Singer, Eedris Abdulkareem’s song, ‘Tell Your Papa’, has been barred from being aired on all Nigerian radio and television stations.
The ban on the singer’s song was declared by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
Citing the song’s “objectionable nature”, the Coordinating Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Susan Obi in a memo to radio and television stations said the NBC has declared the track, Not To Be Broadcast (NTBB).
According to Obi, the NTBB slammed on the Abdulkareem’s song is in line with Section 3.1.8 of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.
Obi said that the NBC code prohibits every content seen as inappropriate, offensive, or in breach of public decency from being aired on broadcast stations across the country.
She also said that the song’s lyrical content fails to meet the standards of responsible broadcasting.
Obi said, “The commission requests that your station exercises discretion and refrains from airing this song to maintain responsible broadcasting standards.
“Your cooperation and commitment to upholding greatly appreciated. Thank you, Susan Obi -Coordinating Director, Broadcast Monitoring,” Obi said in the memo.
Despite the ban by the NBC, Abdulkareem’s song, “Tell Your Papa,” which was released earlier during the week has continued to gain traction on various social media platform.
The singer in the song brought to limelight, the challenges and hardship suffered by Nigerians since the assumption of office by President Bola Tinubu.
In the song, Abdulkareem while reacting to Seyi Tinubu’s comments during his tour of Northern states – where he described his father as Nigeria’s greatest president – urged the president’s son to tell his father that the people are suffering.
The singer sang, “Seyi, tell your papa country hard. Tell your papa people dey die. Tell your papa this one don pass jagajaga.”
“Seyi, how far? I swear your papa no try. Too much empty promises. On behalf of Nigerians, take our message to him; kidnappers dey kill Nigerians,” Abdulkareem sang.
