After years of outcry from Nigerians about the fact that the show takes place in South Africa, organisers have now come out to explain the rationale behind changing the venue for the show.
Martin Mabutho, the Chief Customer Officer at Multi-Choice Nigeria, explains: “corporate Nigeria and sponsors have latched onto the show in a big way.”
According to Mabutho, “it made sense that we bring it here. The first one we did was See Gobe, and Double Wahala last year eclipsed See Gobe …it was completely flawless. Now at that state, we said there’s no doubt that bringing the show to Nigeria would be the right decision. It would be worth the investment and it’s exciting for us. Corporate Nigeria and sponsors have latched onto it in a big way so, in my view, it’s going to be bigger than all the shows we have ever done.”
Mabutho, however, did not rule out the possibility of a female host in subsequent editions of the show.
About the prize money, he revealed that the grand prize for this 4th edition of the show will be more.
“I can put it this way – I can’t say about the prize money but the total value of the grand prize will exceed N45m,” he confirms.
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