Genevieve, Wetin Concern Nigerian celebrities with the Ice Bucket Challenge? – By Abiyamọ

Genevieve Nnaji

Wait o, what exactly is the business of Nigerian celebrities with the Ice Bucket Challenge in America? Are these people okay at all? By the way, the Ice Bucket Challenge is to raise awareness about the rare, incurable disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) IN THE UNITED STATES. What the celebrities do is that they are challenged to pour a bucket of iced water on themselves or have someone do that, they also get to nominate their friends to do it, and when such selected friends refuse, they have to donate $100 to ALS research.

Well, it has been quite effective, raising over $31.5 million so far. Stars as Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah Winfrey, former President Bush and others have taken part. But for a Nigerian celebrity to get involved in this kind of a thing is to me, sorry to say, very stupid. What is the business of Genevieve Nnaji with ALS campaign in America? When they make their movies, na Americans dey buy am for Alaba Market? Are these people normal at all? So with all the countless Nigerians dying in the country because they cannot raise money for kidney transplant?
Are these so-called celebrities even okay at all? So they cannot use their brains and come up with something creative to help Nigerians? Must they copy-copy and follow-follow. If anyone challenge me to any Ice Bucket rubbish (Oludolapo take notice), na pure water I go throw at you.
Nigerian celebrities should re-examine their opolos and see how their American counterparts are generating money for research into diseases. How much have how own raised for malaria alone in the country? Or even ebola that has been killing people? Na to just dey pose with Range Rover or Rolex watches and useless selfies on Instagram. If you are a so-called celebrity and you are not using your influence to benefit the people buying your movies, you are simply doro______ Mtschew. Aliko ko, Dangote ni.