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  • Nigerian female celebrities are not prostitutes- Filmmaker, Bigsam

    Nigerian female celebrities are not prostitutes- Filmmaker, Bigsam

    Nigerian movie producer, Samuel Olatunji, popularly known as Bigsam has averred that successful women in the entertainment industry don’t earn their money through questionable means.

    The popular ex-journalist and PR expert took to his Instagram page on Thursday to condemn Nollywood Actress, Nnaji Charity, who in her Instagram stories wrote that “been a female celebrity in Nigeria is more like an advanced prostitution.”(sic)

    “To say her post is uncharitable to women is stating the obvious. What is more UNCHARITABLE is the fact that she is a woman (that, I believe because these days, you never can tell), ” the producer said.

    “What you are implying is that all these successful female celebrity, both in entertainment and outside entertainment are prostitutes, got to where they are, or are maintaining what they are by prostitution? Nothing could be farther from the truth.

    Mentioning celebrities such as Linda Ikeji, Toyin Abraham, Funke Akindele-Bello, and Ini Edo, the talented producer attested to profitable means by which several female celebrities he has worked with, make their money.

    He said, “There was a time someone called me to say Linda Ikeji must be doing fraud or advanced prostitution to make the kind of money she has, that year Linda was charging 50k per post (now it is 150k). I asked the person to open the blog and we did counting of sponsored post for that day as at 6pm, Linda has done about 20 sponsored posts. That year, Linda was raking in about 2 million daily. Before COVID and after, Toyin Abraham was making over 5 million monthly.

    “About 10 years ago, we struck a major deal for Ini Edo, my first cut in the money was over 1.5m. Till date, Ini is making legitimate money quietly and in quick succession to have warranted talk that she’s the richest actress in Nigeria. About two or three years ago Funke Akindele Bello made over 1 million USD from just one of her projects.”(sic)

    Speaking further, he said “If you see all these women living life and living well, don’t let your limited brain deceive you that they only make it by gracing beds of powerful men (some of these men actually live off them).”

    “Women are doing well and it is possible for the upcoming one to do better without turning to prostitution,” he continued.

     

  • Minister sacks 789 prostitutes from Abuja

    The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello has disclosed that over 789 prostitutes and other destitutes have been repatriated to their various states of origin within the last two years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

    Bello disclosed this to newsmen at a media parley in Abuja.

    According to him: “Majority of these numbers were repatriated back to their respective neighbouring states after proper profiling and rehabilitation.”

    He stated that government was determined to ensure that “women, youths, children and the vulnerable in FCT are adequately catered for.”

    Acting secretary of the Social Development Secretariat (SDS), Irene Adebola Elegbede, who spoke on behalf of the minister, said it was almost impossible to eradicate the world’s oldest profession from the FCT.

    She said: “You cannot eradicate the profession; you can only try to contain it. It is the oldest profession. We are trying to discourage commercial sex workers in FCT, but they are smarter than us, they work as cartels.

    “When you dislodge or arrest them in a particular place, they migrate to another place. We arrested some in Apo, within the twinkle of an eye, able-bodied men were begging us to release them. We need to cooperate; if every man decides to be disciplined, we won’t see them.

    “We should collaborate to reduce their numbers on our streets. If there is no demand, there won’t be supply. We even trained some of them in different vocations as a better alternative to prostitution and gave them start-off kits and start-up capital, but, surprisingly, after some months, we saw them on the streets again.”

    The SDS boss seized the opportunity to urge members of the National Assembly to expedite action on a stiffer legal framework that would help in addressing the daunting challenge of beggars, miscreants and commercial sex workers.

    Speaking more on the activities of commercial sex workers, she said: “We have a mobile court, where we take them to serve as deterrent to others, but you would see human rights activists coming to pay for them. Initially, the fine was N200 but it was increased to N2,000. And after they are released, they go back to the streets immediately.”

     

  • Politicians sponsor thugs, prostitutes, non-Muslims on Hajj – MURIC

    …Says states, federal governments should stop sponsorship of Hajj pilgrims

    Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an NGO, has advised the federal and state governments to stop sponsoring Muslims on hajj as it would be counterproductive on the long run.

    The MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday, said that Muslim Ummah should determine their destiny by taking care of their hajj fare.

    “Every intending pilgrim must be compelled to pay a particular amount to the coffers of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) before they leave for hajj.

    “Those going for ‘Umrah’ should pay something higher. As we round up, we reaffirm our belief that it is time to correct misconceptions about hajj among Muslims.

    “Hajj is once in a life time; but we ignore this principle and rush to Saudi Arabia almost every year. ‘Umrah’ (lesser hajj) is not compulsory but we force it on ourselves as an annual ritual.

    “We must open a new leaf. Gone are the days when anything goes. We must do what is right at all times.

    “ Politicians have hijacked it. They sponsor political thugs, hoodlums, riffraffs, mistresses and prostitutes, who may not even be Muslims.

    “This category of ‘pilgrims’ become recalcitrant in Saudi Arabia. Some members of the National Assembly seize those privileges meant for hajj officials. This practice should cease forthwith.

    “We are poised to monitor the procedure with the aim of identifying NASS members who engage in this immodest behaviour. Enough is enough.’’

    The director said that allegations of suspicion and distrust against National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) were products of misinformation.

    “Our investigations reveal that 98 per cent of the services rendered by NAHCON in Saudi Arabia are determined in U.S. dollars.

    “Although 2016 official exchange rate was N197, recession and the attendant fall of the naira forced 2017 official exchange rate to N305.

    “Whereas a pilgrim needed just 4,003 dollars in 2016, his need in 2017 has risen to 4,805 dollars; if we multiply 4,805 dollars by N305, what we will get is N1,465,525 (approximately N1.5m).

    “This is why NAHCON has pegged the 2017 hajj fare at N1.5 million. Further investigation has also revealed that air ticket from the North is 1,600 dollars while that of the South is 1,700 dollars.

    “The cost of accommodation in Makkah is 933 dollars while that of Medina is 430 dollars. These are easily verifiable.

    “MURIC opposes further subsidy for hajj this year for three reasons. Firstly, the Federal Government has already subsidised 2017 hajj because the official exchange rate is N368 whereas government allowed N305.

    “Pilgrims would have had to pay N1,768,240 (approximately N1.8 million) at the prevailing bank rate of N368 per dollar, if Federal Government had not subsidised at all.”

    Akintola urged Muslim Ummah to have it at the back of their minds that the country is in recession.

    He said they must be prepared to make sacrifices as government could not afford to play the prodigal son at a time like this.

    “About N34 billion would be needed to subsidise if pilgrims were to enjoy the 2016 rate of N197 per dollar but this cannot be rationalised in the face of the current recession.

    “MURIC is, therefore, constrained to tell the 2017 intending pilgrims in particular and all Muslim faithful in general that hajj is for Muslims who have the means.

    “This means hajj is not mandatory on those who do not have the money to perform it but it becomes compulsory once a Muslim has the means.

    “Does a Muslim who has the money to perform hajj need government’s subsidy or sponsorship? The answer is capital ‘NO’.

    “However, subsidies and outright sponsorship of citizens on hajj may be rationalised in an Islamic Republic but Nigeria is not one.”

    Akintola noted that Nigeria is among countries with the largest number of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia every year.

    According to him, Nigeria accounted for 76,000 of the more than two million Muslims from 183 countries who performed hajj in 2016.

    “But how many out of this number contribute anything to the growth, development and welfare of the Ummah back home?’’ he queried.