Mercy, you’re an embarrassment of a woman. You are a fool. I hear you like to ARREST PEOPLE. COME FIND ME. MERCY JOHNSON, I KNOW YOU LIKE to arrest people. But let me give you a little story. Condom is the cheapest thing on earth. Condom. Go to hotels, free. NGOs, they do outreach, free condom. This is Mercy Johnson.
We saw hustling FROM THE BOTTOM, CLIMBED UP TO THE TOP ONLY FOR HER TO TURN into a greedy monster. Hi guys, welcome back to Naija gist direct. Guys, social media is currently on fire right now. As normally would actress Mercy Johnson Okojie, is getting seriously dragged online by numerous women over her newly launched business called Girls tag.
And guys, you can recall that few weeks ago the the actress Mercy Johnson availed a measure and poverty care package for young girls. But what really got Nigerian women very angry is the shocking price attached to this pad. The pad is being sold for 25,000 naira. 25k per and many Nigerian women are not finding it funny at all.
They are very angry and furious. A lot of people are calling the product too expensive, especially at a time when many families are struggling to even afford basic sanitary pad or even feed and daily necessities. The debate has now taken over social media with many fans and critics sharing different opinions about the product, the price and whether it’s truly worth the amount being charged.
Guys, watch the full video to the end and hear what these women are saying against Mercy Johnson. Let me know what you think about this in the comment section. I’ll be back and I will share my own opinion and my personal experience. This is for This video right now is for Mercy Johnson. I’m going to tag you. Mercy, you’re an embarrassment of a woman.
In a country where women are struggling already to get sanitary pads, you want to charge 25k for sanitary pads, something that is a necessity that young girls, teenage girls can’t even They don’t even have assistance. They’re already putting pink tax to tax women for something that is a part of society. And you, as a [ __ ] woman, a successful woman, you go and create product that you’re going to use to bleed people who are already struggling in the necessity because you just need the money so much. You would think
someone of your caliber would work with companies to create affordable sanitary pads for women all over Nigeria. You are a fool. I hear you like to ARREST PEOPLE. COME FIND ME. FIND ME. AND MAKE SURE THEY’RE [ __ ] GOOD. THE CLASSISM in Nigeria need to be studied because they’ve turned pad into a baking bag. You know hear me right so.
They’ve turned pad into a baking bag. This is a woman who started from the bottom and got to the top. This is Mercy Johnson. We saw hustling FROM THE BOTTOM, CLIMBED UP TO THE TOP ONLY FOR HER TO TURN into a greedy [clears throat] monster just like the leaders. Because what do you mean pad is 20k when you have a daughter? YOU HAVE DAUGHTERS TOO. 20K FOR PAD.
YOU KNOW DON’T CALL PAD to luxury products now. I see some women out there trying to defend it. Oh, she put it in a box. That box That package in the loan is 20k. Are you going to put the package inside your pants? Huh? It is pad. That is an essential goods. There’s some goods you cannot you YOU ARE IF THAT COUNTRY COUNTRIES NASTY LEADERS BECAUSE THIS THING YOU CANNOT TRY IT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY that works properly.
PAD ARE REGULATED. THEY are regulated goods. You go there you no go fit increase pad reach for UK. You can’t do it. Because period is not something a woman can control. THIS IS WHY THERE IS PERIOD POVERTY in most African countries. PERIOD POVERTY. YOUNG GIRLS, THEY CANNOT AFFORD PERIOD PRODUCTS because the leaders ARE DOING THEY’RE NOT REALLY DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
NOW, MERCY JOHNSON had the guts to beat her chest to release pad 20k. Madam, relax now. Una greed too much. Relax. Only you want WEIGHT LOSS. ONLY YOU WANT this this this now you they repackage pad like Hermes bag. Relax now. You see, a woman can decide not to eat today. A can decide not to drink water for 3 days.
You cannot choose if your period comes or not. That is something you cannot control. You see that period there, it get mind of you. You can’t even regulate it properly. Sometimes you will think you are regular. One day you go like for streets. Do you know how many children, how many young girls in Nigeria that cannot even afford the cheapest pad? Here you are.
