ABUJA YOUTH GO WILD AT MTN/2FACE SHOW

It was a pot pouri of fun for over ten thousand youths and adult fun seekers penultimate Saturday at the Millennium Gardens in the nation’s capital city of Abuja, when Africa’s mega telecom brand MTN combined with Nigeria’s mega music star 2Face Idibia to round off the six cities musical jamboree themed: MTN Xtra Cool Tour with 2Face and Friends which started March 1st in Benin.
The mega concert which featured one of American R&B music sensation
Marques Houston, had scintillating performances from both upcoming Abuja based artistes and top rated music divas among whom were Marvelous Benji, Zulezoo, Free Style, Sound Sultan, W4, Rock Steady, Ragga Remmy, Hypertek Dancers, Rough, Rugged and Raw, Blacktribe, Da Natives, and toast of the moment 9ICE among others.
The youths, numbering over 10, 000 were treated to high value fun characteristic of MTN Xtra Cool brand, a product designed for the youth segment in the Nigerian telecommunication market. The lucky ones among the youths, who stormed the nation’s capital from within and outside Abuja municipal, went away with lots of free MTN branded freebies, Blackberry, Philips brand of MP3/DVD player etc.
The show, that started at 6pm, was climaxed with a thrilling vibration from the celebrated star 2Face who dazzled his fans with a live band. The MOBO and MTV base Best African Artiste of the year, was in his element, singing his heart out. He mesmerized the crowd with his trade in stock, gyrating to the pleasure of the overwhelming crowd.
The security men at the show which included men of the Nigeria police, Army men and the Voltron Security men, a notable private security outfit, had a hectic time controlling the surging crowd, that lined up to the main road.
To signal the close of the show, the organizers set the sky on fire with colourful fire crackers that brightens and beautified the sky at every moment it went off in the air. The show officially ended at about 2am.
Meanwhile, the entire crew on the tour made up of MTN officials, Dojoes Management officials, 2Face and the officials of his music outfit Hypertek, and a cross section of the entertainment journalists visited Abuja Children Home the largest orphanage home in Abuja. The visit, which was part of the programme plan for the execution of the six cities tour project, was at the instance of MTN. It was led by 2Face who was accompanied by his musical friend Dare Art-Alade.
The African queen crooner, who was taken on tour of the orphanage home by the administrator of the home Mallam Sulaiman Umar Abubakar, donated on behalf of MTN several bags of rice and other food items, and later made a personal donation of an undisclosed sum to the orphanage. This gesture has been replicated at every other orphanage visited in all the other cities where the MTN Xtra Cool Tour with 2Face and Friends visited.
Speaking at the orphanage home Mr. Ayokunle Adesina MTN Xtra Cool brand manager, explained that the brand xtra cool is just living to its brand promise of “Total Fun. And we are not limiting the fun to the privileged members of the society who would find it convenient to attend the Xtra Cool concert; we are also taking the fun to the less privileged member of the larger society.

That is why we choose to take one of the artiste that both the Nigerian youths and adult group ever so much loved, to six majour cities within the six geo political zones. We have been to Benin, Ibadan, Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna and now Abuja. And in all these cities, we always remember the less privileged. We take 2Face and other artistes on the tour to visit at least one motherless babies home where the less privileged will be privileged to see live their music idol.

The children have never had it so good at any of the orphanages we visited. Apart from donating food items, 2face always mingled with them, take picture with them and above all, he sings for them. We are using the tour to preach message of love, joy and total fun, the MTN way”, the ebullient Xtra cool brand manager enthused.