Mary Lazarus, the Nigerian actress, says she is willing to
collect money from any politician seeking a vote.
In a post via her Instagram story on Monday, the film star
also said she would be more excited to accept the money if the politician has
occupied a political office before.
Lazarus, however, said she would not allow such monetary gain
to influence who eventually gets her vote.
The actress argued that people should not reject such
incentives, which she described as “national cake.”
“If any Politician
gives me money to vote for him/ her…. I will gladly collect the money…. Na my
money… Especially the ones wey don rule before…. But I go use my head vote.
#DontRejectTheirMoneyOrGifts #nationalcake #nationalbudget,” she wrote.
Her post has continued to attract a chorus of condemnation
from Nigerians on social media.
Reacting in a lengthy Instagram post, Chioma Ifemeludike,
another actress, said it is “unfortunate that some of these celebrities are negatively
influencing our society.”
“Whoever thinks that taking money from a politician and not
voting them is smartness is just really dumb, why do you even need money from
someone you don’t want to vote into power?” she queried.
“That’s greed, shows lack of integrity and exactly how we
got here. This same hunger mentality is why young girls date multiple men,
faking love just for the money. We’ve successfully killed trust, truth and
commitment in Nigeria and we dare talk of a better society?
“My people say if you reject the devil, you reject his evil
works. This is a primitive and archaic mindset and it’s unfortunate that some
of these celebrities are negatively influencing our society.
“You can’t hear an
average American, Chinese or European celebrity publicly say they will take
money from a politician in exchange for votes. We need to understand that if we
must rebuild Nigeria to be great then we must bury our hunger mentality and
quest for national cake.
“You don’t need money from people with questionable
intentions, most importantly you don’t need money to make critical decisions
for the future of your children.
“Biko anytime we wish to talk about governance and politics
let’s endeavour to send the right message, this is the only country that’s
originally ours, if we fail our children’s children will suffer it.”
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