– Adejola Adeyemi Crown
ABEOKUTA – Nigerian youths have been advised to embrace only good musical contents and shun songs which do not promote moral and ethical principles.
These words of caution were handed down by the Chief Executive Officer of Boot Communications Limited (Operators of Rockcity 101.9FM Abeokuta), Dr. ‘Niran Malaolu while playing host to a team of media professionals and entrepreneurs at the Radio House, Asero Estate, Abeokuta, Ogun State ahead of Integrity Campaign 2.0.
The leader of the delegation, Mr. Olufemi Osipitan while briefing the CEO on the activities lined up towards encouraging the young ones to embrace good moral standards informed that the campaign was the second edition in the series meant for undergraduates in all tertiary institutions in Ogun State. He added that each institution has been assigned themes on integrity, touching key aspects of the Nation.
He added that the public presentation of the packaged videos would feature a lecture by the CEO of the National Library of Nigeria, Prof. Lenrie Olatokunbo Aina alongside other activities on Sunday 29th September, 2019 at the Auditorium, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta.
On his part, a team member, Alhaji Hakeem Akintunde informed the Rockcity FM CEO that the whole idea was to challenge Nigerians, especially the youth population towards embracing the right attitude in all areas.
The courtesy visit according to Alhaji Akintunde was to seek the support of the foremost radio station in the areas of publicity and coverage.
In his response, Dr. Malaolu said moral decadence has eaten deep into the fabrics of the society Nigerians, commending the team for their efforts to salvage the situation.
He added that youths of today want to get rich by all means thereby imbibing unethical practices. He also frowned at the type of music youths listen to nowadays most of which he said carry fowl languages and inciting comments capable of causing disunity.
Dr. Malaolu enjoined the youths to embrace only good music in order to right the wrongs in the country.
“What you hear influences what you do, the system must change and this can be done through music as it can help to change lot of things in the present day Nigeria because bribery and corruption go beyond integrity; it has a whole lot to do with discipline”, Malaolu added.
He then assured the team of his organisation’s support and partnership towards the successful hosting of undergraduates and other stakeholders at the event.
