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There is SARS in all of us: Tee Mac

People who do not treat their neighbours well are said to be as guilty as SARS operatives.

• November 8, 2020

Nigerian flutist Tee Mac on Sunday said that everybody needed a moral revolution to end the “SARS” in them for a better society.

Speaking with the NAN in Lagos, Tee Mac said people needed to treat their neighbours the same way they want to be treated.

Tee Mac in reaction to the #EndSARS protest said his son was also harrassed by SARS operatives, adding that the condemnation they received should also be visited on people who do not treat their neighbours well.

“My son was also harassed because of his hair and he uses an iPhone. Yes we need to fight, not just SARS but the whole system.

“We need a moral revolution from the bottom to the top. There is some SARS in all of us. From the musicians to politicians, teachers, students, everybody.

“From my experience in Europe, you need to treat people well, respect your neighbours and share when you make money, especially with your band members.

“I came to Nigeria after my degree in Music and Economics in 1970 to see some band leaders treating their members like thrash and I always criticise that,” Tee Mac told NAN.

The renowned flutist recalled that in 2000, he made his band members sleep at the same five-star hotel where he had performed at a Gala night whereas some band leaders left their members to pass the night in the band bus.

“If one man in your band is not good, then the sound is not there. So, treat them well and pay them well. In the music industry and outside, treat those working for you well.

“If you are a band leader and you don’t pay your musicians well, you don’t treat them well, you let them sleep in the bus on tour while you stay in a five-star hotel.

“We have to start respecting our neighbours. It is stated in the bible. `Love thy neighbour as you love thyself’ and that will solve all the problems.” he said.

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