The President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Obi Casmir, has criticised Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, for violating the lockdown put in place to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
He expressed his opinion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) which was published on Monday.
“It’s not right that after our government has given the order that people should stay at home, maintain social distancing, anyone, no matter your status, should go against it. It is funny that people are still taking this Coronavirus epidemic with laxity despite the level of awareness and government’s preventive measures to stop its spread, some still shun the order. To me, it was a total wrong step taken by Funke Akindele-Bello, she should have held a quiet-family-parlour party to mark her husband’s birthday, rather than go against the law,” he said.
Casmir, who is popularly known as Voombastic Uncle P, therefore advised the members of the entertainment industry and indeed the public, to observe the directives of the government put in place to curb the spread of the pandemic.
The President of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Emeka Rollas, however, declined to comment on the matter.
He said, “As a law-abiding citizen, I am obeying the order of the Federal and the state governments, so no comment from me because I am on total lockdown.”
Funke Akindele and her husband, JJC Skillz, were on Monday sentenced to 14 days of community service and ordered to pay a fine of N 100, 000 each for hosting a party at their home in Lagos on Saturday.
Their actions were in violation of the lockdown put in place to control the coronavirus pandemic.
