By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – Music has long served as more than entertainment, it has been a vehicle for truth, conscience and social change. At a time when much of contemporary music is criticised for lacking depth and enduring message, songwriter and singer Belmon Ebele Nwuzor has deliberately chosen a different path: creating music with transgenerational impact and moral weight.
Belmon, a humanitarian and creative force, has devoted over two decades of her life to service of humanity. Her journey into advocacy began in the early 2000s when she founded a non-governmental organisation, sympathy worldwide Foundation, focused on fighting against the social injustices matted on sexually trafficked and prostituted women and girls. The road was anything but easy.
Operating without government backing or community support, she faced relentless hardship and resistance within the civil society space. Yet, driven by compassion and an unyielding belief in human dignity, she refused to give up.
Her resilience eventually found new expression in politics. In 2022, Belmon emerged as the Executive Chairman of the Labour Party, Amuwo-Odofin Federal Constituency, stepping into political leadership for the first time. What followed was an extraordinary and demanding task: building party structures across 11 wards within a narrow six-to-eight-months window ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Against all odds, Belmon not only built the ward structures from scratch with her team, but also led them through elections with uncommon discipline and determination. Working hand-in-hand with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), she stayed on the field day and night, applying pressure and ensuring transparency to prevent her constituency from being sidelined. Her efforts paid off decisively.
Under her leadership, the Labour Party recorded a clean sweep, winning 100 percent of available seats in the constituency. The outcome proved pivotal, as Amuwo-Odofin became the decisive results that contributed to Peter Obi’s victory in Lagos State, a political milestone the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had failed to achieve in the state for 24 years.
Belmon’s emergence as the best successful Labour Party chairman in the 2023 elections did not go unnoticed. Her success, however, also attracted envy and internal opposition. Propaganda, character attacks and attempts to diminish her achievements followed from what was described as unscrupulous elements within the party who felt threatened by her rising influence.
While the smear campaigns did little to shake her resolve, a more severe challenge soon emerged. In the aftermath of the elections, Belmon’s health deteriorated significantly, a condition attributed to the prolonged physical and emotional stress of building and defending party structures under intense pressure. For nearly two years, she has battled ill health, forcing her into a vulnerable and reflective phase of life.
Yet, even in this weakened state, Belmon found strength in her first calling—music.
Defying medical limitations and personal hardship, she summoned the courage to write and record a high-impact tribute song celebrating Natasha Akpoti- Uduagha, lauding her outstanding service and developmental strides in Kogi Central Senatorial District, of Nigeria . The project was anything but convenient. Her health, the demanding nature of the song’s message, and the unconventional style of the composition all stood as formidable obstacles.
“This was not a soft-landing kind of music,” observers note. “Everything was against her, but she did it anyway.”
Motivated by deep admiration for Natasha Akpoti -Uduagha’s exemplary life of service, hard work and commitment to her people, Belmon pushed herself into the studio at a time many would have chosen rest and retreat. The result is a powerful musical statement, an act of courage, gratitude and belief in purposeful leadership.
Friends and supporters have described the effort as “fighting against the odds”, a fitting description of a woman who has consistently turned adversity into impact, whether in humanitarian work, politics or art.
A bundle of raw and diverse talents, Belmon Ebele Nwuzor has once again demonstrated that vulnerability is not weakness, and that true leadership, whether through governance or music, is rooted in sacrifice and conviction.
As the tribute song titled “NATASHA IS HER NAME” gains attention, many believe Belmon deserves not only appreciation but encouragement, for daring to create meaningful music in honour of a dedicated senator, at a time when her personal circumstances made silence the easier choice.
