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Veteran entertainer and activist, Charly Boy, has explained why he helped connect content creator Isbae U with former President Olusegun Obasanjo for an episode of his interview show, Curiosity Made Me Ask.
Charly Boy disclosed his role in bringing the two together in a post shared on X on Tuesday while reflecting on Obasanjo’s appearance on the programme.
According to him, the encounter showed how older people can create opportunities for younger Nigerians by opening doors and being willing to engage with their world.
“Sometimes, the greatest thing you fit give a young person no be money. Na opportunity. Look at wetin happen when Baba entered Bae U’s world,” Charly Boy wrote in Pidgin English.
He said Obasanjo’s willingness to participate in the unconventional interview demonstrated that people from older generations could connect with younger audiences when they were open to their style and environment.
“A man of his age and experience sat down with a young man whose style dey completely different from wetin he is used to. Baba no just sit there looking serious. He matched the energy, played along and showed Nigerians another side of himself,” he said.
Charly Boy then disclosed that he was responsible for helping to establish the connection between the former president and the young content creator.
“And who helped make that connection happen? CharlyBoy. Fada believed in the young people behind that show enough to pull Baba into their space,” he said.
Obasanjo’s appearance on Curiosity Made Me Ask attracted attention after the former president joined Isbae U in the programme’s trademark humour and banter.
During the interview, the former president was asked about several figures in Nigeria’s entertainment industry. He said he did not know some entertainers, including Don Jazzy, Poco Lee and Carter Efe.
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Isbae U also jokingly presented Obasanjo as his former employee, claiming that he paid the former president’s salary, provided his meals and covered his rent at Aso Rock between 1999 and 2007.
The former president also spoke about Charly Boy during the programme, recalling how his view of the entertainer changed after witnessing the care he showed towards his late father, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa.
Reflecting on the significance of the interview, Charly Boy urged older Nigerians to take practical steps to support young people rather than merely encouraging them to succeed.
“To the older generation: don’t only tell young people to succeed. Give them room. Open doors. Recommend them. Trust them with opportunities,” he wrote.
He also called on young Nigerians to prepare themselves to make use of opportunities when they arise.
“To the younger generation: don’t wait for somebody to hand you a future. Build something worth believing in. When opportunity comes, be ready,” he said.
Charly Boy said meaningful collaboration between generations could benefit both sides and help create lasting legacies.
“Because sometimes, all a young person needs is one person with influence to say: ‘I believe in what you are doing. Go ahead.’
“And sometimes, all an older person needs is the willingness to say: ‘Let me enter your world and see what you are building.’
“When generations support each other, everybody gets to grow. Na so legacy suppose work,” he added.
