Gbenro Adesina
A Nigerian foremost gospel singer, songwriter and televangelist, Evangelist Funmi Aragbaye has revealed that, though her parents could not be classified as poor, she had to sell yam when she was younger to assist the family.
Aragbaye, the National President of the Gospel Musicians’ Association of Nigeria stated this while featuring on a television personality programme, explaining, “My parents are from Ondo State. My parents were not rich and they were not poor. My father was a civil servant and my mother was a yam seller. Whenever she comes from where she has gone to buy tubers of yam, I will take some of the tubers of yam and sell them in smaller quantity”.
The popular gospel musician noted that there is no short cut to wealth, saying that wealth can only come through hard work.
Aragbaye bemoaned the state of Nigeria saying that the current political leaders are ridiculously incompetent and embarrassing.
She said, “It is like a set of carpenters or mechanics that are ruling Nigeria. Things are so bad and no one can think that it can be this bad. As a matter of fact, we have never had it this bad”.
Speaking about her challenges, she said that her major challenge is envy from her colleagues, stressing, “The envy is too much”.
Her debut album titled Olorun Igbala, alongside with Sioni Ilu ayo was released in 1983.
