Nii Okai

“If there’s something we should really compete for as Christians, it should be for souls - it assures an eternal non-perishable reward.”

“Awards can be advantageous to the ministry and I’m a beneficiary and yet it could foster divisive tendencies among Christian musicians when we form camps and cliques for awards.”

“You don’t have to be like everybody else. If you seek fame, you will fail, if you seek faithfulness, you will succeed. If you invest in others on behalf of God, He will eventually invest in others on your behalf.”

““I believe there’ve been a lot of positive growth and exposure. This is not devoid of the usual challenge of competition and factions, stemming in part from the acute support available and excesses of social media.”

“I am humbled to have nurtured many gifted minstrels over the past two decades who are currently taking the world by storm with their music and I’m excited to share the stage with them come September 17 in Tema where it all began.”

“We launched in 2003 and worked on the video in early 2004 with Phamous People (Gerald OGEE Gyimah). We eventually worked on the Twi version and shot another video with Nana Asihene.”

“I eventually wrote the bridge and coda of the song when it was time to record it for my maiden album. It was co-produced by Koda and recorded live and in a number of studios for overdubs.”

“I received the verse and chorus first, taught the Harbour City Mass Choir and we started experiencing the tangible presence of God whenever we got to minister it.”

“So I started rearranging existing music and realised I had the gift. Though I had earlier composed a few songs, Moko Bɛɛ became the defining moment for me as a gifted songwriter and producer.”

“But I will say that when it dropped in my spirit, Moko Bɛ can best be described as ‘love at first sight’. Everything about the song caught the attention of listeners and viewers alike, distributors and promoters, the saved and the unsaved, and the rest they say is history.”

“Moko Bɛ simply dropped into my spirit after one of my usual dawn prayer walks on the beach of Eldorado Hotel in Cotonou, Benin. I receive several songs during the period in similar fashion and I still do till today.”