If you are a netizen (citizen of the Internet) then you sure haven't missed the gist that Wizkid just replaced his bashed Porsche with another this week. And reviews from many quarters on the social media platform are up on his case a la 'OJB needs N15m to replace his kidney, why you go spend so much money instead of picking your comrade's surgery bills?'.
My country people never cease to amaze me with their small mindedness. Where else on earth would a person be so bullied to 'donate' to a cause whether or not he believes in it except in this our 'obodo Naija'?
I suspect proponents of the suggestion that Wizkid or any other artist/entertainer should part with his/her well earned dough to help keep one of theirs alive, would want to use the age old thinking that Africans are their brothers keepers to support their arguments but I would like to remind them that we are in 2013. All that kind of talk doesn't hold water anymore.
What makes them think Wizkid hasn't been donating to Foundations or NGOs that cater to the needs of people with kidney problems? What makes them think the young lad didn't get the new car as a gift from one of his many corporate patrons who he might have signed an endorsement deal with? What makes them think that if it was Wizkid that was the sick one, OJB would have put anything in the young man's donation box?
Too many people in this part of the world expect the fortunate ones amongst us to be magnanimous to a fault whilst they hide under the pretext of being part of the poor, disenfranchised and suffering 'masses'. What have they done for OJB since they heard? Or haven't they seen the guy's account number floating all over the net?
As a fellow blogger suggested, why don't they throw in their one month's salaries as part of their widow's mite and see if we wouldn't raise the N15M in no time.
Until any of those sanctimonious preachers of 'selfless sacrifice' have dropped something into Babatunde Okungbowa's UBA account no. 1015075120, they should please leave Wizkid and co. to chop their money as they chop theirs. Thank you
My country people never cease to amaze me with their small mindedness. Where else on earth would a person be so bullied to 'donate' to a cause whether or not he believes in it except in this our 'obodo Naija'?
I suspect proponents of the suggestion that Wizkid or any other artist/entertainer should part with his/her well earned dough to help keep one of theirs alive, would want to use the age old thinking that Africans are their brothers keepers to support their arguments but I would like to remind them that we are in 2013. All that kind of talk doesn't hold water anymore.
What makes them think Wizkid hasn't been donating to Foundations or NGOs that cater to the needs of people with kidney problems? What makes them think the young lad didn't get the new car as a gift from one of his many corporate patrons who he might have signed an endorsement deal with? What makes them think that if it was Wizkid that was the sick one, OJB would have put anything in the young man's donation box?
Too many people in this part of the world expect the fortunate ones amongst us to be magnanimous to a fault whilst they hide under the pretext of being part of the poor, disenfranchised and suffering 'masses'. What have they done for OJB since they heard? Or haven't they seen the guy's account number floating all over the net?
As a fellow blogger suggested, why don't they throw in their one month's salaries as part of their widow's mite and see if we wouldn't raise the N15M in no time.
Until any of those sanctimonious preachers of 'selfless sacrifice' have dropped something into Babatunde Okungbowa's UBA account no. 1015075120, they should please leave Wizkid and co. to chop their money as they chop theirs. Thank you
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