Wale Adenuga Addresses Papa Ajasco’s Financial Struggles Drama

<h4>Wale Adenuga Addresses Papa Ajasco&&num;8217&semi;s Financial Struggles Drama<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that veteran Nigerian producer Wale Adenuga has spoken out following actor Abiodun Ayoyinka’s revelation that he is facing financial challenges despite years of playing the iconic Papa Ajasco&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ayoyinka had also indicated that he seeks permission to use the character for personal projects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement&comma; Adenuga dismissed suggestions that the actor has been neglected financially&comma; praising him for his contribution to the enduring success of Papa Ajasco and Company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>Abiodun Ayoyinka is a versatile actor who has played the role of Papa Ajasco so wonderfully well&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>He bears the closest resemblance to the cartoon version of the Papa Ajasco character&comma; which I created on my dining table in 1976 during my publishing days&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> Adenuga said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>He is very close to me&comma; and so far&comma; there has been no irreconcilable difference between us&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adenuga clarified that while Ayoyinka is free to accept other roles&comma; he cannot use the Papa Ajasco brand without approval&comma; as it remains copyrighted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<strong><em>He cannot use the copyrighted brand name Papa Ajasco for personal ventures because it is our duty to protect the brand from inappropriate usage that could damage its reputation&comma;” <&sol;em><&sol;strong>he emphasized&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Addressing claims of hardship&comma; Adenuga reminded the public of Ayoyinka’s long career in civil service and past benefits from Wale Adenuga Productions&comma; including cars and a house&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>Now&comma; the question is&colon; why is Abiodun Ayoyinka claiming to be broke&quest; Where are the investments from his over 30 years of meritorious service with the Lagos State Government&quest; What happened to his gratuities&quest;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;34682" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-34682" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-34682" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;IMG-20260318-WA0292-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Wale Adenuga Addresses Papa Ajasco's Financial Struggles Drama" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-34682" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Wake Adenuga&&num;8217&semi;s defence<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>He reassured that other cast members freely pursue outside work&comma; noting that filming only takes about six weeks a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adenuga concluded by affirming the company’s commitment to fair treatment and upholding its reputation in the Nigerian entertainment industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;