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The perceived
faction rocking the Disc Jockey Association of Nigerian has finally come to
an end, with the two major unions collapsed their structures into one recognized national body called DEEJAN.
Consummating
the relationship, the newly elected national president of the Disc Jockey Association of Nigeria (DEEJAN) , Comrade Tade Adeyemi, popularly known as DJ Cool, stressed the need for the professionals to
operate under one umbrella to be able to champion their course in a unique
direction.
He stated
this after his election at the just concluded 7th National DJs
Conference held in Awka, Anambra state capital, said the association has
resolved to keep their past behind them and focus on programmes that would develop
and protect the interest of the music anchor professionals in Nigeria.
Comrade Adeyemi debunked
the rumour that there exist a fraction in the unions before there amalgamation,
but described the perceived crisis to a scenario of a house built on many
channels but finally connected with a
unique entrance that leads to the main buildings.
He said,” There
is nothing like factions in Nigerian DJ Association, DJs are loving people, DJs
are fun making people, there is nothing
like fight or rancours among the Djs in Nigeria, the only difference is that,
the movement started from somewhere and another body had already started same
idea elsewhere, all of us now came to an agreement to collapse every structure into
one house, like NLC being the umbrella body for Nigerian workers, so also
the Deejan which is now the umbrella body
for Nigerian DJs.
He called on
government of all tiers in the country to encourage the union by providing facilities suitable
to grow the industry, noted that the union employed a greater number of unemployed Nigerians, but called for more assistance to improve the output of this entertainment operatives to perform their task optimally .
Comrade
Adeyemi , requested that government
should encourage the union by proving music academics to train upcoming DJs
and the establishment of a national secretariat to house the national body of the union among
other demands.
‘Government
supposed to embrace us now because we have created job opportunity for many Nigerians,
we have help the government to bridge the gap of unemployment in the society”.
“The support
we need from government is to assist our course, like establishment of national
secretariats for Nigerian DJs, establishment of DJ academics where upcoming
youths would be trained.
“The matrices
are that, when you produce a DJ, you have automatically produced additional three
DJs, because a DJ cannot work alone, he will automatically be training other
boys too, which in turn is creating more employment opportunities in the
society.” He requested.
Eerier in
his remarks, the Lagos based Disc Jockey,
Comrade Jimmy Adewale Amu , popularly known
as DJ Jimmy Jatt, charged the members to ensure they discharge
their duties with utmost professionalism that will in turn command respect from
the society.
He stressed
that the society will not give them what they expect until they stand up to
demand what they really needed from the society, encouraged them to be resolute
and dedicated to their duties, where success lies in hard work with sincerity
to effect change in any society one finds himself.
“Do not be defeated
from home, or seeing that some are privileged be to in a particular
position, as you see me so I be Maroko
Boy; In Maroko, them no get electricity , them no get road, them no get water,
but when person tell me say him be
ghetto boy, or him be street boy, I will look at him as someone who does not know
what it means to live in a Ghetto to survive”.
“If you know
Maroko then, it was so bad to the extent it was demolished by government and
that was where I came out from, what am saying in essence is that nobody is privileged”
.
“I want my
members to see themselves as core professionals and expect them to be treated
same, only if we are able to carry ourselves as responsible men and women in the
society, the society too would in turn accord you the expected respect we demand
from them”. He said.
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