Oh dear Etcetera is at it again. He just fired at his
colleagues as usual. In what seems like an open letter to Mr President,
Etcetera is advising him the number one man of the country to stop wasting his
resources on entertainers who have little or no influence on Nigerians
concerning the forthcoming elections. According to Etcetera he says some of
these entertainers can’t even influence a vote in their family not to talk of a
whole country, so why waste so much time on them. He ended by telling Mr
President that service, not celebrities, delivers vote. What he said after the cut.
Once again, Nollywood and President Jonathan are
disconnected from the priorities of Nigerians. Millions are hungry and the
country is headed off a cliff and what we get is the President having weekly
dinner with celebs at Eko Hotel. Mr. President should know that all
entertainers in the country won’t amount to a spoon of water in the bucket of
our population. I agree that our entertainers judging by recent behaviour are
now seen as hungry men and women with insatiable appetite, but Mr. President,
the larger part of the society are equally hungry and should be fed as well.
disconnected from the priorities of Nigerians. Millions are hungry and the
country is headed off a cliff and what we get is the President having weekly
dinner with celebs at Eko Hotel. Mr. President should know that all
entertainers in the country won’t amount to a spoon of water in the bucket of
our population. I agree that our entertainers judging by recent behaviour are
now seen as hungry men and women with insatiable appetite, but Mr. President,
the larger part of the society are equally hungry and should be fed as well.
Why feed just the entertainers? Isn’t that discrimination?
What will the entertainers say to Jonathan except the usual lies and half
truths? Can a man with a mouthful of undeserved food speak or say the truth? An
assessment of the lifestyle of these entertainers gives a false picture of the
situation of things as it affects the society at large. I got your invite for
the first dinner which held at Eko Hotel and I boycotted it because I felt that
any event by the government at this point in time should be about reassuring
the people that the government feels their pains deeply with promises of
working tirelessly to bring an end to the underlying causes of such situations
in this country, not getting together to eat small chops and samosa while most
Nigerians are languishing. It was very embarrassing waking up the next morning
to see our shameless celebrities posing with their invites on social media
which invariably means they are telling their fans and the masses who brought
them to fame that they are enjoying the good life and everyone else can go to
hell.
What will the entertainers say to Jonathan except the usual lies and half
truths? Can a man with a mouthful of undeserved food speak or say the truth? An
assessment of the lifestyle of these entertainers gives a false picture of the
situation of things as it affects the society at large. I got your invite for
the first dinner which held at Eko Hotel and I boycotted it because I felt that
any event by the government at this point in time should be about reassuring
the people that the government feels their pains deeply with promises of
working tirelessly to bring an end to the underlying causes of such situations
in this country, not getting together to eat small chops and samosa while most
Nigerians are languishing. It was very embarrassing waking up the next morning
to see our shameless celebrities posing with their invites on social media
which invariably means they are telling their fans and the masses who brought
them to fame that they are enjoying the good life and everyone else can go to
hell.
One entertainer jokingly asked why the President is having
these dinners with (the same set of) celebs all the time. I wanted to attribute
it to youth empowerment but on a second thought, If Mr. President has a genuine
interest in youth empowerment, hosting a few entertainers doesn’t cut across as
empowering the youth.
these dinners with (the same set of) celebs all the time. I wanted to attribute
it to youth empowerment but on a second thought, If Mr. President has a genuine
interest in youth empowerment, hosting a few entertainers doesn’t cut across as
empowering the youth.
I think Mr. President has been wrongly advised that
entertainers can be used to influence the Nigerian youths and electorate. These
entertainers can’t influence votes within their families. Another thing is, if
Mr. President must have an interactive session with entertainers, he should
consider a larger representation of entertainers from all parts of the country,
not just those who ply their trade in the south. It will seem to most people that
Mr. President is only interested in entertainers from the south. It is called
the Nigerian entertainment industry not the South South and South East
entertainment industry.
entertainers can be used to influence the Nigerian youths and electorate. These
entertainers can’t influence votes within their families. Another thing is, if
Mr. President must have an interactive session with entertainers, he should
consider a larger representation of entertainers from all parts of the country,
not just those who ply their trade in the south. It will seem to most people that
Mr. President is only interested in entertainers from the south. It is called
the Nigerian entertainment industry not the South South and South East
entertainment industry.
Has Mr. President taken over responsibilities of the Lagos
State governor because he currently seems to enjoy greater visibility in the
state than the governor and these visits come with a heavy cost to the state in
terms of lost man hours caused by traffic along the routes to the event venue.
Streets are usually cordoned off by security personnel and a strange difficulty
to use mobile phones in such areas, possibly because of the deployment of radio
signal jamming devices by the operatives on guard in those areas. Residents of
Lagos shouldn’t go through this because their President is in town. I’ll love
to tell Mr. President that service, not celebrities, delivers votes.
State governor because he currently seems to enjoy greater visibility in the
state than the governor and these visits come with a heavy cost to the state in
terms of lost man hours caused by traffic along the routes to the event venue.
Streets are usually cordoned off by security personnel and a strange difficulty
to use mobile phones in such areas, possibly because of the deployment of radio
signal jamming devices by the operatives on guard in those areas. Residents of
Lagos shouldn’t go through this because their President is in town. I’ll love
to tell Mr. President that service, not celebrities, delivers votes.
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