phemmie06:

You're talking off point, after your ojuju festival is over what will happen to your employees, or I suggest you read your minister's comments. Stop being a blindfolded supporter, remove the veil from your eyes

That's the creativity am talking about. Must it be at the festival.

During the weekends at every tourism and cultural centres.

If this is one of the ways APC wants to create their so called jobs,Nigerians are already in trouble. How would a whole minister open his mouth and say the job and diversification of the economy they promised is for the citizens to be dressing masquerades.

Lai Mohammed or what is that your name again? I am ashamed of you a Minister and mouthpiece of the government saying these thrash from his smelling mouth you are creating jobs for youth by dressing masquerade why not resign your appointment and go back to shrine in your villa so that the youths in your place will start dressing you up has masquerade. agbaya lasan lasan

rolchi:
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says dressing masquerades could create a thousand jobs per week for Nigerian men.

Speaking at the sectoral debate of the federal house of representative in Abuja on Tuesday, Mohammed said most states in Nigeria have one festival or the other.

“Most states today have more than one festival a year, but the packaging and lack of capacity has not enabled them to make the most out of these festivals,” he said.

“There’s a particular masquerade in the south east, it takes 100 people to dress him, another 100 people to UnCloth him.

“If this masquerade is well-packaged, it can provide employment in one week for more than 1000 young men. These are some of the untapped potentials.”

Mohammed explained that Nigeria has the oldest forest in the world in terms of biodiversity for tourists to visit, but tourists are discouraged by bribing and insecurity in the country.

“I worked in the airport for 10 years, and I know that if you want your passport stamped as a foreigner, you slip $100 into your passport. No tourist would come back to a country where he has to bribe immigration to enter.

“No tourist would come to a country where, when he leaves immigration, he enters a ‘one-chance’ taxi or ‘one-chance’ bus. It’s a holistic problem and these are all contained in the national tourism master plan, which I would make available to the house.

“We must make a difference between tourist sites and tourist attractions; what we have in Nigeria are tourist sites. They are not tourist attractions.

“You need infrastructure to convert a tourist site to a tourist attraction. If you don’t have infrastructure, it would always remain a tourist site,

“In Cross Rivers reserve park, Nigeria has the oldest forest in the whole world. It is the oldest in terms of biodiversity, and we have this very rare, white-mane gorilla in that area, but because my people in Cross River have decided to turn them to bush meat, they have now escaped.”

Source: https://www.thecable.ng/lai-one-masquerade-can-create-jobs-for-1000-men

lol

I just read down to the 5th paragraph.

iGiveup

This man cannot take us back to Egpty we will NOT follow him! This is not the type of jobs we want for our youth. Let it be clear to all not all aspect of our culture is bad, but masqurade is a NO, NO, NO! Haba! I use to think the minister is a muslim and that muslims are also opposed to masqurading?.Somebody should tell this man to focus of on other aspects of our culture that could boost tourism.

That's only what the useless government can offer the people that elected them.... Too bad. This useless Buhari and his corrupt cronies won't tell you about the job opening in NNPC and CBN....

persius555:
The irony is that most of those who mock and crucify lai mohammed's comment will be the first to apply for a place in the ministry of culture and tourism.
The same way almost a million nigerians applied for just the available 10,000 police jobs, despite the fact that we nigerians hate the average policeman on the street.
I keep saying, i dont fear for the impacts that our past leaders have left, but the youth's mentality is what worries me.
When i hear comments by the supposed future leaders, it worries me what future the country has.
There is a need for nationwide re-orientation of our youths.
Too many are negative minded. Too many have given up on niggeria. Very few of our youthe are ready to take on the responsibility of rebuilding this country.
I fear for the future.

lawydewy:



Some people is there family's tradition (masquerade) or
heritage.
Some family no matter how rich you are,you must do it
atleast once.


If it is your family tradition, you better go better go dance davido.

I will come and watch you and drop something for you my bro.

Not even if am given N1m, I wouldn't try it

lawydewy:




How you will think outside the box(When hungry sama/fire
you)
Your brain=Box. Your open eyes are seeing outside box.....
When you see your environment,you will create avenues for
food.
Only some few Masquerades that only come out ones in a
year. Others do parade the street to catch fun and make
money.
Tourism centres on weekends, there will cultural displays
and dance,traditional modelling
(you can bring your wife in Ankara to cat/fish walk or
elephant walk if she is fat).
Normal Masquerades perform and recite poetries.
Your children can give symposiums or poems,I will clap
and drop something.
That will get he/she note books for a term.
Papa Emeka can sell soft drinks and sachets water,
while you can sell cigarettes and hard drinks.
Mallam Adamu will sell his Suya, he will not fight you
people in the bush.
Mama Kayode can sell rice and beans at one corner.
Mama Abdullahi can sell Kunu and Zobo just close to the
gate.
All these people are doing something,instead of poke
nosing, back biting&backfiring, gossiping and stealing.
While me at the weekends, I will come catch fun,relax and
flex away troubled system of hard work.