Waiting now, you want me to regulate do competition for school now. What pad do you use? I use always I use get tagged 20k for pad again, essential goods, and you women are defending. It’s When will you people draw the line on classism in Nigeria? When will you people draw the line and say enough is enough? This is madness. In fact, I’m not going to respect Mercy Johnson for this one.
You you just disappointed me. Una greed too much. From the bottom to the top, THE GREED RUNS in their veins. And Linda Ikeji came here that day complaining. You for that support Nigeria celebrity. What would What would we support you people? When you PEOPLE ARE VAMPIRES. VERY VERY THEY HAVE NO CONSCIENCE IN THAT COUNTRY.
SEE RIHANNA THAT DAY, release makeup products. Yeah, I can afford that makeup product easily. I can’t. She put the price tag for where she know say SEE CARDI B THAT DAY, SEE HER HAIR PRODUCTS. Everybody was happy they could they could afford it. You pad 20k. Some say three card inside, we no need am. Somebody should do an easy pad everybody can use.
Abi make I go start the business. Make I travel go China. Because una all don’t too much. Wetin? Wetin is pad? Let’s Now, here’s my take on it. First of all, there is absolutely no reason why pads should be selling for 25k in a country like Nigeria, in fact, all over the world. Growing up, pads used to be 200 naira to 250.
And a lot of girls could not even afford that. Now, to me, these pads were not made with the average teenage girl in mind. These pads were not made with the average poor girl in that village in mind. This pad is not even teenagers friendly. Because how do they afford it? Are you talking about a girl who is a who is 13, who is just new to her monthly flow? Her mother is a struggling woman selling something in Ajah market, selling ugu for example.
They make barely maybe 10,000 naira a day. Now, that woman now you want me to come 25,000 naira buy sanitary pad that are they’re even reusable. A month, it’s not possible. They will not be able to afford it. People coming to say, “Oh, you’re not the targeted audience. They are you They are lesser sanitary pads.
” What the hell is that? These are the reasons. Sanitary pad is not an aesthetically pleasing business. Sanitary pad is not a luxury business. We are over here trying to push for sanitary pads to be free for young girls. And then you’re selling pads for 25,000 naira. Who you want make you buy that pad? Not the elites. Poor mama be getting nothing to buy them.
They cannot. If you’re doing 25,000 naira a month, a year will total about 300,000 naira and more. They don’t chop. They don’t pay rent. Where they going to fit to buy them? A teenage girl cannot afford that. The mothers, they barely even make 25,000 naira a month from their businesses. Then you want them to buy 25,000 naira pad for a month for their daughters.
Some of these children have heavy flow. Some need two pads of pads. It is It is a no-no. There’s no reason why pads should be selling for 25,000 naira. We are over here trying to reduce something that is already priced pads. There are organizations who are doing pad They are girls trying to give out free pads so that a lot of teenage girls can be able to afford it.
And then somebody is selling pads for 25,000 naira. And you’re sitting down there as a woman. You’re saying, “You’re not the targeted audience.” Now the way I would be face for the country be this. It can never get better. I don’t want to know if it was Jesus Christ that made that pad. Talking about, “Oh, the pad is is is what it is longer than the panty liners.
” Is Is pad not supposed to be longer? Is it not supposed to be made in a comfortable way so that a lot of girls will be comfortable using it? How about partnering with that same company to make the price a little bit affordable for these girls? Nigeria is hard. It’s difficult. I can afford to get 25k pad for my daughter.
BUT THE AVERAGE WOMAN IN NIGERIA MARKET with the struggle they sell fish. She no go fit count that money in months to pay. There is no reason why pads should be selling for 25,000 naira. And then you people are trying to garnish it. Pad should not be an aesthetically pleasing business. It’s not a luxury business. Talking about everybody should buy what they want like you don’t know what happens in Nigeria.
