Media mogul and CEO of EbonyLife, Mosunmola Mo Abuduhas spoken about her views on respect, business and relationships, revealing why she doesn’t want younger people to address her by her first name.
Abudu made this known during a conversation with Toke Makinwa on Toke Moments, where she described herself as “very traditional” and attributed her views on how she was raised by her grandmother in Ondo.
When Makinwa asked if she expected people to call her “auntie”, Mo Abudu explained that she was not comfortable with younger people casually using her name.
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“I’m very traditional. My grandmother raised me in Ondo. You can’t call me by my name anyway. I won’t accept it!” she said.
Tribune Online reports that a trainee at the graduation ceremony of UBA’s accelerated postgraduate management program was stopped mid-salute by the group’s president, Tony Elumelu, after she addressed him simply by his first name, ‘Tony’.
In a video of the event, the trainee was heard saying “Good morning Tony” while addressing the businessman. Elumelu, however, expressed his displeasure at the development and corrected the graduate student to address him as Mr. Elumelu or TOE.
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