Nigerian comedian, Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni stated that entertainment events and shows do not need to be on hold before Nigerian youths can focus on the forthcoming election.
Debo, who doubles as an activist at the #ENDSARS protest made this comment while replying to a Twitter user who argued that Nigerian reality TV shows needs to be on hold for youths to focus on choosing the right leaders in the 2023 elections.
The said Twitter user @tarilamurphy who had the comedian’s photo as his avatar, wrote “I shall keep saying it. Let all those reality TV shows e.g. BBN (Big Brother Naija) take a pause this year. They should help the youths to focus in the 2023 elections. #EndSARS”.
Mr Macaroni responded to the fan stating that if the youths need shows or other events to pause before they can focus on elections, then the youths are not ready. “Asking BBN to take a pause so that the youths can focus on election is not it,” he tweeted.“If that is it, then maybe football should also pause, maybe we should stop working too? Since you want to render other people jobless.” He concluded that the fan to desist from using his picture as Twitter avatar “Make una no dey use my picture or name tweet nonsense o.”