There's nothing to watch because the masquerade themselves are rapist, killers and armed robbers although not all

EgusiSoup:


What did Nigerians do to deserve this?

Did you care to read the piece at all?
He made lots of sense and I concur. Arts & Culture can drive tourism and employment to higher heights

I'll not like to reason out of the context of the message he was trying to send. However, this is so so hilarious.

stobery:
thunder fire you lai mohammed

I concur

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Stop the curse you bias generation. When America and China are thinking and brainstorming on new innovation and business ideas,you are busy supporting what can not put food on your table.if u want u can also begin to follow masquerade to market place.atleast that will fetch you more money.Nonsense.

wake up!take your portion from men of old like lier mohammed. The youth must take over.[/quo0te] exactly that is what we need to do. First is to form a political party of only youths then we can further

No wonder they have masquerade as witness

*faints*

Senility is a horrible thing.

rolchi:
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says dressing masquerades could create a thousand jobs per week for Nigerian men.

Speaking at the sectoral debate of the federal house of representative in Abuja on Tuesday, Mohammed said most states in Nigeria have one festival or the other.

“Most states today have more than one festival a year, but the packaging and lack of capacity has not enabled them to make the most out of these festivals,” he said.

“There’s a particular masquerade in the south east, it takes 100 people to dress him, another 100 people to UnCloth him.

“If this masquerade is well-packaged, it can provide employment in one week for more than 1000 young men. These are some of the untapped potentials.”

Mohammed explained that Nigeria has the oldest forest in the world in terms of biodiversity for tourists to visit, but tourists are discouraged by bribing and insecurity in the country.

“I worked in the airport for 10 years, and I know that if you want your passport stamped as a foreigner, you slip $100 into your passport. No tourist would come back to a country where he has to bribe immigration to enter.

“No tourist would come to a country where, when he leaves immigration, he enters a ‘one-chance’ taxi or ‘one-chance’ bus. It’s a holistic problem and these are all contained in the national tourism master plan, which I would make available to the house.

“We must make a difference between tourist sites and tourist attractions; what we have in Nigeria are tourist sites. They are not tourist attractions.

“You need infrastructure to convert a tourist site to a tourist attraction. If you don’t have infrastructure, it would always remain a tourist site,

“In Cross Rivers reserve park, Nigeria has the oldest forest in the whole world. It is the oldest in terms of biodiversity, and we have this very rare, white-mane gorilla in that area, but because my people in Cross River have decided to turn them to bush meat, they have now escaped.”

Source: https://www.thecable.ng/lai-one-masquerade-can-create-jobs-for-1000-men

That iz possible if & only if d MASQUARADES has d popularity of LAGBAJA.

otokx:
Some comments on this thread made me to laugh out loud.

Nigerians know how to yab ehn.

The man is saying that Tourism is big business; look beyond the masquerade.

I'm a huge fan of Tourism and Culture as a business but this is all shades of wrong. Example, most of the SE masquerades are not danced in the cities but in the villages. Would you in this time of Fulani Herdsmen, willingly take your kids to a village in Enugu to watch this festival? Most of the Rhinoceros are in Benue, but will you take your parents around there in these times of Fulani Herdsmen? Manbilla Plains in Jos is gorgeous, but can you see yourself peacefully booking a ticket to fly toJos, not knowing if a religious riot may break out anytime? Even Osogbo Festival that is relatively safe, how has Lai Mohammed promoted it?

There are a million ideas he could have said and not sounded like a f00l.

I voted Buhari because Osinbanjo has so much to offer, if only Buhari would step back and chase corruption and leave running the country to the VP! Not for this rubbish. Buhari's govt sounds more and more elitist ("if you can't afford it, don't aspire to a better life, like us" seems to be their mantra).

shebi una want change.....but Nigerians failed to ask God the kind of change they wanted. this is the height of it.

Ayatullah:


Because GEJ and his Gang members have beaten you to a state of comma that no medicine under planet earth can cure you other than the potent APC Tablet Party!

So you think something good will come out of GOVERNMENT OF MASQUERADES? from day one i know nothing good will come out of this government rather than MASQUERADES, GEJ have good plan for Nigeria, but Buhari and his gang members are against anything good for Nigeria.

rolchi:
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says dressing masquerades could create a thousand jobs per week for Nigerian men.

Speaking at the sectoral debate of the federal house of representative in Abuja on Tuesday, Mohammed said most states in Nigeria have one festival or the other.

“Most states today have more than one festival a year, but the packaging and lack of capacity has not enabled them to make the most out of these festivals,” he said.

“There’s a particular masquerade in the south east, it takes 100 people to dress him, another 100 people to UnCloth him.

