Toolz, the renowned Nigerian media personality, also known as Tolu Oniru, has expressed her stance on podcasting regulations.
According to her, if she held the position of president, individuals would be required to seek approval before launching their podcasts.
Additionally, she emphasized the importance of conducting a sanity test for aspiring podcasters before granting them the necessary approval.
These statements were made by Toolz during the most recent episode of her podcast, The Off Air Show.
“If I was ever to become President, you will have to apply to do a podcast. You will have to write an English proficiency test and also do a sanity test,” she said.
Podcast culture is thriving in Nigeria, with many of their presenters and guests causing controversy on social media with their “outrageous” assertions and “provocative” comments.
As a result, some social media users have called for the restriction of podcasting in Nigeria.
In other news, Popular radio host Toolz has revealed her fight with online trolls.
She stated that internet trolls made fun of her size and looks. According to Toolz, the best decision so far is not allowing trolls make her quit her job. She urged people to be proud of their body, no matter what others say about it.
Toolz penned:
“ So let me tell you about how I almost quit my whole career because of body shaming. My job as a presenter at Beat FM was the first time I experienced life in the public eye. Initially the attention was positive, then the negative attention started – and it was bad. I mean very bad. Someone would disagree with something I said on-air and it would descend into body shaming.
My breaking point happened one morning when I woke up and found out I was trending on (then) Twitter. I trended while I was asleep! It had been a tough week, and waking up to all sorts of horrible body shaming posts made me think that perhaps this career wasn’t for me. I just wasn’t used to all the negativity and at that point quitting seemed to be a great idea. At least that way, I wouldn’t have to deal with all the horrible criticism.
A day or two later, I thought about it some more and realised that I didn’t make the move to Lagos to let some trolls bully me out of a job, and many years later, I’m so glad I didn’t quit.
Honestly, whether you’re big, small, curvy, slim,
have a big booty, no booty, tall, short, someone somewhere will find something wrong with you.
What truly matters is what you think of yourself. You need to remember to keep trying to be the best version of yourself. And whatever changes you make should be for you, not to keep a man like “aunty’ put it.”
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