Chairman Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Chief Tony Okoroji, has
announced that COSON Week 2017 will hold from October 27 to November 3.
Speaking from the magnificent new COSON House, Lagos to a select group of
journalists on a conference call over the weekend, Chief Okoroji responded to
the question why COSON Week did not hold in 2016. The renowned
writer/producer and Africa’s top intellectual property advocate said, “From the
beginning, we took the decision that the COSON Week will be held every two
years. COSON Week is the ‘World Cup’ of entertainment in Nigeria or if you
prefer, the Olympic Games. Seven mega events in seven different venues over
seven days! That is no beans. The planning and logistics are mind boggling. You
cannot do that every year. It is the same way the World Cup cannot hold every
year. We skip a year to reboot and refresh and come up with more exciting
ideas. Everywhere I go people keep asking me, ‘when is the COSON Week
going to hold?’ Now you can say to them categorically that COSON Week 2017
will hold from October 27 to November 3”
Asked what Nigerians should be expecting from October 27 to November 3,
the celebrated former President of PMAN said, “breath taking events, short
and simple”. Prodded further, he said, “From October 27 to November 3, 2017,
you should expect awe inspiring events different from anything you have seen
before. You know me well and you know that I do not mess around. I am a
professional and do not want my name ever associated with any ‘cut and join’
thing. Whatever I say, we will do, we will do. The COSON brand has become a
very important national brand and we do not associate it with mediocrity. At
the COSON Week 2017, we will further raise the bar of entertainment in
Nigeria. In the first part of the year, we were committed to fulfilling our
promise of delivering the historic COSON House to the Nigerian creative
community. With the successful commissioning of the COSON House, a
promise made has been kept.
“We are now in the second half of the year. It is time to unleash those events
that will reduce the stress level in the land and give succor to every Nigerian
who has had to bear the weight of economic and political uncertainty in recent
times. Very soon, we will begin to dish out the juicy details of COSON Week
2017. Fasten your seat belts everyone, COSON Week is coming!”
Chief Tony Okoroji who also runs the high-flying entertainment and events
company, TOPS, started the organization of major entertainment award events
in Nigeria with the epoch-making Nigerian Music Awards (NMA). The NMA, the
hottest award show in Nigerian history attracted presidents, governors,
ambassadors and stars from around the world.
Tony Okoroji is the only man to have ever been dropped from the roof of the
main bowl of the National Theatre in Lagos on to the stage in a blaze of lights
and sounds. He said, “as producer, it is my style to always give you top rate
entertainment that keeps you on the edge of your seat but also has intellectual
depth. Anyone who was at the COSON Song Awards 2013 can bear witness to
the fact that it was different from any other award event you have seen
anywhere. It had flash and pizzas but still had a deep story line. You could feel
the enormous pre-production work that went on before the event. That is who
I am, always competing with myself. We will be linking the best brains and
resources at COSON and TOPS to deliver to Nigerians an unforgettable
experience. From now to November, COSON Week is it. Of course, one of the 7
big events will be the COSON Song Awards. You want me to tell you about the
COSON Song Awards 2017? The only way you can describe it is wow!!!”
FOR TOPS:
ESTHER OLANREWAJU