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By Kehinde Ajose
One of the fast growing comedians in Nigeria, Bayegun Oluwatoyin, popularly known as Woli Arole on Wednesday said the role comedians play in the lives of their audience can best be compared with the roles doctors play in the lives of patients.
Arole made the remarks at the ongoing Nigerian Entertainment conference , #NECLive5.
He said, “Comedy is medicinal. we are like doctors. we make you live long, we are solution proivders not jesters”
“Anything that is universal is exportable.Comedy is exportable.Comedy is like a universal language.Comedians are solution providers,we are not jesters.The language of comedy is becoming universal. I am not just a comedian , am an ambassador of my culture. I add value to the society” He said.
Other celebrities presentat the conference are, Tiwa Savage, Toke Makinwa, Adesua Etomi, Chidinma, Kemi Lala, Chichi Nwoko, Sir Shina Peters, Chidinma, Id Cabasa, Ali Baba, Adebantu Adewale Ayuba, Daddy Showkey, Basketmouth, Opa Williams, Frank Donga will lead Nigerian Entertainers To #Neclive5 On April 26. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘It’s Time for Africa’.
This year’s NECLive is again hosted by Tee A. NECLive is organised By Thenetng, with support from Multichoice.