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Knocks, Kudos For Eniola Badmus Defence Of Charging N150k For N500k Giveaway
By Ayodele Oluwafemi
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the stance of popular actress Eniola Badmus that the commission taken for the N500,000 giveaway is for bank charges and stamp duty.
Ms. Badmus was at the center of social media controversy after her chat with a philanthropist, who wanted to give out N500,000 to hungry Nigerians, using the actress’ platform, appeared on the social media.
The 42-year-old actress demanded for 30% commission, which is N150,000 for using her name and platform to do the N500,000 giveaway.
Her action turned her into a the butt of social media criticisms on Wednesday until late in the evening she responded that the N150,000 she demanded was meant to offset bank charges and commissions.
The 42-year-old actress demanded for 30% commission, which is N150,000 for using her name and platform to do the N500,000 giveaway.
She said, “This particular person indicated interest to do a 500 hundred thousand Naira giveaway and I felt there will be extra cost for bank charges and stamp duty, which I wasn’t going to bare the transfer charges for that, so I asked he bares it.”
The defence of her commission generated mixed reactions on the social media, especially microblogging platform, Twitter.
Some Twitter users argued that collecting N150,000 from N500,000 was heartless and selfish, noting that due to her status, she could fund such charges and distribute the whole money given by the philanthropist, without any strain on her finances.
Another section of Twitter users supported her action on the basis that she is using her Instagram platform to promote the said philanthropist and that it was business-wise to charge money for such publicity activities.
GreenwhiteGreen gathered the following tweets:
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