Gradually, nollywood stars are normalizing the act of coming to social media to beg their fans for financial assistance on health and other grounds and Jaiye Kuti, a popular Yoruba actress has blasted her colleagues practicing this.
According to Jaiye, this said act is tarnishing the image of Nollywood, as she questioned what these “begging” movie stars did with their money while they were still very active.
“All the Yoruba actors coming on Instagram to beg should stop giving us bad names. This job doesn’t have a pension, so when you are young and active, you need to prepare for the future.
“This job is a success for me because I earn big and I am already preparing for my future. You can’t make it compulsory for your colleague to give you money when you are sick.
“Someone has to speak up. When your colleagues were training their children, what were you doing with your money?”
Recall that a few weeks after, veteran actress, Iya Gbonkan, solicited help, and many Nigerians came through for her with money, car and house gifts, other actors like Pariolodo, Lalude, Baba Alapini, and many others acted started a similar campaign online, soliciting for financial assistance from fans.