Oiza and Meyi: First official single and a mother’s prayer

My eldest daughter Sophia Abu today works in the Financial Inclusion industry. But she sings like a nightingale. Occasionally, I sing in the bathroom, then in church but that’s about it. My spouse sings but now only from time to time. Then about two to three years ago our twin daughters – Oiza and Meyi began to sing in our bathroom. While doing that the duo also placed this on Instagram and suddenly they were all over the place.

In papers, on international channels and on radio. Suddenly, Oiza and Meyi, my identical twin girls, were the young girls to beat, described by CNN as Nigeria’s upcoming young artistes. I knew they were talented when Meyi was already designing clothes at 14 and Oiza was giving performance skits at 13 years entertaining family gatherings.

Played in our living room to aahs and oohs by us all. This is the pride of a family. These twosome have put us on the map and our heart is filled with pride

Then as they grew older, Oiza became her school drummer in secondary school and was social prefect while Meyi became the prefect to beat. Both of them soared academically, Oiza graduating in Theatre and Performing Arts while Meyi graduated in Industrial Design specialising in Textiles.

Then Meyi went big on playing the guitar. Self-taught, she began to support their gigs instead of hiring a guitarist. Soon enough they also got a personal guitarist, Rica; who then supported Meyi, while Oiza became logistics officer and initial co-manager with her sister Meyi. They flowered. Songwriters, performers and show stoppers. It was beautiful to see them create song after song, write in the music, make the arrangements and even begin to produce. They began to open shows in Abuja for Wizkid, Waje, Asa, and other artistes.

And so it was that they jammed with Asa, I could not hold my breath in her house, and Meyi got gifted a guitar by Asa. One that she had used in her meteoric career. Producers have been courting them and they have a manager. Barrister Ajibola whom they fondly call Jibs.

Did I mention that the Cavemen have been playing and inviting them to join. Today they have produced one of their songs and have producers like David Elumelu and Jared Ebuka, among other brilliant music producers. Their performances are now mostly sold out and their gigs are from Lagos to Abuja. I love them. I see some and they are so social media aware…God bless them…Amen