Nigerians came after actress Toyin Abraham after she shared a post on her Instgram handle calling on all Nigerians to stop the stigmatization of people that have recovered from covid19. The actress whose comment box often draws thousands of comments saw only abut 50 people commenting.
Majority of those that commented criticized the Instagram post as uncalled for as there is no such thing as stigmatization of people that had covid19 because none of them are being stigmatized. They expressed worry that at the moment, Nigerians do not know that majority of those that have tested positive for covid19 except some popular names and people.
Toyin Abraham had shared a post in which the first lady of Ogun state was advocating that people should not discriminated against those that have recovered from covid19. Most Nigerian complain that the identity of the nearly three thousand people confirmed recently remains undisclosed and unlike in -other countries where pots of patients are shared publicly on numbers are shared by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control.
The actress has been at the forefront of campaigning and enlightening members of the public on how to stay safe from the deadly corona virus which is now a national health emergency in Nigeria. killing over a hundred people.