As you don’t start them now, everybody go begin sell their pad 30,000. They watch now. They go see stars. If less as go begin push them. Luxury pad, the pad will help you sleep. Oh my god. It’s a no-no. It’s a no-no. No matter how you try to garnish it, it’s a no-no. Mr. Ossai Amadi, I know you like to arrest people.
BUT LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE STORY of every girl or every African girl roaming the streets. Most of us grew up not being able to afford pad. It’s not like the means of making money. People are out here teaching girls and making girls’ life easy. I, for one, I could not afford pad when I was growing up. And there was this hardship in my family that we struggled to eat, let alone afford the pad.
And there are some people that are working today that sometimes their boss their boss is delayed their payment. I’M NOT SAYING IT DON’T concern you, but it does concern you. For a woman that has claimed that she has the interest of other women at heart, CREATING A PAD OR making a pad that is 25k a month is creating more poverty for women.
I know the formula I don’t talk say if you cannot afford this, leave it. The business is a business or whatever she wants to do with it now business. You know say Nigeria get to say they call digital footprinting. Mrs. J don’t make her own. Soon now, OTHER BRANDS WILL FOLLOW. IMAGINE ME WANTING to see my period that is painful and I want to pay 25,000 naira.
If you If man they see period, I believe say period going to be free. How much is condom in the market? How much is male contraceptive? How much is female contraceptive? How much is female pad? Sometimes self now the one where I SAY MAKE I BUY PREVIOUSLY, MAYBE IF I TAKE 10K TO THE market and get my period KIT THAT WILL LAST me for AT LEAST MAYBE 4 MONTHS.
Now I go save you the money where nothing dey. And you are making pad of 25k. After you take 10k pad as you raise your hand. Now, if you are somebody that really cares about targeted audience, your audience are every girl in the streets. YOUR YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE NOW WOMEN. AND YOU DEY MAKE something we no fit afford. See, the higher the price, the lesser the demand.
THAT IS EVERY That is every That is Sorry, that is same that every business person should have. The lower the price, SORRY, THE HIGHER THE DEMAND. AND THE HIGHER THE PRICE, THE LOWER the demand. Maybe we are not your target audience, but ma as a celebrity that most of us look up to, as you launch this your pad so, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO RUN GO BUY AM.
AND WHY YOU USING CELEBRITIES AS your influencers? We can GO ON THE STREETS AND REACH OUT TO EVERY GIRL OUT THERE. YOU CAN REACH OUT TO EVERY man for his cell phone. Most people don’t come from poverty. No, arrest me, I no get strength. Most people don’t come from poverty like this, but forget say Nigeria still dey poverty.
I’m one of the pharmacists now. I am one of the pharmacists. And unfortunately part is my problem. I wonder how I’m going to afford 25k per this order. If other part companies follow your footsteps When I talk now and I go say make them carry me put for lorry, go dump me for balcony and begin to trek out for there.
There are other ones you can afford. There are cheaper ones you can afford. You people have not heard of period poverty. You people have not heard of In fact, not that you have not heard of it. A lot of you said that in my comment section saying that nonsense. Condom is the cheapest thing on earth. Condom. Go to hotels, free.
NGOs they do outreach, free condom. Eh eh eh, you enter flight, free condom. You you you go church, free condom. Everywhere market, free condom. Condom companies they enter market, they give condom free. But sanitary pad is so expensive, so so expensive. For woman now to see her period complete one month, say you want you want like you go you you you go know how much come out for your body to see your period.
PERIOD WHERE WE SAY WE NO GET CHOICE. WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WE MUST menstruate until we reach menopause. Some girls they see period from 10 years, 11 years, they don’t have to receive period till they reach menopause, that’s 40 something years. That’s 40 SOMETHING YEARS. WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, EVERY 3 weeks blood must come out from our nyash.
But condom, a man can decide I don’t want to use it. They will do pull out game. They can say they DON’T IN FACT, MEN HAVE CHOICE OVER CONDOM. WE WOMEN, WE DON’T HAVE CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO MENSTRUATION. Even if you say make I go carry belle, now I must you go born and period go start. Until you reach menopause.
