Olukoya committed to bringing my father’s 25 years musical dream to fruition- Esho
Bimbo Esho, Managing Director, Evergreen Musical Company, has commended the efforts of Dr. Daniel Olukoya, Founder of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM), towards actualizing her father’s 25-year musical dream.
Esho, in a statement on Sunday, said that Olukoya’s unbridled love for music would finally turn around his father’s dream, Chief Femi Esho, who is the Chairman of Evergreen Musical Company.
Supreme News reports that Olukoya, General Overseer (GO) of the MFM Church, partnered with Esho to build a musical museum in Nigeria, located at Anthony in Lagos.
The musical museum is known as the “Evergreen Music Heritage Foundation.”.
“This bequeaths to future generations a strong philosophy on music while appreciating the sheer artistic genius of Nigeria’s renowned musical talents, many of whom had been forgotten.”.
She said this was a viable platform to ensure the music of yesteryear continues to gain prominence, which had been the age-long goal of the company.
She said her father’s 25-year musical dream had been to have a functional musical museum that could be seen as an experience centre where people could visit to gain knowledge on all genres of music from 100 years back.
“If there is any lesson I have learned in life, it is to share our vision and dreams with like-minded people so they don’t die with us.
“Over the years, I have watched how many individuals reach the peak of their career and fame but end up dying without achieving their dreams.
“Recalling the very first day my dad met with Dr Olukoya to discuss the Evergreen Project, he said Dr Olukoya told him that he was 100 per cent interested in the project.
“There is no doubt that both men have intense and undiluted love for music. They have over the years selflessly given so much in ensuring that the Evergreens don’t go into extinction.
“I have always had the conviction that the collaboration between these great men would birth that which generations will benefit from,” she said.
Esho noted that aside from Olukoya being an accomplished and respected preacher of the word and leading one of the most popular churches in Nigeria today, he also taught music.
She said Olukoya wrote his first song in 1976, and his church choir was widely regarded as one of the best in the world, having won several international choir competitions in Europe and other parts of the world.
According to her, the cleric has supported many musicians in achieving their goals.
“Olukoya breathes, drinks, and eats quality music. Today, he has over 200hymns and songs to his credit.
“Olukoya, who is the patron of the Evergreen Music Heritage Foundation, has shown us that his word is his bond. His consistency in ensuring that my dad’s dream of 25 years is brought to fruition is mind-blowing.
“Not only has he used his goodwill together with ours to ensure we secure a magnificent edifice that perfectly matches the Evergreen Dream, his financial and moral contributions have been invaluable.
“The museum, upon completion, will be an experience centre where people in and outside Nigeria will be privileged to see our country’s musical worth and history.
“There will be on display music from 1914, musical relics, old musical instruments, head busts of artists, original vinyl of artistes, books, documentaries, cassettes, reel to reel, gramophones as old as 100 years, journals, cassettes, and more,” she said.
