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Published 5 February 2021
The President, Entertainment Database and a Nigerian Flutist, Omatshola Iseli, popularly known as “Tee Mac”, on Thursday called on the Federal Government to provide COVID-19 palliatives to Nigerian entertainers.
Tee Mac, who made this call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, said Nigerian entertainers were worst hit by the restrictions occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic.
Iseli, also the Chairman, Entertainment Foundation, said the fact that night clubs and multipurpose halls had been shut down and ban on live shows, entertainers like musicians, actors and comedians have been hugely affected.
According to him, with this development, Nigerian Entertainers have no streams of income.
Veteran entertainer, Omatshola ‘Tee Mac’ Iseli has urged the federal government to give COVID-19 palliatives to entertainers.
According to NAN, the flutist, who doubles as the president of Entertainment Database, said that many Nigerian entertainers have been worst hit after the restrictions occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
He decried that many musicians, actors, and comedians have been left with no income source since night clubs and multipurpose halls had been shut down alongside the ban on live shows to prevent the further spread of the virus.
Tee Mac said palliatives should be extended to these groups just as practiced in other climes like Europe and the US.