{"id":347588,"date":"2017-08-24T11:07:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T11:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=347588"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:48:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:48:53","slug":"my-wo-music-video-not-banned-olamide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/my-wo-music-video-not-banned-olamide\/","title":{"rendered":"My \u2018Wo\u2019 music video not banned \u2013 Olamide"},"content":{"rendered":"
A music video by renowned Nigerian artist Olamide caught the eye of the Federal Ministry of Health for allegedly violating the Tobacco Control Act.<\/p>\n
It is a song that will make you move your feet but it has caused some controversy in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The award-winning Olamide wanted to show the lifestyle in the area he grew up, in the video for his hit song Wo.<\/p>\n
The video, which has close to one million views on YouTube, has a scene showing young people smoking.<\/p>\n
Nigeria\u2019s Ministry of Health tweeted that this violated the country\u2019s Tobacco Control Act, and reports alleged that the song was banned by the National Broadcasting Commission.<\/p>\n
But a spokesperson for the commission has confirmed to the BBC that there was never a ban on the music video.<\/p>\n
And Olamide retweeted a tweet to this effect:<\/p>\n
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Olamide has edited his video with a tobacco health warning and an age restriction on television.<\/p>\n
He tweeted:<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A music video by renowned Nigerian artist Olamide caught the eye of the Federal Ministry of Health for allegedly violating the Tobacco Control Act. It is a song that will make you move your feet but it has caused some controversy in Nigeria. The award-winning Olamide wanted to show the lifestyle in the area he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":347599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[10486,10487,10488],"yoast_head":"\n