One actress that is not happy with a national newspaper, ThisDay, is Mercy Aigbe, who believes the reputable publication is not doing well to promote the Nigerian culture.
The Style title of the paper profiled the best dressed Nollywood stars, but failed to include anyone from the Yoruba or Hausa movie industries, which the fashion-conscious actress found ridiculous.
Mercy Aigbe is one Yoruba actress that makes headlines regularly because of her fashion sense. She even went further to open a boutique, where she sells classy outfits.
In her response to missing out of the list compiled by ThisDay, Mercy slammed the newspaper and asked why she never made it to the list.
“Family, so I just came back from church and decided to check IG (Instagram) only for me to see plenty tags on a particular pix posted by @thisdaystyle.
“I read people’s comments asking why Mercy isn’t on the cover and at first I wanted to waka pass, but on a second thought, I decided to talk about it, because it’s been an issue that has lingered for too long!
“I thought to myself, why didn’t Mercy make the cover of @thisdaystyle best dressed list?” she wrote on her Instagram page.
She went further to ask, “Has @thisdaystyle ever featured a Yoruba actor on their cover? Are Yoruba movies not part of Nollywood? Is Nollywood not supposed to mean home grown Nigerian movies? Hmmmmm, I am very sure they didn’t coz, they won’t want to STAIN their cover with a ‘RAZZ’ ‘LOCAL’ Yoruba actor! Yes I am razz, Yes I am local and Yes I am a Yoruba actor! No I refuse to speak your almighty English with fake British or American accent! Because I’ll always remain true to myself! I am ME, Proud Benin Woman, Proud Ijesha’s wife and above all proud Nigerian. And just in case e still dey be una like dream ‘LOCAL TI TAKE OVER’.”
