No be small matter, my people! Veteran Nollywood actress, Toyin Alausa, don carry her mind come out to talk wetin dey gree her for inside their industry. She don express her wahala for the way people dey use dead bodies take gather clout for social media. Haba! Wetin dey happen?
Alausa no gree keep quiet as she take enter her Instagram page come yarn say e dey vex her as people dey post pictures and videos of deceased persons, like say dem go fit eat am. She dey ask, ‘Wetin be the motive behind this bronzing as dem dey display dead bodies like say na show wey dey happen?’ E good make we show respect for the dead na, no be so?
According to her, as soon as dem confirm say person don die, the first thing we suppose do na to cover that dead body, especially the face. Na respect we dey show, and e dey help family members get emotional closure wey dem need to dey heal. She no dey wrong, no be so? We for no dey expose person wey don lose their life like say dem be fish wey don catch for market.
She still yarn say sometimes, e fit make sense to get footage for documentation, like when wahala dey for clarify things or when family members no dey around. But she talk am clear say make no turn that footage to social media content, or else we go dey disrespect the dead. “Dis attitude wey people don start to dey adopt don dey become norm recently, and e no good at all.
Alausa draw our attention to the traumatic effects of seeing such images. She talk say seeing person’s face wey don blank out of life fit affect person mindset, and no be health-wise matter, we dey need better empathy from our people. Na wetin we suppose dey advocate if we wan build beta society, abi no be so?
As she finish her yarn, she urge everybody to do better, and show small love and understanding instead of collecting views from dead bodies. Laaro Monday, make we respect those wey don pass and stop this nonsense!
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