The Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Broadcasting Corporation has banned five Nigerian songs having tagged them as “Not to be Broadcasted.” The banned songs are Olamide’s ‘Wo’ and ‘Wavy Level’; Davido’s ‘Fall’ and ‘If (Remix)’; and 9ice’s ‘Living Things.’
The Federal Ministry of Health had in a tweet recently said that the video to Olamide’s ‘Wo’ violated the Tobacco Control Act 2015. “This is our position: video contravenes the act. Innocently or otherwise Tobacco Promotion Advertising Sponsorship is banned in all forms.”
The Health Ministry, in a communiqué, said according to Section 9 of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act 2015, once convicted, offenders are liable to a fine of at least N50,000 and/or six months’ imprisonment.
Tweeting the information via its official Twitter page, the Ministry of Health claimed that the video, which features ghetto scenes in which youth are seen smoking, encourages second-hand smoking.
In 2016, just a few months after the ban of one of Olamide’s songs ‘Shakiti Bobo’, NBC also banned, ‘Don’t Stop’ which is a track of Olamide’s 5th studio album, Eyan Mayweather, for its vulgar lyrics.