Why I relocated my children abroad – Bovi

Nigerian comedian Bovi has revealed that he relocated his children abroad due to the country’s educational system, which he believes has accepted bullying.

In a recent podcast interview, Bovi shared that his children have been living in the UK for two years now after he initially sent his first son to a boarding school there in 2021.

Bovi expressed concerns about the Nigerian educational system, citing his own experience in a Nigerian boarding school.

However, he did not want his children to go through the same experience due to the prevalence of bullying.

The comedian also discussed the mass migration of Nigerians abroad, attributing it to the country’s inability to provide basic necessities like stable electricity and adequate healthcare.

He emphasised that the government needs to address these issues and create a conducive environment for citizens to thrive.

“My kids don’t live in the country [Nigeria] anymore. They have been in the UK for two years now. It started by accident; my first son has been there since 2021 in a boarding house.

“I went to boarding school in Nigeria and it made me street-smart. So I decided that my kid needs to go to boarding but not in Nigeria because the educational system has accepted bullying by empowering students to bully their fellow students in the name of senior students disciplining their juniors,” he said.

On what is fuelling the mass migration of Nigerians abroad, Bovi said, “The saving grace of the country is that we’ve not gone into war or food shortage. We’ve also not had natural disasters.

“So we can lose 500 doctors in one year but about 200 new doctors are coming on board. It’s like using balm aid on a big wound. That’s why it has not blown up in our faces.

“If the government wants to stem the tide, they check what the West is doing. Why are doctors comfortable going to work in other countries? It’s not just the money. If you are passionate about something but when you get to work there’s light and an enabling encouragement, you don’t get to fight to go to work or go back home.

“It may not be perfect but at least that decency is not lost. Patients have died in Nigeria because of lack of blood or power failure during operation. If you are a medical doctor, would you like to work under that kind of condition? The answer is no.”