Sanitary pad is supposed to be THE CHEAPEST THING ON THIS planet earth. After air, the next is supposed to be sanitary pad. You know say na four things. Na so bad it is. So, woman now we come get like four daughters. You you you dey bring 20 something thousand just buy sanitary pad. You make you have In a year you keep 1.
2 million naira worth of pad. But condom, even when you no want use your icy condom, you will go fast food like it condom, you will go fast food like this. When you enter a restroom, you will see condom. They kept it there, free of charge. Carry, carry, carry, free, free, free. Why can’t sanitary pad be free? Who did we offend that sanitary pad cannot be free for women? Why? Why can’t pad be free for something WE DON’T HAVE A CHOICE over like we no get choice.
A woman can decide I don’t want to give birth to a baby, but a woman cannot decide that she doesn’t want to menstruate. We no get choice. We must menstruate whether we like it or not. How we did talk When I saw it Regina Daniels being announced as the new um ambassador of the ambassador, I was shocked cuz I thought, “Why?” I saw the caption and then I said, “Why are you guys luxury-fying something that we as women are saying it should be free?” Okay, from the west to the east to everywhere in this world, it should be free. Because guess what? If men could
menstruate, IT WOULD BE FREE. And do you know why this is bad? Because it’s not just Mercy Johnson’s brand. Now, other brands that people are barely affording will now feel like they need to keep up. Don’t you understand? See how everything has become luxury? Even your nearby tailor, even your your your your tailor that that that carries scissors and boom, boom, boom, boom, when he’s around the street, he’s already claiming luxury, too.
You guys, they’ve used the word luxury to impoverish people in Nigeria and you you’re watching them do it. Pad, pad, pad. In my company here, they are pads in the toilet, even though it’s not the best, but they are there in the toilet for you to pick up with pick up and use to help with period poverty. In Nigeria, this thing Mercy Johnson has just done will increase the price of pad, like it or not, cuz other people will feel like they need to, you know, compete.
They will feel like they need to stay relevant in the market. I remember Dry Love. I just saw somebody on Dry Love with that minty freshness. Dry Love, when it came out, I remember we should have marketed it for as [ __ ] I was like never seen a pad like this, never. Always didn’t know what it was on my body even though it always was the first period pad that came to my school to give out pads.
After a while, I think the chemicals or whatever my body was reacting to it. So, I didn’t use it. But then, pad was Lady Care 150. I went home the other day, 1,000 plus. And you need to remember your minimum wage is still 70 something, 90 something per month. I see when you get four PK, wahala. For girls, wahala. You guys, I I just feel like Nigerians, people are telling you your matter is serious.
You are laughing, you are laughing, you are laughing. You’re defending the rich. Rich people don’t care about you. You can like an actress and still feel like, you know, this thing doesn’t make sense. And it’s okay to criticize people. Do it like give them feedback. Just give them feedback and say this doesn’t really make sense. If anything, you should be championing the need for period pads to be more accessible, more like, you know, cheaper.
Not that you are now being the one superseding the market to make it more expensive. Even if we are not our target demographic, it doesn’t mean that the other poor people, the other What’s the name? Sorry, I said poor people. The other smaller brands, the other brands that you know, afford it for now will not try to compete with her.
And some of you are supporting this because you want classism to enter the period market as well. You want to be able [snorts] to say, “Oh, this is what I use for my period.” Blood waste now, blood waste. Do you understand? Whether it’s falling on a diamond pad or falling on a cotton pad, menstruation is menstruation.
Do you understand? You don’t get to be classist. That 20,000 that you want to use to buy one one period package for 1 month, why don’t you share it for other people? Like buy pad and actually share it for other people or just give them the money to go and buy the pad and you you you buy your own for 1,000 too. Or you buy your own too.
With that 6,000 you use I go and buy pad for one you. You can use it to buy pad for five other people. And this is why I said a lot of you want power just so you can do the exact same thing men are doing to women. A lot of you You want the positions of power just so you can be the one punishing women. I don’t like celebrities.
