Davido’s Truth Has Will Go A Long Way In De-Marketing Nigeria – Akashat Ny’mat

Popular TV presenter, Akashat Ny’mat has come out to blast Davido for going on US radio programme to say Nigeria’s economy is in shambles.

She recently had her say while speaking on a programme on TVC, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, Davido clearly de-marketed Nigeria with the comments he made about its economy, and he should have withheld the truth instead of doing a great disservice to his people.

Akashat added that President Tinubu is doing everything possible to attract foreign investors, but Davido is ruining that effort.

His words, “Asiwaju is taking a plane to look for foreign investors that will come here, he has told them ‘don’t come’. We know that the country is hard. We know that these reforms were forced on us because if we had continued to feed the elite, we would be worse off. They had to take off subsidy, stop the payment. Allocation has increased to governors but we are not asking the governors. We have removed the supplement that we give to dollars so we can buy cheaply, we are now forced to buy how we see it and that this is a real value. We are suffering under that weight, and what you can say is tell them it’s bad here as if it is not bad (there).

The point is, no matter how true your truth is, hold your truth if it is not going to be of service to your people.”

WOW.

David Adedeji Adeleke (born November 21, 1992), who is better known as Davido, is an American-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Davido was born in Atlanta, US, and raised in Lagos; he made his music debut as a member of the music group KB International. He studied business administration at Oakwood University before dropping out to make beats and record vocal references. Davido rose to fame after releasing “Dami Duro”, the second single from his debut studio album Omo Baba Olowo (2012), from which six additional singles—”Back When”, “Ekuro”, “Overseas”, “All of You”, “Gbon Gbon”, and “Feel Alright”—were taken. In 2012, Davido won the Next Rated award at The Headies. Between 2013 and 2015, he released the hit singles “Gobe”, “One of a Kind”, “Skelewu”, “Aye”, “Tchelete (Goodlife)”, “Naughty”, “Owo Ni Koko”, “The Sound” and “The Money”.

In May 2014, Davido criticized the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) after missing his flight to London, and accused them of pestering him for money. On May 11, 2014, the PR officer for the NIS denied Davido’s allegations and said they did not issue him an exit permit because he did not have the correct travel documents with him.

On April 6, 2012, Nigerian Entertainment Today reported Davido had signed a ₦30 million endorsement deal with MTN. The deal unveiled him as the face of MTN Pulse, a marketing campaign aimed at Nigerian youth. On October 24, 2013, Pulse Nigeria reported Guinness Nigeria had signed Davido for an endorsement deal. As part of the deal, Davido performed at the Guinness World of More Concert alongside artists including P-Square, D’banj, Wizkid, Ice Prince, Burna Boy, Olamide, Phyno, Chidinma, Waje and Tiwa Savage. On May 9, 2018, Guardian Life reported Davido had signed an endorsement deal with Infinix Mobile, a Hong Kong-based smartphone manufacturer.