Veteran Nollywood actress Joke Silva has explained the reason behind not changing her name to her husband's surname, Olu Jacobs, after getting married.

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‎Speaking during a recent episode of the Leadership podcast hosted by Stephen Akintayo, Joke Silva was questioned by the host on why she didn't change her name to her husband's name. She responded saying that it was her husband's decision.

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‎The host asked: “Is there a reason you didn’t change your last name after getting married?”

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‎Silva replied: “He [Olu Jacobs] was the one who actually advised that I don’t. Because he understood the importance of branding. He was like, my brand has started building as Joke Silva and changing brands several years after one has been using that brand, as far as he was concerned, could cause problems for me.

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‎“So, we kept the name Joke Silva as the brand but within the circles, there was nobody who didn’t know I was Mrs Jacobs. It [changing last name] really didn’t matter.”

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