I
got this story from a sister blog and decided to share:
Apparently during an recent interview, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii was alleged to have said that he would arrest Nigerian/Cameroonian singer and entrepreneur Dencia if she ever attempts to sell her ''Whitenicious'' cream in Nigeria, saying it might cause skin cancer. Her rep did not find the accusation funny and let it rip on the Dr. Paul Orhii...
Dr Paul was quoted at the recently held Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Convention which took place on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at the Grand Ballroom of Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, to have said, ‘There is this Cameroonian singer that has been going around with a cream…if I get her, she’ll be arrested’.
In
a bid to get Dencia’s reaction on the issue to know if her product
was legal in Nigeria or not, Netng
contacted
Dencia who then referred them to her rep who didn't take the matter
lightly. What the rep said;
‘Whitenicious
is not made in Nigeria and has no connections with Nigeria. Doesn’t
Nigeria have more problems than worry about Dencia? Arrest Dencia lol
how do you arrest a US citizen? Smh African leaders need to focus on
Africa and stop joining the bandwagon for fame’, a rep for the
singer told NET via e-mail.
As
for the accusations on selling a product that causes cancer, Dencia’s
rep says the agency is committing an act of defamation against the
singer’s brand. ‘Whitenicious has been in the market for under 7
months and all these vicious lies and attack someone will pay for it
and maybe it will be NAFDAC incase they didn’t get a simple law
class you don’t make such comments about anyone and their business
especially because no one has had any cancer like they claim. This is
defamation’.
Her
rep then goes on a full-scale rant: ‘They need to study more and
talk less. Nigeria has more issues than Whitenicious, Nigeria has
worst pollution that Whitenicious, maybe he can put his energy into
fixing roads and giving the masses clean water and lights to keep
them healthy since he is worried about a cosmetic that isn’t a
drug. Where is Dencia selling the products in Nigeria? Does she have
a store there? Why are people so pompous? He (Orhii) should geta life
or maybe get laid by his wife or side chicks. Dencia doesn’t care
and wouldn’t even give it any attention because it is that
irrelevant’...
Credit:
ladunliadinews.com
….......
In an interview with Ebony Magazine, this was what Dencia had to say about her product:
In
an interview with ebony,
Dencia claims that the skincare cream is intended to remove dark
spots, and that it is out of her control if customers use it to
whiten their entire skin.
Defending
her own drastically altered appearance since she started using
Whitenicious, the singer asserts: 'I was never that dark in real
life... And guess what? I don't even care because [critics] are
bringing me business.'
First
of all, I can see how the case of Dencia's Whitenicious is an issue
with the NAFDAC boss seeing that he is entrusted with the task of
making sure Nigerians use only healthy products that are not harmful
to them. But to accuse a product of causing harm without proof is
another issue entirely.
I
have followed Dencia's Whitenicious and yes it 'could' cause skin cancer maybe after prolong use but there is no proof anywhere of this and to make an unguarded
statement, especially coming from the head of a very sensitive
institution as NAFDAC is uncalled for and indeed tantamount to
defamation, except of course OGA at the TOP is seeking for some
attention. It's best Boss gets his facts right before making statements that are likely to ridicule his office and person.
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