Count me out of those castigating the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for his bombshell on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, when he dismissed the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel onthat was released earlier on November 15, 2021 as fake and a waste of time and public money. Not that I am one of his fans but on this occasion, I admire his guts. Though his voice lacks punch, his words were weighty enough to cause a stir among his numerous critics and of the government.
Mr. Mohammed did not address the media alone. He was flanked by other government officials and to think the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , was not aware of the content of the address smacks of naivety. My only grouse with the minister’s bravado, which actually necessitated this piece, was his saying that the report, likeNowadays, some Nigerians including highly placed ones like the minister think it is poetry to useas a metaphor for almost every fake thing.
, promoted? They include honesty, kindness, obedience to parents and elders, empathy, cooperation among a group, and other virtues numerous to list here. Folk tales enacted in the series are also intended to discourage negative traits such as lying, cheating, wickedness, cruelty, disobedience, greed, among others. Purveyors of these negative traits – be they humans or animals – always pay dearly at the end of most of these folktales.
Since its debut in the 1980s, the series has become one of the most-watched offerings of the NTA. In the 1980s to early 1990s, children used to abandon their plays to watch the programme with rapt attention.and other cartoons for children from the West, which they were exposed to before the advent ofrarely attracted them half as much. Many adults also often join the kids in watching the programme.
How is the person who created the series, the producers and all those who laboured over the years to bring each episode out going to feel on hearing the fake label Mohammed gave their ‘baby?’ What about the uncles and aunties, who acted as the storytellers, and the children who acted as the participating audience? What about the numerous ethnic groups from which these stories were sourced? Will Mohammed’s comment advance the art of storytelling in them? Lastly, how about the art critics who...
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