{"id":134439,"date":"2023-12-23T13:27:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T13:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/23\/i-walked-into-dubai-hotel-and-everyone-started-calling-me-item-seven-toke-makinwa-on-cop28-experience\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T13:27:57","slug":"i-walked-into-dubai-hotel-and-everyone-started-calling-me-item-seven-toke-makinwa-on-cop28-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/23\/i-walked-into-dubai-hotel-and-everyone-started-calling-me-item-seven-toke-makinwa-on-cop28-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Walked Into Dubai Hotel And Everyone Started Calling Me \u2018Item Seven\u2019 \u2013 Toke Makinwa On COP28 Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Well-known media personality, Toke Makinwa, recounted an incident that happened at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Online outcry followed Toke\u2019s inclusion in Nigeria\u2019s 1411-member COP28 delegation, with many people questioning her attendance.<\/p>\n<p>In the newest episode of her podcast, \u2018TokeMoments,\u2019 the actress stated that she was unconcerned about the online call-out but began taking the backlash seriously when some significant individuals began calling her \u2018Item Seven\u2019 at a hotel in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Nollywood actress, Ini Edo, a guest on the podcast, asked Toke,<em>\u00a0\u201cHow did your attendance at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai go? Did you get into the conversations from the panels?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1010599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1010599\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gistreel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/b1eafd51b38aacfbe3486283afc4b157.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;I walked into hotel in Dubai and everyone started calling me \u2018Item Seven\u2019 \u2013 Toke Makinwa shares COP28 experience\" width=\"845\" height=\"1051\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/b1eafd51b38aacfbe3486283afc4b157.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Makinwa responded, saying she accomplished everything she set out to do, adding the\u00a0backlash was one of the top trends of COP28.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: \u201cI\u2019ve Been Disappointed Since Ifeanyi Died\u201d \u2013 Davido\u2019s Daughter, Imade Laments Father\u2019s Absence<\/p>\n<p>She said,<em>\u00a0\u201cYes. I accomplished everything I set out to do with it [COP28]. I was just shocked [by the uproar]. And I think because Dubai is three hours [ahead of Nigeria], I woke up to see the backlash on social media.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor me, it started feeling serious when important people started calling me. And I think that for me was funny. I walked into this hotel in Dubai where they were a lot of important people, all of them have seen the backlash and they started calling me \u2018item seven\u2019 and it was funny. We all just laughed. 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