 Welcome once again to the breakfast here on plus TV Africa today in history We're going back to the year 2018 to speak about one of the most famous voices one of the richest black You know singers one of the most, you know popular singers in the world and Amy Rihanna Fenty something or Fenty Rihanna. I'm not sure what it is now But on this day she became an ambassador. This is a very interesting story Because of how what I'm gonna say at the end okay, we came an ambassador to Barbados where she's originally from she had Of course been appointed because of our extraordinary support and contribution to the home country of Barbados and the position gives Specific responsibility of promoting education tourism and investment for the island She also became one of Barbados cultural ambassadors in 2008 doing promotional work for its tourism Ministry the Prime Minister the Barbadian Prime Minister Maya Amor Motley said in the statement that her government was honored To be able to confer the title on the outstanding Barbadian who has contributed significantly to raising the island's profile across the world She of course said in the segment that she couldn't be more proud to take on such a prestigious title in her home country So congratulations to Rihanna. We're still waiting for the new album I'm not sure what's going on with you But you know, she is she is of course been a phenomenal Contribution of artists, you know since her breakout in early or late 2000s or mid 2000s I can't remember now she has been phenomenal Currently is worth of a billion I believe you know after investing in fashion and furniture and some of all the extra extra Stuff that she got into a sides music And so I was gonna say and this is you know the little addition to it You know that I understand every now and then there's a need to make people ambassadors And so when you see a person like this, this is gonna sound like me hating and I really don't care When you see a person like this, you know because of their popularity and their contribution, you know To the music world and to tourism and whatever it is You would always understand why you know, they have made ambassadors, you know for their countries or for their states and some of all of that I Want to put it side by side but with you know Some of the people that will make ambassadors here because they you know get out of a TV show That they were in for 90 days or for 75 days of I don't know how many days and suddenly they become state ambassadors for this and that and that And have zero contribution To that state or to whatever it is that the ambassadors for the reason really is because I feel like you know For you to become to have that type of relevance and to be given that type of recognition by state government And by federal government or whatever there has to be some level of contribution that you've given you There has to be some value that you've been able to give And I don't I personally just don't believe that these persons in particular I've in any way given that level of value or contribution in the period that they've been in existence in our televisions They've only probably been there for you know, five six weeks and suddenly, you know, they become ambassadors to this or that And that includes those make well anyway, I'm gonna go too far. But anyway, congratulations to Rihanna Fenty You know, well, you might have a point there. You might have a point there Well, I think that When we look at it from the aspect of brands brands who make these people ambassadors, I mean brand ambassadors not Yeah, exactly So when these people gather following in their numbers because I have no idea why people, you know Obsessed over certain celebrities, you know So when you're able to gather that much fans and you know Your fan base is just so huge and they would retreat and do anything So you can understand from the marketing perspective why these people want to, you know, just bring them in and milk You know that opportunity to make sales for their brand On a national level, yes When there are cases when people like we're going to mention names when people like Nengi Received some government appointments and all of that you can understand why some people said oh really what really has she contributed Well, I know she was a beauty queen at one time But I really didn't hear much about it until she got on to the show and talked about it So really we do need to get people who have I mean in our Nigerian space people who have actually put Nigeria on the map I mean, why can't someone like a whiskey dervido Have a government position regarding entertainment and tourism in Nigeria I mean, why can't people like that? I can sound like a Bonoboi get such appointments because really they have put Nigeria on the world map They have brought international recognition to Nigeria regarding entertainment and all of that. So yes, you do have a point regarding Getting approaches right who should be the face of what and what have the contributions been so far So congratulations again to Rihanna on this station was appointed ambassador of Barbados All right stay with us our first major conversation for today We're going to be talking about young people in Nigeria the continuous voter registration Online registration of voters and how we can get more people to increase the numbers that we currently have My Zainek currently has suspended online Voter registration would be you've got brought back sometime in October We'll get into that conversation right after the short break here on plus TV Africa