Toke Makinwa, a well-known media personality, expresses her strong decision and insists she will never change her surname after getting married.
The celebrity stressed that she wouldn’t consider adding her future husband’s surname to her own in any way during a recent edition of her show Toke Moments. She also pointed out that her name is her brand and that she has worked hard to build it.
She reflected on her previous marriage with Maje Ayida, the fitness instructor. Toke Makinwa claimed that not having his last name appear on hers relieved her of the burden of having to update all of her paperwork.
In her words, “I kept my last name when I got married. It was supposed to be Toke Makinwa-Ayida but it was only at home that he called me Mrs Ayida.
“I hope that whoever I end up with next would actually love it because Toke Makinwa is staying. I don’t want to hyphenate. But my kids can bear their father’s surname.
“In my marriage, my bank details, my passport, nothing changed. Imagine what I would have gone through trying to change it back when we got divorce. I have built this brand with my blood, sweat and tears.”
