Ye! My fellow Nigerians we have suffered oh! A United States gossip site
Radar Online yesterday scolded Mariah Carey in an article posted on
their site, saying she shouldn't have accepted to do a gig in a country
known for 'terror, death and fraud'.
Mariah Carey proudly posted a pic of herself in a slinky yellow dress
and wrote, “Backstage in Nigeria” on Saturday. But maybe the songbird
should have done some homework before agreeing to the gig?
Her show was at Access Bank’s Christmas Party which was also a farewell
bash for the bank’s managing director. And while Access Bank is a
reputable financial institution, should Carey have known a few basics
about the African nation before taking the paycheck?
Ironically — given that she was performing for bankers — it seems Carey
wasn’t aware Nigeria is well-known as the center of the world’s email
financial crimes! Nigeria is even part of the name — as in “Nigerian 411
Scams.”
Nigeria is also, according to the United Nations, the hub of human
trafficking as “a source, destination and transit country. AND, just for
good measure, there are mass killings going on in two Nigerian states
right now, and according to Human Rights Watch, the violence is being
ignored by federal authorities.
“Systemic corruption in the Nigeria Police Force” is the problem, a HRW spokesperson told CNN.
Carey isn’t the first performer who has taken a paycheck for appearing
in countries known for terror, death and fraud. In 2011, Beyoncé sang
for Moammar Gadhafi’s sons and Jennifer Lopez performed in Turkmenistan.
See Mariah Carey's photos from the concert below ...
Backstage photos ...
No comments:
Post a Comment