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John Okafor & AGN - Mr. Ibu Seeks Financial Assistance Over Health Challenges · DidiLawren

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  Hello and welcome back to another episode, The Battle
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  episode because today's episode is kind of a dear one, because
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  everybody feel invested, emotionally invested in this
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  topic. This man made our childhood
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  phone. So Mr Ibu is a very comic actor.
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  He is he is a versatile actor like once you look at him you
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  start laughing and the reality is he's not feeling fine.
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  Couple of days ago he celebrated his birthday.
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  The family released video where he celebrated his birthday in
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  hospital. So people are thinking what is
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  wrong with Mr Ibu? Why is he in the hospital?
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  So the family followed with another video where they started
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  seeking for financial assistance because Mr Who according to the
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  video he said that his legs were going to be cut off.
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  Now just watch this video. I love my rings.
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  I don't think school capital. Mr Ebu.
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  I have been down for so so so so many weeks.
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  All I'm hoping is your prayers and assistance.
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  I've been in the hospital since and that's meant to you.
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  I'm still lying down in the hospital.
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  The medical director on this 100%.
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  Yeah, and the best solution is in case his new idea didn't
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  work. The best idea is to cut off my
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  leg. Just see me.
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  If they cut off my leg, where will I go to?
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  For me. Please please.
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  Beyond the prayers for me, talk to God Almighty.
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  I don't want my life to be better.
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  Please. Thank you so much.
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  God bless. Now after Mr Abu released this
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  video, a whole lot of people started complaining about
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  Nigerian government AG and which is the Actors Guild of Nigeria,
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  Nollywood, lack of structural, a whole lot of things.
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  People were saying that in a developed country or in a
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  structured economy, Mr is not supposed to be lacking in any
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  way because the number of movies that he has produced that are
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  still currently running on streaming platform, he should be
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  getting money from those things but he is not getting anything.
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  So they are saying that this is as a result of lack of
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  structure. People are pointing at AGN
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  saying that again, this is your this is our legend, this is your
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  member and he is not feeling fine.
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  You guys should be doing more. He shouldn't be out here seeking
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  for financial support. You guys should have taken care
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  of this. Now AGN released a statement
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  through credential, which is their PR role.
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  She said they've been supporting him.
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  They have visited him, that he is their own, he is part of
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  them. They they have rendered support.
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  Good afternoon everyone. My name is Keith Henshall.
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  I am the Director of Communications for the Actors
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  Guild of Nigeria. We are compelled to make this
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  public statement in reaction to the vituperations of some
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  netizens over the health of one of our respected and esteemed
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  members, Mr. John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ebo.
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  We are not here, however, to join issues with anybody but.
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  We want. To set the record straight over
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  the public outcry that the Guild and his colleagues have
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  abandoned him at his point of need, The Guild has never
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  abandoned any of its members in need, especially with health
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  interventions we have. And in the forefront of
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  providing necessary support to Mr Evil even before his health
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  condition was ever made public, and this has been done with the
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  full knowledge of his immediate family members, we have had to
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  task members privately to help in providing assistance towards
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  the intervention. We do not make public any form
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  of assistance provided for our members in need.
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  It is not. Our modus operandi released this
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  video, a whole lot of books that I've seen.
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  How can you say you're supporting this man?
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  If you're supporting this man? He will not be on social media
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  seeking for financial help. People did not believe.
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  Again, they said there is no way you're supporting him.
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  How much I even giving let's say maybe his hospital bill is let's
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  say 100,000 and you're bringing 10,000 that does not mean
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  support. They were still having that
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  argument when Mr Abel's wife released the video saying that
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  Adrian lied they did not support their family that she sent a
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  message to Adrian president which is a Mecca Rd rollers and
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  he never replied. She said consensual actually
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  came to visit and was accusing them of something.
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  He now what have video. I am not happy at all.
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  Look at this situation of things now.
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  Look at my husband is lying down on the seabed and these people.
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  OK can we be talking what they did not do?
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  How can they come online and they say that they are
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  supporting the my husband since from the beginning.
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  What would they come back to say they are supporting him when
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  they are not. They have not done anything.
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  I consider I myself. I contacted my American rulers.
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  I I I sent him a message which he read and did not say replies
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  the message you see there. I called I called him.
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  He did not answer my call. I sent him a message.
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  He did he read it and did not reply me.
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  So why now? Why would they come back?
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  You talking what they did not say what they did not do.
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  What kind of activities And her mom happy.
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  I've been stocking this in the hospital for mom taking care of
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  my husband and now they are coming now to come and be
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  talking what they they they don't do it.
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  We're saying what they did not do.
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  This is totally unfair. It's not good.
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  My problem is people should look into this is is unfair.
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  After this video was released, Kitten Show, which is the AGM PR
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  rule, also made our own video. She was like, listen, we have
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  been supporting this man is a real curing sickness and we have
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  done our best. We have tried and it's not like
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  we don't have our own lives. It's not like Asian is a bank.
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  It's not like this. Let me just play that video for
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  you to understand what she has to say about that one.
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  Attention has been drawn to a video circulating on social
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  media as of last night. Regarding the video that Mister
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  Iqbal's wife made. Let me state here categorically
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  that this will be the last statement I will make on this
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  issue. The Crocs of the matter.
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  Is that someone is ill asking for help?
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  And the focus is for him to get better.
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  As of 20/22/2021. When issues arose concerning his
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  health, I was not. The Public Relations Officer for
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  the Actors Guild. My election into this post.
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  Was this year? As an executive of the Actors
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  Guild of Nigeria. Let me state.
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  Categorically and again vehemently, but Egan has been of
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  help. Two Mr Evil.
