“Only Nigerian Artistes Fly Around In Private Jets In The Whole Of Africa” – Says PMAN President
According to the President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Mr Pretty Okafor, the economic recession facing the nation since 2016 did not stop the entertainment industry from thriving.
In his words, the industry enjoys so much success that “In the whole of Africa, only Nigerian Artistes fly Private Jets around.”
He stated this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja.
Okafor, in a retrospective look into 2016, noted that while other sectors of the nation’s economy were grappling with the realities of the recession, the music and motion pictures industry was ‘doing well’.
“The entertainment industry is the only sector that recession did not affect, and will never affect.
“While other sectors were retrenching workers in the past year and finding it difficult to pay workers salaries, the entertainment industry was employing people.
“Artistes and everyone in the industry were busy working, going for concerts, producing movies and music all over the place.
“We were shooting movies and distributing our albums all over Africa and beyond,” he asserted.
The PMAN boss explained that the Nigerian brand and artistes, in the last year, gained both local and global acceptance and relevant than ever before.
“Presently, there is no other African Artistes that collect the fee Nigerian artistes collect per show.
“They collect from 100,000 to 150, 000 dollars for a single performance wherever they go all over the world.
According to Okafor, the Nigerian brand of entertainment is now competing effectively on the global stage.
“In the whole of Africa, it is only Nigerian Artistes that fly Private Jet around, it has never happened in Africa,” he noted.
He noted that many dance steps that were originated by Nigerian artistes have gained popularity around the world.
“In many media stations abroad, Nigerian music earn not less than 75% air- time, that tells you that our brand has global market.
If you visit many night clubs in the U.S, Jamaica and other countries, Nigerian music is played.
