Comedian, AY Makun has opened up about the challenges he and
other celebrities face when giving to the needy.
He said when celebrities give in private, they are usually
called out on social media for being stingy and not joining their fellow
celebrities to help the poor. When they decide to take photos and videos of
their giving and share publicly, they are accused of showing off.
He added that when companies give back to society and
announce it, it's called "Corporate Social Responsibility", but when
individual celebrities so it, they are shamed for showing off their acts of
charity.
He wrote:
The major problem we have concerning the act of giving in
Nigeria, are people who lace good thoughts with insults to the detriment of the
givers. When celebrities give to people in need without letting you know
anything about it, you say to them "All you Yeyebrities are busy posting
pictures of your houses when your mates are doing a lot to help people who are
hungry out there". When we respond by letting you know how we have been
doing a whole lot to help, some of you ask for proofs by saying " Please
don't come here and tell us how you've been helping people with what we can't
see or confirm". When we now give and let you in our business, you come to
us again and call it 'showoff'. When companies operating within our
environments gives to the people and announce it to the public with bigger
events and unveilings, you applaud them and accept the ideas as good acts of
Corporate Social Responsibility. But when celebrities with brand names do
exactly same,You will still sneak in on them with your negative comments, and
call them 'Audio Givers or Showoff Kings/Queens. You even sometimes attack them
by saying " Do it quietly, we don't have to know on social media". It
is actually okay to make constructive suggestions or share better ideas on how
to give to those in need, without trying to indict the people that are at least
making some efforts. Let's make it our responsibility to do the best we can in
changing the things we don't like by encouraging each other respectfully.
Rather than have a picture of someone 'showing off' in your
head, celebrate the individual who is doing what the government is not doing
for its citizens in need. Social responsibility is what everybody is entitled
to do in their own ways.
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