Revive your mindset, Charly Boy tells youths

Musician, producer and activist, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, has called on Nigerian youths to revive their mindsets in order to remedy the country.

Oputa, who gave the advice, as part of activities to mark his belated 70th birthday, noted that there was hope for the country.
According to him, there are exceptional youths that can help Nigeria when the chips are down and keep the touch aloft for our dear country.

He maintained that the mood in the country doesn’t call for any fireworks or street protest. He noted that street protests have not yielded the much needed results, especially with the bunch of people in government.

Charly Boy, who is also a former president of the Performing Musicians of Nigeria (PMAN), believes that all hope is not lost for Nigeria, stressing that it is time for deep meaningful reflection about the country’s predicament.

“I have retired from active street protests which have not yielded much with the bunch of people in government today. Protests do not move Nigerian leaders. It rather makes them go harder on the governed. I am not insensitive to the pain my people are passing through.

I am not a professional protester. I have reviewed my strategy and am deploying my frustrations through my music, hence me coming back to one of the powerful tools of resistance, my music.

“I still believe that the salvation of this country lies in the hands of its exceptional youths. I still can’t see how these ancestors from the 18th century can defeat the millennial of the 21st century.”

He explained that his “ageing backwards process @ 70 this year” and his plan to mark his 69th birthday next year, is because of the mood of the country and its people, adding that he would keep the celebrations simple and low-keyed.