“If this masquerade is well-packaged, it can provide employment in one week for more than 1000 young men. These are some of the untapped potentials.”

Mohammed explained that Nigeria has the oldest forest in the world in terms of biodiversity for tourists to visit, but tourists are discouraged by bribing and insecurity in the country.

“I worked in the airport for 10 years, and I know that if you want your passport stamped as a foreigner, you slip $100 into your passport. No tourist would come back to a country where he has to bribe immigration to enter.

“No tourist would come to a country where, when he leaves immigration, he enters a ‘one-chance’ taxi or ‘one-chance’ bus. It’s a holistic problem and these are all contained in the national tourism master plan, which I would make available to the house.

“We must make a difference between tourist sites and tourist attractions; what we have in Nigeria are tourist sites. They are not tourist attractions.

“You need infrastructure to convert a tourist site to a tourist attraction. If you don’t have infrastructure, it would always remain a tourist site,

“In Cross Rivers reserve park, Nigeria has the oldest forest in the whole world. It is the oldest in terms of biodiversity, and we have this very rare, white-mane gorilla in that area, but because my people in Cross River have decided to turn them to bush meat, they have now escaped.”

Source: https://www.thecable.ng/lai-one-masquerade-can-create-jobs-for-1000-men

Leadership by example... You go into the masquerade first with your whole family then we will take you serious. Iranu.

Like head,like tail-we don't blame you guys ,it's JONA we blame.Assuming he satisfied us a bit,assuming he thwarted the process,assuming he listened to us to watch his people,we wouldn't have been infected with this kinda of clowns!

sademola:


Did you care to read the piece at all?
He made lots of sense and I concur. Arts & Culture can drive tourism and employment to higher heights

This guy here is another clown-

lawydewy:
Tourism is the highest revenue in Tunisia today.

Nigerians are known for criticisms. I believe 90% will criticise him.

But there is truth in what he said.

Creativity is the key.

some Nigerians are so wicked to the extent they don't want good for their country.

And they will not know peace in their life.....

you better repent!!!!!!



It mustn't be during the festival events along.Every weekends at Tourism centers, cultural events can be organize for tourists.



Some people is there family's tradition (masquerade) or
heritage.
Some family no matter how rich you are,you must do it
atleast once.
How you will think outside the box(When hungry sama/
fire
you)
Your brain=Box. Your open eyes are seeing outside
box.....
When you see your environment,you will create avenues
for
food.
Only some few Masquerades that only come out ones in
a
year. Others do parade the street to catch fun and make
money.
Tourism centres on weekends, there will cultural displays
and dance,traditional modelling
(you can bring your wife in Ankara to cat/fish walk or
elephant walk if she is fat).
Normal Masquerades perform and recite poetries.
Your children can give symposiums or poems,I will clap
and drop something.
That will get he/she note books for a term.
Papa Emeka can sell soft drinks and sachets water,
while you can sell cigarettes and hard drinks.
Mallam Adamu will sell his Suya, he will not fight you
people in the bush.
Mama Kayode can sell rice and beans at one corner.
Mama Abdullahi can sell Kunu and Zobo just close to the
gate.
All these people are doing something,instead of poke
nosing, back biting&backfiring, gossiping and stealing.
While me at the weekends, I will come catch fun,relax
and
flex away troubled system of hard work.

Just imagine, so once that festival finish, them go turn jobless people?

Nigerians and our attitude sha. There is nothing wrong with what Mr Mohammed said. He is only talking about the potentials of the country in terms of tourism. I must admit that the masquerade example he gave is quite funny, but then we can't throw away the baby with the water. And if the masquerades turn into big business, those dressing them will surely get paid for their troubles. Seasonal employment, yes, but employment all the same.

fxid10:
What he is saying is not far from the truth. Nigeria can make a fortune from culture if only we have government support. They should the enabling environment

Is Lai not in the government? Why don't he start it?

If u ask me na whom i go ask... chai!!!

lawydewy:


That's the creativity am talking about. Must it be at the festival.

During the weekends at every tourism and cultural centres.

At where, how many times did your masquerade and the masquerade of minster of masquerade Comes out in a year. Mind you this same man said there will be 365 festival in Nigeria @ early this year if not late last year, how many has been done. Stop deceiving yourself but let me tell you he will never use you as his director of the masquerade agency he's about to create .
Moreover go any part of Lagos during the masquerade festival and see what happen,

these guyz got nothing to offer foreal...Na style he use talk make nigerian jobless youths become Egungun

Mesogboriwon:
My people don't the truth because they don't long investment but short investment where the problem wouldn't be solve due to high neglect by previous regime that have eat pass our moral and ....

This one na masquerade already. See masquerade words.

I think their children were dressed as masquerades when CBN, MINt , customs and firs employed them employed them