TVC presenter Akashat Nymat recently criticized Davido for his remarks urging black Americans not to relocate to Africa, especially during a recent interview. Davido had warned Americans about the state of Africaâs economy, which he described as being in âshambles,â while clarifying that his intention wasnât to speak negatively about the continent but to highlight the contrasts, focusing on the more developed areas rather than the slums.
Reacting to Davidoâs comments on Your View on TVC, Nymat accused the music star of not doing enough for the masses, implying that his public statements lacked substance in terms of practical contributions to improving conditions in Africa.
She said;
âAs he done a service to the average Nigerians inside Ede? That doesnât know the royal family of Ede? As he done a service to Nigerians in Inuwarong? Who is in the bush trying to get food? As he bought everything they needed with rice farms in Bida? No! He hasnât. He has come to lose truth of the Elite. The people who spend dollars for food are proper, not those who buy beans for pain.
We know that this country is hard and that the reforms were forced on us because if we had continued to feed the elite, it would be worse off.
Weâre suffering under that weight, and what you can say is, âItâs hard hereâ. During the elections in America, an opera would sing at the election, but she wouldnât sit on a show or sit at a table and tell a foreign interviewer what Davido did. Thatâs wrong. Because you say there, now your reference point for whether they should go ahead and invest in the country.
See the point is, no matter how true your truth is, if itâs not going to be of service to your people. It is in the corridors where he could give that one privately, but he chose to tell Americans canât come here, whereas what we need is foreign investors. Thatâs what how government has said we need.
Except Davido can show me two or three companies where he produces beans, rice, and local foods for the local man, he canât be talking to anyhow. I donât see any service he has done.
Davido is a person of influence and should be more guarded in his utterances, especially about the country that has given him that fameâ.