The Nigerian Gospel Music Awards(NGMA) was a wonderful event the Gospel scene has ever had. The event took lace at the NECA centre on Friday 24th of December 2012.
It was the 2nd edition of the NGMA and it was a success with a huge range of gospel artiste making the event colourful.
But then, the gospel industry must realise that things should be done to standard. Things should not be taken for granted at all in the name of 'GOSPEL'. Yes, it is a known fact that not a lot of money is pumped into the industry, but, some of these things are not about the money but the bad mentality
that its JUST GOSPEL and it can be done anyhow. Some issues must be
addressed.
VOTING: its very wonderful to know u can register an email address and
vote once, but it is very sad to know also that the second means of
voting(which allows u vote multiple times)is by sending SMS to
0809xxxxxxx a PRIVATE NUMBER! WHY! That is the definition of poor
planning. A short code should just have been provide eg 1234. Using a
personal line was just out of it. No secular awards will do that, they
will just stick to the Website PERIOD!
FASHION: we must give kudos to some people for looking so smart and
radiant, combining the right colours. Artiste like Eben looked extremely
smart in a rock star kinda way,lyn looking gorgeous but then it was not
easy to understand some other artiste. God's own was looking really
awkward for a gospel artiste in a really short tube dress that was just
too revealing. And we must say Gbenga Oke's white and red combination
was not just it for him that day. Maybe because christmas was in the
air, but its still no excuse to look like santa for an awards.
AWARDS PRESENTATION: now, the initial stage of the presentation of the
awards was just perfect, when d presenters did not talk much and d
screen did the bulk of the work. After awhile that stopped,and some
presenters just made sure we got fed up. People like DJ Gosperalla who
came up only to start talking about how good he is and Nnenna (presenter
of Nnenna and friends) who came out to talk to everybody sitted like
she was talking to her kids in a concert.
We can go on and on but the main point here is to help us realise that
we must get it right in this industry. We must be the best and the envy
of others. We are sure 2013 will be better.