Many fans condemned the ban

Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as ‘Olamide badoo’ has reacted to the National Broadcasting Commission’s airplay ban placed on his latest song ‘WO.’
Olamide, who released the video on August 16 and has seen it get about 922,482 YouTube views and 1658 comments, reacted via his Twitter account on Tuesday.
The YBNL boss in a tweet said he has no intention of promoting tobacco with his music.
The ban came after Federal Ministry of Health said Olamide’s new street anthem ‘WO’ violates the Tobacco Control Act 2015.

Olamide’s tweet read, “No intentions of promoting tobacco to get people killed, I love my people, I love my country, one love, one Nigeria ‪#ClearTheAir -Oya Wo.”
Tweeting on its official Twitter account on Tuesday, the ministry also revealed that they were in talks with the singer.
“We are in the business of public health promotion. It is not in our mandate to ban music. We thank Olamide for his cooperation. One Nigeria!
“Thank you rapper Olamide for your response. We respect this heart for the health of the people and your fans. Responsibility! We had a good call with rapper, Olamide who learnt that Tobacco kills 6 Million people yearly. He committed to making things right!,” the tweet read.
Meanwhile, mixed reactions have trailed the ban on songs of four top Nigerian singers on Tuesday. The banned songs are Olamide‘s “Wo” and “Wavy Level”; Davido‘s “Fall” and “If (Remix)”; and 9ice’s “Living Things.”
On Twitter, many Nigerians have tweeted support for Olamide while questioning the rationale behind the ban in the first place.
See some Tweets below:
even your ban is useless, I have it on my phone, laptop, tab and even hard drive incase ‪@olamide_YBNL
@diondada wrote, “I think there is anything wrong with this song, this guy is making up happy and you are trying to band our source of happiness.”
Jei Daniels, tweeted, “You people will not mind your business, that’s how rats have pursued our visiting president from Aso Rock.”
@ojahojah1 wrote, “Everyday, people smoke openly in Lagos‪@followlasg . Puting us all at risk. Why do you ignore these? Why? just why?”
Davido and 9ice, also affected by the ban, are yet to react to the development. Their different management teams have also failed to react to enquiries by PREMIUM TIMES.
The NBC official twitter handle has yet to be updated to include the recently banned songs. They have also not responded to enquiries by fans of the affected artistes on their Twitter handle.