#IceBucketChallenge Charles Novia is not impressed with Nigerian celebrities

by S’ola Filani

If you haven’t been living in a cave, then you must have heard about the Ice Bucket Challenge otherwise called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

The Ice Bucket Challenge, an activity that involves dumping a bucket of ice water on one’s head and/or donating to the ALS Association in the US, has been trending on the social media for days now.

It was initiated to raise awareness for and money to tackle Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a medical condition that makes the victims lose ability to initiate and control all voluntary movement including speaking, swallowing and breathing.

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So far, over a thousand celebrities including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Bill Gates and our very own Don Jazzy, Genevieve Nnaji, Peter Okoye and others have joined in the challenge making it the latest social media craze.

However, movie producer and critic, Charles Novia is not impressed.

He took to Twitter hours ago to tongue lash the Nigerian celebrities that have participated in the trend.

“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 coltishness.

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 (Nigerian) artistes pouring tepid water on themselves think ALS means another new version of an SUV from the look of their pics (pictures).

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?” Novia said.

”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.”

He vented some moments ago on twitter

Comments (2)

  1. Tru talk my brother. Trust Nigerians to blindly follow stupid foreign trends wey no even concern us. Smh.

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