Obasanjo pledges support for AFRIMA

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has commended All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) and African Union Commission (AUC) for unifying Africa through music, just as he noted that music was part of African culture and reiterated the need for music and culture to be commercialised in order to create jobs and reduced poverty among African youths.


He implored the organisers not to relent in achieving their objectives and called on brands and governments in Africa to partner with AFRIMA, while he recalled similar projects hosted when he was president like All African Games, COJA 2003 and Festival of Art and Culture in Africa (FESTAC ‘77) as platforms for promoting African culture and unity that require huge resources to organise.

 The executive members of AFRIMA, AUC and the International Committee of AFRIMA paid a courtesy call visit to Obasanjo as part of the activities to the build-up for the 2016 edition recently at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria recently.

In his earlier opening remark, President and Executive Producer of AFRIMA, Mr Mike Dada, said the meeting and visit was in recognition of Chief Obasanjo former chairperson of the African Union (AU) between July 2004 to January 2006. He is an African global icon, a cultural enthusiast and champion of African renaissance.”

The 30-man AFRIMA team include Associate Co-Producer, Efe Omorogbe, jury Member, Mr. Laolu Akins, media committee member and Mr Biodun Kupoluyi, production manager, Mr Henry Alade, Entertainment Editor of The Sun Newspaper, Mr Tosin Ajirire, among others.