How will you see we grow up to the sea for our screen? You launch pad brand. Your pad package past 20K. In a year. Just last year alone, I spent close to 30K from January till December because I won’t see my menstruation, I be good. Knowing fully well the society we live in, period poverty is a thing. You launch pad brand.
The pad package that from 20K down. Only you get YouTube. Only you be actress. Only you not producer. You be brand ambassador. The little thing when you be say if you you stay healthy masses, now menstruation pad no pass 20K. I remember when I was growing up there, Ladycare was 180, Always was 200.
They go buy Ladycare give me. Now eight they dey inside. That eight so, they dey expect make we use am. Make I use am for the five days when be my menstruation period. Fear no go fit make you change. If you want change your pad, I go use tissue that I say I go last when I go fit use the next day go school.
Next thing they stay many hours like that because that pad so as my mama manage to buy that Always for you, she dey expect you go use am for five days. That’s That is what period poverty is all about. That was period poverty then. Now so, I don’t grow. Okay, I don’t dey fit manage to buy menstruation pad. What about children when I be say they go through the same thing? Me na tissue I use.
I don’t know say some people they use pieces. They use cloth, old wrapper. They say I don’t know whether they use tissue I be say they tear am. My pad is done. Your menstrual pad you want be say we go dey watch for our screen right from when we small. LET ME COME AND DEY laugh at you like any celebrity.
I don’t give a [ __ ] 20K. Even the pad say I don’t even see the many for inside the package. 20K for menstrual package. How is this Is this supposed to be? Who does that? Who does that? Una dey do oh. Una dey do. So if I dey see my period now, how I go dey find Oh God. At least last year na 30K I used to see my period. From January to December, abi? Other maintenance no dey oh you go give this one you go give just for menstrual pad.
Everything Everything I cruise for Nigeria, everything I ah. I’m I’m pissed right now, I swear. It’s not so. See, menstruation pad na wetin they suppose to dey give free of charge. But it’s fine. You see this sanitary pad brand? I go just wake up one day. I will launch a sanitary pad brand. I go wake up one day.
Una go just hear say Ruky we don launch pad brand. Then this nonsense go stop. We will beat am. We will beat am. Sanitary pad 20K. naira. Lorac come out the other day call the company say why we not they like buy from celebrity owned businesses. Celebrity go open business. He he he he he he go carry price go put for heaven. Your fellow celebrities go turn up for you that day. Ow ow, this is beautiful.
This is beautiful. Then go just use shame buy from you that first day. The next day nothing come out. Next one business don’t fold. And you now no still want learn from am. Sanitary pad, 25,000 for this economy. Who want afford am? Which secondary school student fit afford 25,000 naira sanitary pad or say more there is story book? If so, if I dey my period day, they go through period cramps.
But let them pay me, they squeeze me. I go call CC. I see see brand take the real story book. 25,000 for sanitary pad. I no so bad you know. All of you now way be Beyonce, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj eh Abani Darego Jumaba’s or Parakou’s or make any Jumako Parakou’s or Mhm na for am. All of you now way dey social media here dey see if you get money for the there all that for everyone.
Open market shame now all in a junction. Period dey stain you now like it. I’m not going to give you my pad because I got my pad 25,000 naira way I dey get you get you period. Eh? Something that is supposed to be the cheapest thing on earth. Sanitary pad you go say it be the cheapest. Who never wear pant you now tell you now buy pant. So buy a pant.
Call lawyer say joya nye. Yes about 25,000. 25,000. Eh? Make what I wear 25,000. How many people how many girls will be able to afford it? If if all those celebrity friends now Tomorrow they are no longer giving celebrities nobody’s patronizing celebrity owned businesses. Nobody is doing this. >> How are you selling sanitary pad for 25,000? 25,000 naira sanitary pad.
We are struggling to use 30,000 naira pad to get rice for 1 year. Give me a total of 25,000 naira can get me use it for 1 month. Because I’m able to buy the bag I mean a needy. Women hate other women. Cuz why are you launching a 25K pad? Eh? Menstruation is not a choice so it’s compulsory.
