Government case against Tekno: All sorted out

Entertainment industry involves big money. The irony of the industry is that while the visible players are extremely visible, the invisible ones; the producers, the financiers, the investors are often very invisible. Those invisible players call the shots. When a problem blows out as it happened with Tekno showing of semi-nude dancers in a display truck last week, you can never tell who is behind the scene dousing tension.

The latest on the case is that the producer of Tekno’s latest music video, Mr. Lawal Tijani, has explained the incident and apologized to the government and the people. That is it. No real businessman will waste time arguing or fighting with government. Just apologize and save their face – make the officials feel good about themselves.

With the apology and explanation, the case is resolved, tension doused and business goes on. The artists are artistically minded. They can hardly be bothered by politics.

This incident has also shown a number of things. Tekno is a highly popular artist. The outpouring of support for him was extraordinary. Also, it shows that those in government whose job it is to regulate the industry are totally out of touch. They do not understand the dynamics of the industry they regulate. Hopefully, this will be a lesson.