NAN-ELS-5
Youths
By Collins Yakubu-hammer
Abuja, Oct. 12, 2016 (NAN) A record company, Arewa Entertainment (AE), on Wednesday, says
it is set to use entertainment to deradicalise the minds of youths in the Northeast to make them shun violence and vices.
Its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ibrahim Ahmed, also known as “Funkiest Mallam” made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
He said “I feel that most of the vices and crisis especially around the Northeast are perpetrated by youths.
“They are the ones being used to carry out most atrocities, so we want to use entertainment, which is the best language that the youths like, to deradicalise their minds.
“There are many of them who are talented in one way or the other; we want to bring entertainment to them and talk to them to embrace peace.”
The “Ga lemu” hit maker and self acclaimed “Arewa Champion” also said that he had recorded a peace music album with 21 artistes.
He explained that he assembled the artistes and would be going to the Northeast to kick-start the deradicalisation process.
He added that “we would assemble youths in each state visited to sensitise them about the ills of vices and atrocities on the society; we would also partner with the state governments to achieve our goal.
“Nevertheless, in our capacity, we would provide technical support to train some of the youths in movie production, sound production, camera and all that.
“With such skills, most of them would be able to get jobs to do and take care of themselves.
“However, I am grateful that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is working to see that there is peace in the country.” (NAN)
CMY/AK/HA
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(Edited by Akin Makanjuola/Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu)