Veteran broadcaster and media entrepreneur, Femi Sowoolu, has condemned the filming of DStv’s Big Brother Naija reality TV show in South Africa.
In the words of the CEO of Ibadan based Jamz 100.1FM “There is everything wrong with hosting a reality show for Nigeria, with a cast of Nigerians” and shipping it “South Africa for a South African TV production company/crew to shoot and transmit.
Sowoolu joins Remi Ogunpitan, Charles Novia and other industry practitioners who have knocked producers and sponsors of the show.
In a post of Facebook on Monday, Sowoolu, a former Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) wrote, shooting the show in South Africa “Smacks of ridicule, discrimination, utter disrespect, and blatant disregard for Nigeria and all Nigerians. It is a nasty slap on the industry and potential of the Nigerian professional who still excels among peers, despite all, and any manner of niggling societal or operational odds.
“There are absolutely no tenable excuses for this affront to our dignity as a nation and as the most populous black region on Earth. A country where all manner of South African businesses and investments have discovered the new El Dorado! The nerve of it!
“Every defence of this, and we know the regularly quoted culprits, (which are never mentioned, however, when those massive profits are sent to SA), can only be spun within the falsified circuit of the newly-fangled glossary item called, ‘Alternative Fact!’ There is no defence! There are no excuses! Minister Lai Mohammed, where are you? Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, please call DSTV to order, NOW!!!”
