Musician Wale Waves writes Open Letter to Governor Ajimobi

Seeing the pictures attached, you should be reminded of what transpired between myself and the loyalists/organizers of the Governor’s campaign concert held at the Agodi Gardens ground on the 22nd of March 2015 in Ibadan. It later became a sensitive case in the State Secretariat after over several comments on Facebook, Twitter and blogs from different people, reasonable and even the Governor’s Loyalists and Campaign Team, wrote a lot of things to respond to my post. I was called by 9ice, My Lawyer, some Special Adviser to the Governor, just to mention few on this same case. Now, it is a great disappointment that I have to write another open letter again to the Governor, his Loyalists, Campaign team, the Government and to whom it may concern, of the so called state that I started my career from ‘Oyo State’.
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My major points of view are these;
1. Why does the Oyo State Government ‘hate’ entertainment and not see it as a form of income revenue generation?
2. If the Oyo State Government can’t even discover new talents among the youths of the state, then why can’t they encourage and support the ones that have helped themselves to a reasonable stage of their career?
A Case Study;
Dremo (was) an Ibadan artiste, hardly could you find an Ibadan indigene that could sing any of his songs back to back. He was not supported nor appreciated by the state government by creating the appropriate entertainment platforms for his fellow indigenes to hear him aloud so they can celebrate him too as their own indigenous celebrity. Instead, his talent was discovered and appreciated few weeks ago by a foreigner, almost the youngest of all entertainers in Nigeria ‘Davido’, in Lagos, which wasted no time in signing him up under his Record Label, which by God’s grace, the same Oyo State Government will soon foolishly now pay millions to bring him back for their coming campaign. Just watchout!.
If you build your own house, why going to rent an apartment.
This same thing goes to our so called Ibadan based OAPS, Radio Stations, TV Stations and the Deejays. When you don’t make your indigenous artistes’ materials popular, then how do you want the artistes to be heard by his people? How does the listener that are meant to be his fans be, or request for his songs or videos?
Ibadan songs are not played in Lagos stations but their artistes songs, then do you need to be told that Ibadan songs should dominate Ibadan Stations? Are we not learned? Why do they have Beat Fm in Lagos and still have another Beat Fm in Ibadan if they believe we listen to their stations in Far Lagos? Why don’t you embrace your environment and talents?
For example, on HipTv for like a week now, the Station has being showing and commending the great brilliant effort of the Lagos Government Administration led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on the 1st Lagos concert he held and made possible, whereby a lot of different Lagos indigenous artistes performed at the concert. The Governor and different dignitaries were also present. Even, I saw the former Governor of Cross River State – Donald Duke perform live with a saxophone. Instead, our own governors will be demolishing platforms for entertainments like clubs and concert grounds. So this is why I used the word “hate” in my 1st question.
Please, after Governor Ambode paid this artistes, made all of them perform, being televised by his state and private TV/Radio stations, and made the event to be an annual celebrated one. Which in his statement was so proud of by saying, “If the Americans can say the Washington DC Jazz concert is the best in the world, then he proclaims his own ‘Lagos Jazz concert’ to be the best Jazz concert in the whole Africa.” Can this type of Governor want to campaign tomorrow and all these appreciated talents won’t rush down to support him with their fans and followers?
Instead see what we heard few days ago; “Oyo State government has just announced that anyone doing shows/events in Ibadan MUST collect permit/pay levy. Imagine such circular, when they have NEVER supported entertainment since they came in?”
Please, I am using this medium to plead to these arms and system to adjust so that ‘WE’ youths can say we don’t regret ever being born in this part of Nigeria.

I must speak for my industry. Thank you.”
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Wale Waves has spoken his own, so what do you guys think?