Media personality, Frank Edoho, has explained that his exit from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire followed the withdrawal of the show’s sponsor, not a sacking as widely reported.
Speaking on an episode of The KK Show which was published on Sunday, Edoho said a newspaper report claiming he was dropped from the programme was false.
The former Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host recalled that he spent four years working at Radio Nigeria, the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, before television offered him the fame radio could not.
“I was on radio. I worked for Radiot that’s the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria—for four years.
You know, once you can work on radio for four years but not get as much popularity or fame as you would if you worked on TV for one month,” he said.
Edoho said Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ended after its sponsor, who had backed the show for a decade, withdrew support following a regulatory penalty.
“So Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? sort of came to an end when our sponsor withdrew. I don’t know if I can mention brand names here, but our sponsor stayed with us for a decade sponsoring the show,” he said.