All of you talking about handbags and wigs, you can decide to buy those ones. You will not decide when your period is coming. Do you understand? Your period doesn’t know that you’re broke. I I don’t know if I don’t know if you get me. Eh, no problem it’s a business. I understand, right? So that means the business is only for the rich.
I am not her target audience, you’re not her target audience. Girl young girls that cannot afford 25K is not her target audience. You understand? Eh, hey it’s probably pad for the rich. You get? Because the masses like me and so many others cannot afford 25K every single month. Eh, I cannot afford it. Even if I can, why would I want to do that? Eh, and leave women supporting women.
If you’re really supporting women, eh? You will make that pad free or affordable so that I refuse to be corrected. And I stand the motion that a pad should be given out for free and not be sold. There is no logical reason a pad should be sold at 25,000 naira with the way this country is right now. This is not a matter of you’re not the target audience so. We are the target audience.
It wasn’t It wasn’t meant for specific people. It was meant for all the females. And we have opinions on this topic. If not that you’re clout chasing or you want attention. As a lady, why would you be supporting the motion that the pad that is 25,000 naira is good? You see where classism is coming in? Nigerians and classists.
You are now telling me that the pad is affordable. Affordable 25,000 naira in this economy? Do you know how many pad that 25,000 naira can literally buy me my pad for the whole year? And there will still be change. Cuz if you buy the long the long virani pad, it’s two months use oh. It’s it It is two months use my sister.
Oh ya na, since you say it’s affordable, why not buy it and share to all of us? Eh? Me no know they put talk for person mouth oh. Personally, I support everyone talking against Mercy Johnson in this video for the price um for the price of this sanitary pad to be reduced. And as someone who has first hand experience, I know what period poverty means.
And it’s odd to see someone like Mercy Johnson who came out from the poorest state in Nigeria even do this. Many young girls from her state cannot even afford this. And you who are talking about target audience, some of you just like to lick celebrity nyash. Yes, you like to lick celebrity nyash.
Even if celebrity spit in your face, you will lick it and still say thank you. All because you want them to notice you as the best fan, you know? Sanitary pad should never be a a target audience thing. And then, you are comparing pads to wigs, makeup bags. Are you all okay? Are you okay? Our needs and wants are different things.
Sanitary pad is a basic need that every girl child must face and shouldn’t be expensive. A basic necessity for young girls must not be turned into luxury. You want to feel special with pad again? Women have been fighting for free pad motion for a long time, and you are creating luxury pad for what? Nobody your mate they open foundation they share pad for young girls in secondary school.
Your husband is coming for his second tenure as a senator. You are an actress for years. You have your YouTube channel. You have been brand ambassador for numerous brands. When will you give back to the society? This would have been a great avenue to help young girls considering the fact that a large part of your audience are women. Yes.
When I first saw my period, I didn’t have any money for pad. It was my late uncle’s wife that gave me 25 naira to buy tissue paper because I grew up with my grandma. And from there to even get that money to buy that tissue paper I sell was a problem. Until some foundation came to my secondary school and gifted me free pad and also taught us how to use it.
And please, don’t even get me started with that nonsense talk about it being a kit. Teenage girls don’t need that in that kit apart from the pad. You don’t need a disposable liner. What do you need liner for? Or even the panty liner. For what? For teenage girls? Even many women are still out here using cotton wool, pieces of clothes just because they cannot afford the normal pad.
And you expect people to keep quiet when someone with so much influence like Mercy Johnson trying to inflate the price of pad indirectly. Yes, because once she starts selling for that price, all those other pad brands they see that people are buying it, they are going to inflate their price because in Nigeria they believe that anything that is expensive is the best.
Just because of our own personal interest, it’s not good. It’s very bad. Let’s just say the truth. Mercy Johnson should know better. See how many people are applauding Cardi B for making her air product very affordable. But Nigerian celebrity, no. Their own is just to take and take and take and take without giving back.
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