Excitement as Home girl, Mercy Johnson, anchors Lokoja Glo music concert
By CHIKA CHIMEZIE
Lokoja-born Mercy Johnson-Okojie will be the master of ceremonies at the Glo Mega Music Nationwide Tour billed to hold at the Confluence Stadium Indoor Sports Hall in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, this Saturday. She will be joined on stage by Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim, at the event which Globacom promised would offer “world-class entertainment”.
Also, in attendance will be two other Nollywood legends, Patience Ozokwor, a.k.a. Mama G, and Richard Mofe-Damijo, who will add colour to the show.
Globacom, the organiser of the event, said that seven super musicians will deliver to the residents of the town and environs unprecedented musical experience.
The company, in a statement issued in Lagos, said that those to perform at the show include the Marvin Records singer, Korede Bello;dance hall master, Douglas Jack Agu (Runtown); Inetimi Alfred Odon, a.k.a. Timaya, and Innocent Idibia, also known as Tuface.
Others are Chinedu Okoli, alias Flavour, Chibuzor Nelson Azubike, a.k.a. Phyno, and Olamide Adedeji , alias Baddo.
According to the telecoms firm and biggest corporate promoter of entertainment in Nigeria, “…the show is free, but to attend, subscribers have to use a credit of N2,000 for data or voice calls within a month. Once subscribers meet this criterion, they have to send SMS ‘MUSIC LOKOJA’ to a short code 207 and they will get a message inviting them to the show”.
Globacom explained further that subscribers who have not used up to N2,000 but wish to attend the concert should be at the venue of the show to recharge their lines with the same amount to get an invitation.
The Lokoja show is the 21st edition since the concert kicked off on April 15 in Awka, Anambra State. The concert had earlier stopped over in Awka, Owerri, Calabar; Asaba; Aba; Port Harcourt; Ajah in Lagos; Benin City; Abuja; Victoria Island, Lagos; Ibadan; Ikeja, Lagos; Ijebu Ode; Abeokuta; Ekpoma;. Suleja; Akure; Kubwa, Kaduna and Enugu.
Other cities and locations that will host the show after Lokoja are Makurdi, FESTAC, Lagos; Ibadan; Ayingba; Port Harcourt and Ikorodu, Lagos. The Glo Mega Music Nationwide Tour is a 27-week complete entertainment show specially designed to celebrate and reward Globacom’s teeming subscribers for their loyalty over the years.
