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Minister Akhigbe Drops ‘Olori Ogun

By Guardian Nigeria
25 November 2022   |   3:34 am
Oluwaseun Akhigbe is a passionate gospel minister who uses his voice and bass guitar instrument to mull God’s presence through praise and worship.

Oluwaseun Akhigbe is a passionate gospel minister who uses his voice and bass guitar instrument to mull God’s presence through praise and worship.

Born on December 9 in the 80s, the Edo state native has been playing the bass guitar for over 19 years. He started the Worship Tribe in 2018, a ministry ordained by God to glorify His name through praise and worship with the use of instruments and voices.

The ministry birthed Worship Train, a hybrid worship concert done online and on sight to God and for God alone, leading people from various places into the presence of God. Akhigbe believes in putting effort into whatever he does, ensuring a great success through divine favour and innovation from God.

Speaking about his talent and journey into music, the gospel minister said “growing up in the church, knowing my father to be a church drummer and a multitalented musician, naturally every child will be interested in musical instruments.”

“So I had interest in drums at first, but at some point I developed an unquenchable interest in bass guitar. I only wanted to know how to play it and be able to play in church and gospel programmes not knowing it’ll become a ministry in my hands.

“Let me just say I was faithful in my little beginning and thank God for growth and his blessings,” he added.

Asked why he chose the gospel genre, Minister Akhigbe said, “It’s like asking why you choose God. Well I didn’t choose gospel/God, instead God chose me and I grew up not only knowing gospel music but have a lot of interest in it because of its versatility and the spiritual aspect like you sing or play and have access to the presence of God it’s unquantifiable.

On his latest project, Olori Ogun, the singer cum instrumentalist said the record was put together through an inspiration of the Holy Spirit upon the Worship Tribe via their wealth of skills, mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual strength.

“The inspiration of the song is from the Holy Spirit. I’m not skilled in writing songs, I’ve never written one; I receive from God and minister to God first while he teaches me how to minister it to people,” he explained.

He stated that the inspirational and spirit filled body of work is available on all digital platforms.

Shedding more light on singing and playing the bass guitar at the same time, Akhigbe says, “Singing is a skill; and like they say, if you can talk you can sing.

“Playing bass guitar is a skill; the difference is that your voice or your body is your instrument when you sing, while your bass guitar is your voice and the instrument when you play. Both skills need constant practice.”

Commenting on why secular artistes gain more recognition than gospel artistes, the gospel minister said, “It’s because their songs cut across all humans so far you are listening you can enjoy it.

“There’s no denomination segregation or even religious segregation, and for that reason they get more sponsors, more airplays and royalties which is a major catalyst that helps the music industry.”

Asked if he supports music collaborations between gospel artistes and secular artistes, he said, “I won’t say yes or no because I am a man of the spirit. I do everything in the ministry with obedience to God’s instructions; I don’t own myself, so the answer to that is with God.”

On the impact of his music and testimonies from people who listened to his songs, Akhigbe said, “I’ve heard someone was delivered from depression, and someone received a miracle of fruit of the womb after waiting for several years without issue and many more.”

What was growing up like?
“It was wonderful and fun. Meanwhile, learning so many things in several spheres of life is so adventurous and eventful; I enjoyed every bit of it.”

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