By Benjamin Njoku

LIKE her son,  Leonel who debutted in the Nigerian music scene few years ago, Zack Orji’s wife, Ngozi  is on the verge of creating her unique style in the country’s  gospel music scene.

Ngozi, who is also an actress with more than 20 movies to her credit, recently released two singles, “Chimnonso and N’ime Jehova” , saying “I am incomplete without gospel music.”

Ngozi Orji

According to her, “ I have always been singing but professionally, my singing career actually dates back to about 20 years ago. I started as a chorister in the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship, Word Base Assembly, and also in Power Line Bible Church where, at different times, I was either a worship leader or praise minister. I have also been a guest artiste in different churches on different occasions.”

Ngozi traced her romance with music to the early 90’s, when she was a member of a  music group called The Rock Foundation. She said, music runs in her family, as her son, Lionel is also into music. “I feel blessed to have him; he is a very gifted young man with about five singles to his credit and three videos. I couldn’t have a better son.”

Continuing, she said, “My career as a gospel artiste has also taken me to different countries.  For example, I have travelled to the UK and Ghana  among other countries, to minister as a gospel artiste.  I just believe it’s time for me to do a compilation of all the songs I have written and composed over the years, and bless the world with them; praise the Lord with these songs and express my gift on a larger scale by extending it to a wider audience.

Ngozi  who studied Secretarial Studies at the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu,  and later read English at the University of Lagos, said, her inspiration comes from God.