Popular comedian, Bovi has come out to share his reasons for enrolling his children in boarding schools abroad. He recently had his say during an interview on the Uncoloured Podcast, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he took his kids outside of Nigeria because of his concerns about bullying and the potential negative impact it has on kids in the Nigerian boarding school system.
Bovi added that he wanted to shield his children from such experiences because he does not want a situation where he’d have to fight another child or his parents for bullying his own child.
His words, “My kids don’t live in the country anymore; they’ve been in the UK. At first, it started by accident and my son was in boarding school. I know what boarding school did for me here; it made me street smart.
I wanted my kids to go to boarding school but I didn’t want to put my kids in a school where a fellow student that is at least four years older would tell my child to kneel down or fetch his water or lay his bed or even beat him up. I don’t want to fight another person’s kid or parents. So for me, I don’t like bullying even though people say that’s what toughens people up but I don’t agree.
Maybe I’ve always been rebellious but many people crumble under that pressure and it affected them in real life. I decided to not let my children be part of that system. I make sure they’re rooted in Nigerian culture though.”
WOW.
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