In a direct assessment of the country’s current situation, internationally renowned Nigerian music icon Damini Ogulu, better known by his stage name Burna Boy, referred to the nation as “collateral damage.”
The African Giant explained to Tidal in an interview on Friday why the nation’s cultural variety has turned into a barrier to its development.
The Grammy-winning musician also voiced his concern about the socio-political issues that Nigeria is currently facing, highlighting how the country’s people frequently bear the brunt of bad leadership and outside influences.
He noted that Nigeria as a country was never meant to exist and it is “nothing but the result of a bad business enterprise entered into by the British”, nothing “but the collateral damage of a business deal gone south.”
He noted that “the area called Nigeria was first known as the Niger Area before the Royal Niger Company acquired it.
“After it was acquired, the Royal Niger Company decided to amalgamate the North and South as against running them as separate entities, and it was at this point that the country Nigeria was birthed.
The Afro-fusion star noted that “when the amalgamation was going to happen, the Niger Company and the British who sold Nigeria didn’t take into consideration those living in the region.
“The two entities that sold and bought the Niger Area, the people living there were nothing but collateral damage.”
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