Today is ‘no music day’ in Nigeria

  1. Posted on Tuesday 1 September 2009 - 08:16
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    Murtala Kamara Mohammed, AfricaNews reporter in Freetown, Sierra Leone
    Today September 1st is being observe in the West African state of Nigeria as "No Music Day". A coalition of music stakeholders is requesting broadcast organization in that country not to broadcast music between the hours of 6 am to 6pm and artists are asked not to engage in any musical performance on this day.
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    The union stated in their press release that their action is geared towards drawing the attention of the world to what they describe as the ‘’intolerable amount of piracy currently devastating the music industry.”

    The release stated further “It is worthy to mention that similar groups like, Actors Guild of Nigeria, Association of Nigerian Theatre-Arts Practitioners(ANTP),Nigeria Movie Producers and even Government agency ; National Film and Video Censors Board(NFVCB) are all part of the piracy struggle in Nigeria.”

    Apart from the hunger strike which they earlier embarked on August 25th, the group which comprises various musicians, music producers will also proceed today in a peaceful rally to the National Assembly in the country’s federal capital Abuja to express their displeasure against piracy and the government lackadaisical attitude towards the scourge.

    Nigeria is blessed with one of the best music industry in the continent. The country has produced major international acts that have excelled and honored with prestigious international awards. Their songs continue to top major music charts in the continent and beyond but most of them say piracy is not allowing them to realize their hard earn effort therefore denying the country to loss millions of dollars.

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