Wazobia FM OAP, Grace Ekpo Talks About Colleagues with the Fake Accent

Seriously, I thought I was the only one, who is really disgusted about the fake accent our radio presenters parade all the time – And have wondered for so long why on earth, are we so FAKE! Well, an OAP also seems to share my sentiment on this matter.

Grace Ekpo, who’s an OAP with Wazobia FM Abuja,in a recent chat with Encomium Magazine, expressed her disgust about OAPs who fake their accents, saying it is one of the major problems in the industry.

“We should stop faking accents and be real. Sometimes we fake this accent so much that people don’t understand us,”

Citing an experience with when she conducted an interview with American gospel singer, Donnie McClurkin, it was done in pidgin English, which he enjoyed;

“Let me give you an instance, when I hosted the American gospel singer, Donnie McClurkin, I asked him all the questions in pidgin. He had to listen closely to understand what I was saying, then responded in English.”
“It was challenging for him, but he enjoyed it! He even said it was one of his most exciting experiences on radio. He then went on to our sister station who use English, and he asked them why don’t they use the same language that I used. Not because he was faulting their English, but because that is our thing,”

I’m not asking all OAPs to speak Pidgin but please spare me the fake British or American accent(its disgusting – that’s MY opinion though)…What do you think???