Many citizens highly anticipated the 2023 Nigerian presidential election as they dared to hope the democratic government would uphold itself with their voices being heard.
Many Nigerians had mixed feelings about PresidentTinubu’s tenure. Many felt gloomy.
However, a few others were pleased with Tinubu’s win and celebrated him on their platforms.
Following Tinubu’s win, Naturenex gathered a list of Nigerian songs that spotlight the problems many Nigerians face as the electorates hope for a bright future with Tinubu’s reign.
See some of the songs below:
1. Mr President by African China:
Despite being released many years ago, this song highlights the country’s insecurity, hunger, crime, and more issues. African China also uses the opportunity to plead with the president to treat Nigerians well and for the police to do their jobs properly without taking bribes.
2. Suuru Lere by Lagbaja
In 1999, Nigeria transitioned from its military government to a democratic government with the emergence of Olusegun Obasanjo as president. Lagbaja’s Suuru Lere then discusses the people’s hope for a democratic government. He also highlights issues plaguing society, including high fuel rates, bribery, corruption, and more. According to Lagbaja, democracy must not be destroyed and should be allowed to work.
3. Nigeria Jaga Jaga:
Former member of Remedies music group Eedris Abdulkareem went all out with his ‘Jaga Jaga’ song to call out the Nigerian government and how they were not meeting up to expectations. He complained bitterly about the sorry state of things and claimed that ‘everything scatter scatter’.
4. Hard Life by Blackface:
Former Plantashun Bois star Blackface sang about the hardship in Nigeria and how people want to get on a plane and leave the country with his song, Hardlife. The song also spotlights other problems facing Nigerians.
5. Nigeria Ebezina (Subsidy) by Flavour Nabania
Nigerian highlife artist Flavour Nabania also made an artistic contribution towards the removal of fuel subsidy by the FEDS.
5. 20.10.20 by Burna Boy:
After the unfortunate incident that took place on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki toll gate, where many Nigerians lost their lives for protesting against police brutality with the End SARS movement, Burna Boy released a moving track about the lives that were lost on that evening. The moving audio also featured sounds of gunshots from the event as brave people stayed back despite being in fear.
6. Jailer by Asa
In Asa’s Jailer song, she sings about oppressors in society even when they are not free.
7. Oga Police by PSquare:
Nigerian music duo Peter and Paul Okoye, aka PSquare, sang about police brutality many years before the End SARS movement began. Their song spotlighted unfair treatment, bribery and corruption from the Nigerian police.
8. Democracy by Fela Anikulapo Kuti:
In this song, Fela discussed the serious corruption during Nigeria’s elections.
The late Afrobeat singer described how many Nigerians do not go out to vote, but the resulting numbers run into thousands despite that.
Fela’s children took over Afrobeat after his death.
9. Falz’s This Is Nigeria
Lawyer-turned-singer Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, dropped the song ‘This Is Nigeria’ in 2018, a satire on the country’s. Its theme ranges from politics to religion, economy, and the security of the nation Nigeria.
Burna Boy recently handed over the African Giant’s title to Falz for his activism.
While some of the songs listed above were released many years ago, they have still proven to be relevant to the present day in Nigeria and some of the struggles citizens face.
