"You Can't Ban Spraying, It's Our Culture" - KSA To Soludo

THIS IS SO SILLY, NO WONDER AFRICA STAYS BEHIND ON THE WESTERN WORLD, NOTHING WRONG WITH SPRAYING MONEY, WHEN THE MONEY IS YOURS You SHOULD SPEND THE WAY You NEED;IF You WANNA WIPE YOUR BEHIND WITH IT IS YOUR BIZZ
LET THE GOVERNMENT WORRY FIRST HOW COME THE COUNTRY IS SO RICH AND SOME CHILDREN CRY OF HUNGER STILL,NOBODY IN THE GOVERNMENT IS EVER HUNGRY OR WITHOUT FANCY CAR,
WHAT A WASTE OF ENERGY I AM DISAPPOINTED TO READ ABOUT THIS LAW;LIVE AND LET LIVE;HECK!I WANNA BE SPRAYED WHEN I COME PERFORM ON STAGE!WHY CAN'T SUNNY BE ALLOWED 2PROTEST;:::::WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH??
GOD BLESS NAIJA AND GIVE THE GOVERNMENT WISDOM PLEASE!

it's really amazing how ridiculously small minded we can be sometimes. I mean just because we've been doing something for donkey years doesn't make it alright and besides why are we so averse to change? Especially positive ones?
If i recall, in the days of old our people were so anti-change that they violently protested this so called westernizaton that has brought us different technologies, tarred road, portable water, simple and basic human rights and their awareness, i could go on you know. but that, as you can attest to doesn't imply that these changes are bad. It's a given that the period of adjustment might be long and arduos but we'll get through it and we'll find our fun in some other ways (don't we always?). So for all those tongue-lashing soludo and his supporters, i urge you to use your tongue to count your teeth, and do not look a gift horse in the mouth. Let us not make the mistakes our preceeding generations made that accounts for the lax in our progress and development. One step at a  time, Nigeria will be great and stand as a world power despite it's many psycophantic "patriots" of obsolete abd destructive 'cultures and traditions'.
The world is changing and moving fast, you'd better step up or step out.

A young man asked his father this question.
Father, if the God is good man,
Why he made prostitutes, gambling and drinks?
Father answered him with calm, "Son, people earn money, and people has to earn money. If a person earn a lot of money and keep it with  himself without spending any. the money won't come out from him.
So the God made these things, thus the money will flow to others too.
Now the God added "Naira" too.

yeah yeah the naira or the spraying is not a Nigeria culture but please abeg let nigerians catch their fun. so what if its an abuse 2 spray d naira? we at least forget bad roads, electricity failure, corrupt govt, bad wishers/killjoy, unemployment, no fundamental human rights, amongst d vast wahala in this country. ABEG SPRAYIN IN NIJA TILL THINGS GET BETTER.

me too, I will definitely spray the Nigerian Naira
I love spraying it from behind, its fun

come to think of it

When the money is sprayed, few drops to the ground and they are picked up almost imediately, straighten and thats all
Look at our Nigerian Police, see how they squeeze it as if it's moimoi
CBN will not see that, bloody attention seekers. They just like to look in the wrong direction.

I hope that soludo of a guy wakes up one day.

africans are f**king stupid.  mother F**jkers can't even decide wtf is in your culture or not. 

Why you call KSA names like this?  He a millionaire an accomplished musician.  He doesn't need spraying for survival.  It seems some of you didn't even read the article before you start writing.  Even if spraying wasn't done way back in the time of tents and wood hunting, it is a way of life now.  Culture changes.  Read this direct quote:

the Ondo State-born musician said: "Spraying is part of our tradition and culture and it didn't start today. In the early days, our kings sprayed with cowries in a manner that depicted their status in the society. Although they didn't come out to do the spraying, the practice was to string the cowries and the messenger would then tie it round the head of the musician. And when cowries were no longer in use and coins came into being, spraying continued. Spraying is not bad but I'm against those who abuse the currency by either squeezing or trampling on it."

Spraying  as it applies to owambe is not part of our culture in nigeria, it started when the politicians from the first republic i.e 1960 where diplaying their new ill gotten weath , but it used to remain in closed door parties at that time after which it died down when aguiyi ironsi became head of state.

When General Gowon became head of state and with our oil boom, spraying and owambe where resuscitated, institutionalized and bastardized and praise singers such as sunny ade, ebeneezer obey, dan maria jos became musical icons and big money makers.

Now this owambe money spraying has even gotten to northerners (hausa) who had a traditional culture of being humble unlike their yoruba counterparts who traditionally show off or brag about money!

Infact the foreigners in nigeria now are also getting into this culture and are now wearing traditional wear and spraying money.

Another justification for spraying is

1 The need to showcase their wealth for people who rose up from the slums or rural areas and made big money in the cities.

2 Unemployed pretty females who have made owambe attendance a career and means of lively hood

3  Need for people to feel known in the society and that they can compete money wise with the politicians who are stealing money

for the fact that its practiced in other countries such as US in strip clubs etc even arabs are spraying belly dancers in saudi now lol

most of us here r too myopia and can't read between the lines.
y is it that we can't change from doing things the wrong way?
some people r talking of their culture, where did the culture came from and when did spraying naira notes bcums our so called lame culture? thank God that KSA himself do acknoledge the fact that "Although they didn't come out to do the spraying, the practice was to string the cowries and the messenger would then tie it round the head of the musician."
Thats exactly what d new lawa say, If you want to pray your so called hard earned money, nobody is stoping u but please, put it in an envelop or sumtin then hand over to whomever its meant 4. It might be a little hard on u @ first but i can asure u wit time u will get on wit it.
Please this is 21st century, nigeria needs a change and i believe we all need that same too.
there r so many other things we need 2 discard off without even waiting 4 one govt or d other 2 pass a bill first

Thank you chrisoml, very well said

We ought ban Embezzlement and Misappropriation of public funds rather than spraying of notes. How does spraying of notes affect the economy negatively? Nigerian banks almost skin their marketers raw with high targets but our past and  some present leaders FLOOD other economies (Swiss Bank) with excess funds stolen from our own dear Naija! HABA!