’re in a really harmful a part of our historical past the place the federal government is matching our vitality. We thought we had social media however a lot occurs on the identical social media area and you start to surprise the federal government had begun to fund theories of distraction or is that this authorities much more superior now? I imply, go searching us.”
