ACE FILMMAKER, CHARLES NOVIA BLASTS NIGERIAN ARTISTES OVER ‘ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE’!

The Internet has been flooded with viral videos of celebrities dousing themselves with buckets of ice cold water to raise money for charity. While some Nigerian celebs have also taken to the trend, ace filmmaker Charles Novia has shut it down as ‘irritating’.

In a series of tweets, Novia said: “I am sorry to say but our Nigerian Artistes are something else at times.

The Ice bucket thing for ALS is a good example of their cootishness. They just want to trend on what foreign artistes do for a good cause. In Nigeria, they do it mostly for self-serving photo – ops. Sheesh! I’m sure most Naija artistes pouring tepid water on themselves think ALS means another new version of an SUV from the look of their pics. Disease wey dey kill una people for here na EVD.

“Una nor take picture with sanitiser or showing that una dey wash hands to spread awareness. Na ALS wey be slow killer and nor even affect una people much na im una dey pour iceless water for una body? To prove wetin? Say una baff?Really! Must you do it because it’s trending? If you must follow the USA lead, then come together for Ebola. Dove tail on that.It’s really irritating, sha. And when you point it out, they will say you are yarning opata. When na dem start the opata wey cause the yarn.Enough of this second – class mentality. Find the originality for positivity in your inner recesses. Don’t do it cos Dre or Beyonce did it.As usual, my opinion is basically my opinion. If e pain anyone, er. .er..pour ice water for your body? Eh? Lol. God bless.”

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