Ebuka Obi-Uchendu is the Best Dressed Man in Nigeria- Banky W

Banky W is all about “the Ebuka effect” in this article.

Nigerian singer, cum music boss, turned actor, Banky W, has taken some time out to pen reasons why Ebuka Obi-Uchendu is the best dressed man in Nigeria.

The TV host, who emerged 8th in the maiden edition of the BBNaija show has now hosted the show for the second straight year.

Speaking on his dress sense, the singer stated that Ebuka can transform anything he wears. According to him, he turned the BBN Sunday eviction nights to his own personal shows. Viewers looked forward to who will be evicted and what the host will wear, he said. Not even Ameriac’s Ryan Seacrest has been able to make such fashion statement as Ebuka.

According to the singer, designers now scamper to have the fashion enthusiast wear their designs.

He wrote;

I believe it’s fair to say that Ebuka is unarguably the best dressed Man in Nigeria, and possibly Africa. When you think of TV show hosts, even the extremely accomplished ones like American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest… you never really notice their style. They tend to blend into the show and become a part of the fabric; Ebuka, on the other hand, doesn’t blend in, and doesn’t just stand out… he shines. He has completely shattered the TV presenter mould; viewers look forward to the weekly Sunday Eviction shows to see who was getting kicked out, but also just to see what Ebuka wore.

He turned Sunday nights into his very own personal fashion show. His outfits trended online as much as the contestants did. In a business where stylists have to beg, plead, sweet talk and cajole designers into lending their clothes for use in productions, Ebuka turned the table upside down. Designers are instead the ones scrambling to get him to wear their pieces.

This is because he has a singular transformative immediate and long-lasting impact on their market. Case in point: Circa “#BAAD2017”, Designer Ugo Monye had less than 4k followers, and was reportedly charging an at-best modest amount for a very innovative take on the “Agbada”; he had infact displayed that style of Agbada for over 6 months, with very little fanfare or success. And then Ebuka wore it. What happened next is astonishing: the designer’s followers got up to 30k in the first 24 hours, and now sits north of 75,000. The same could be said about his revenue. That Agbada style was sold for N50,000 prior to Ebuka wearing it. And now? The very same Agbada will require you to shell out $1,000 USD. I call that ‘The Ebuka Effect’