[size=14pt]N650k Champagne Triggers Outrage[/size]



Angel Champagne


An advertisement of a champagne drink, costing £2,500 or  N650,000 per a 1.5 litre bottle has sparked outrage in Lagos, with some people who read the advert, describing the price as ‘sheer madness’, in a country where more than 90 per cent of the people earn daily income of less than a dollar.
Critics of the exorbitant price of the Angel champagne brand   said   only those who have embezzled money can afford it.
As  advertised, Angel comes in two different bottles, with the 750ml bottle selling for  £1,200 pounds or N312,000. P.M.NEWS found that the Nigerian prices are about three times what the drink goes for, in all its various brand by its foreign producers. The black bottle of 750ml is sold for £380, while the 1.5litre bottle is sold for £640. The platinum bottle of 750ml goes for £562, while the platinum 1.5 litre variety goes for £777.
ANGEL champagne is produced by Stefano Zagni, a British entrepreneur, who argues on his website that the drink is meant for select people around the world. As revealed on the site, Angel is designed for the celebrities of Hollywood in the USA. The producers even parades more outrageously priced  Jeroboam platinum bottle of 3 litres at £5,725, about N1.9million. The site also sells a champagne vintage brut magnum at £188,000, which  is N49million in Nigeria’s battered currency. And this is just for a 1.5 litre bottle.
“The quality of Angel Champagne is testament to the passion of its creators. Throughout every stage of its refinement, care and expert judgment have been applied – in order that those fortunate enough to enjoy it know they are enjoying the very best.”, the website gleefully announced.
“Angel has limited annual production so its exclusivity is assured, that is why it is only available for purchase here, on the official Angel Champagne web site and very select venues around the world,” the website said.
But Nigerians who spoke with P.M.NEWS today expressed shock and disbelief at the price tag with some describing it as a nonsense.
Mr. Gafar Akanni, a stockbroker in Lagos  was stupefied by the prices: ‘’Why? Why?…,”” he said, wondering why anyone will offer a drink for such hefty prices.
According to  Debo Adeniran, a political and human rights activist, the expensive champagne is a symbol of a corrupt society.
“This is outrageous. This is a symbol of  a corrupt society. This is how people show that they have money they did not work for. It is only a system change through dialogue or revolution that can stop the rot in Nigeria,” Adeniran said.
According to Tenny, a Nigerian student at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, except the wine is made of gold, the price is highly  bloated.

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y ppl dey complain abt sumtin dey cant afford

who says they can't afford it?. Over 70% of Nigerians can afford to drink it 3 times a week.

This is madness and funny enough the gbo gbo big boys will buy it in lag
Smh

Who are the people complaining? Are we now becoming a nation of haters?

People never cease to amaze me!! R they forcing the champagne on nigerians?? Isnt it for those who can afford it Im sure if the importers of such knew there was no market for such products, they wouldnt have imported it. Pple really need to focus their energy on wht affects them personally and stop making a mountain out of a mole hill. The maker said 'only for a select people', God make me part of the select few where it counts,