Award-winning singer, songwriter, and performer Asa, with her band, performed her hit song ‘Fire On The Mountain’ at the NNPC relaunch, which had the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.
According to Channels TV in a video shared today, Tuesday, July 19, 2022, the singer performed the song in front of the President at the relaunch of NNPC. The video has, however, drawn numerous reactions from music lovers and Nigerians on social media.
Reactions on social media following the fact that the clip had gone viral comprised of people talking about the message behind the song the singer has released in 2007.
Here are some of the reactions below:
I liked the fact that ASA chose to sing “Fire on the mountain” song for this NNPC relaunching. Lol— 𝕹𝛂𝟆𝛂♧ (@Kuxayet) July 19, 2022
Seeing Asa perform ‘Fire on the Mountain’ at the State House 15 years after it was released and these lyrics still resonate:
“One day the river will overflow
And there’ll be nowhere for us to go
And we will run, run
Wishing we had put out the fire”— Kayode Okikiolu (@KayodeOkikiolu) July 19, 2022
Asa didn’t even smile for one second throughout her performance at the official the official unveiling/relaunch of the New NNPC. From her Black Panther oufit, to her beautiful song, she passed a msg- THERE’S FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN!
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Plumptre. Ebubeagu #PeterObiAt61
Another war pic.twitter.com/XqMt7N0Eme— Spotlight_Abby (@Spotlight_Abby) July 19, 2022
The best song for the occasion. There’s fire on the mountain and this government seems not to be on the run to put it out. Just chilling like all is well.— Spider Naij (@NaijSpider) July 19, 2022
Asa performing at the NNPC relaunch in the presence of Buhari & other APC elites is wr¤ng, she sh¤uld’ve turned down the offer; Our leaders are aware of their evildoings, a song can’t change ’em & we can’t be fighting against bad leaders, then dine with ’em when it’s convenient.— Daniel Regha (@DanielRegha) July 19, 2022