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  As an association. And as esteemed members of the
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  Guild, I'm not talking of those who are not affiliated with the
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  Guild who have also made contributions as of two years
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  ago. The reason I went there one was
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  because of the person involved, who I respect and who was
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  instrumental to moving him from the other hospital where he was
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  not receiving adequate care, to the present hospital whose
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  location I cannot mention. I wonder.
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  I was given access into the room.
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  Another actor was there. Medical personnel were there,
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  His wife was there. My first words to him and I
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  quote, What have you done to yourself?
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  In his usual jovial manner, he smirked.
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  He smiled. He was in a bit of pain, but he
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  was jovial. Food was brought in.
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  He asked for food. His wife proceeded to feed.
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  Him. I do not want to go into details
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  of the conversations that we had.
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  About the circumstances leading to him being in this critical
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  situation. I know what she said to me.
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  I'm not one to bandy words. I do appreciate the fact that
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  she is at her wits end. Because of the situation,
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  anybody would be. But to say that Asian light is
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  not true. The theatrics was a bit much,
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  but it's OK. I am not angry, we are not
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  angry, but I state again categorically that AGM has been
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  of help to Mr Evil in the past. Members of the Guild have been
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  and are not talking about those who are also outside of the
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  Guild because it's freedom of association.
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  I also want to ask Jasmine, his daughter, to please reveal the
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  contents of the message and the voice note she sent to the
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  President. Mr Emeka Rollas, Agency on the.
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  What's the date again? 9th of June. 2022 The voice note
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  and the message she sent to him profusely thanking him.
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  For stepping in for the family at their time of need.
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  Asian is not a charitable organisation.
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  It is not a bank. It is not a hospital.
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  We are not compelled to reveal the inner workings of our Guild
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  and association to members of the public.
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  It is a private association. The best that Guild can do is to
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  make sure that members have access.
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  To critical information. Access.
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  So things that will aid their wealthy like the health
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  insurance scheme. Now after watching this video
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  people are now saying that ohh so you lied, you said you are
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  now tired of you know, helping him because the sickness is
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  recurring. So the reality is everybody was
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  pointing, accusing fingers at every other person, AGN,
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  Nigerian government structure in Nollywood, lack of remuneration
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  of, you know, legends, acting movies and not getting anything
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  at once. They are being paid.
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  So there were a whole lot of conversation going on and I sat
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  down and I was thinking, nobody is talking about the Mr Ibu
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  here. Nobody is talking about John
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  Okafor. The reality is I am not trying
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  to say we should blame somebody who is sick.
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  I am not saying that we're wishing him all the best.
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  We're wishing him quick recovery.
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  We're praying that he comes out of this healthier and alive.
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  But let us face the problem. Number one problem here is that
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  people, especially people of their generation, don't plan for
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  retirement. I always talk about retirements
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  to, you know, my age group. And what you hear is, oh, you're
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  not even 14. You're talking about retirement.
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  You're not even this and talking about this.
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  But that is not the point. The point is, OK, let's say 20
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  is your in school. You're trying to figure yourself
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  out. You're trying in your 30s.
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  You should be planning for retirement.
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  You should be thinking about what you're going to do at
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  certain when you your body can no longer carry you.
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  What are you going to do at that point?
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  A lot of the previous generation, yeah, kids with
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  their retirement. But you could see in the present
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  day and age even the children have problems that they cannot
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  even financially deal with. Not to talk of now financially
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  supporting the parents. These are the issues.
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  And then they were like whatever money they have, they spend.
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  Now. I'm not saying every generation,
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  every Mr Ibus generation had the same thing, because we all know
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  the likes of Richard Moffitt, a major.
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  He's still active, he's still acting, he is still very much in
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  the Nollywood scene. But again, it is that lack of
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  planning. It is that lack of looking into
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  the future and thinking, OK, how am I going to, how about my
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  health? It's not even about financial
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  planning. Let's even leave financial
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  aspects out of it because you can always make money even in
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  your 90s, if you in, let's say, in their industry, he can act up
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  until when he's 90. But for him to be able to do
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  that, you have to first of all take care of your health.
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  You could see that according to Getting Show, he has reoccurring
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  medical challenges, which I think from what she's saying, he
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  brought upon himself. Because if you have, let's say
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  if you're diabetic and you're always drinking, you're always
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  eating what you're not supposed to eat, you're not exercising,
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  you're not doing well. I mean, if you look at Mr IBU,
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  you know he's just an accident waiting to happen.
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  So once you get to a certain age, you have to take your
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  health seriously. It's not about money.
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  You are in an industry where you can always make money, even in
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  your 90s. The next thing that you have to
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  think about is making sure that you live a healthy life.
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  Now this is not to say that if you don't drink, you don't
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  smoke. You cannot get, you know, other
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  health challenges. That is not to see.
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  But you just have to plan and take care of certain things.
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  We have to take retirement seriously.
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  We have to take financial literacy seriously.
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  This is not just about Mr Ibu. This is about we as a people,
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  what we can do to help ourselves anyway.
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  What do I know? Live your life the way you want
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  to live it. Spend all your money the way you
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  want to spend. Marry your wife and keep our
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  home. That is your business.
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  We are going to donate when we can't do this and when we cannot
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  donate. Just like the AG and will tell
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  you we have tried. We are wishing Mr Abu quick
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  recovery and all the best. All the best.
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  He's a legend. He's a legend and we should do
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  our best to help and also encourage everybody out there.
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  If you're making money, try save money, take care of your health.
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  It is very necessary. Please like, like, like and
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  share. Thank you very much.
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  Bye, bye.