Funmi Wale-Adegbite, ten year veteran in job recruitment in Nigeria, expressed to BBB World Service her concern over the nation’s future in regards to the domestic treatment of Nigerian children.
She warns that some Nigerian parents are so giving to their children that they spoil them right into adulthood and into their 30s. According to Wale-Adegbite this is the case for at least 30% of Nigerian children.
Many of these children don’t even graduate from university until 27 or 28 years old because they start late. 30% will cause a serious ripple effect some time in the future.
Some Parents too Easy, Some too Hard on Kids
On the flipside, Yemisi Ogunleye, journalist for IQ4News.com, reported that recently a Nigerian mother living in the UK was arrested because her son made claims that his mother planned to force him to marry against his will. He got lawyers and an order of protection against her.
Delta State Governor Lydia Erhire was jailed and authorities found that she’d sent her other son back to Nigeria because of his bad behavior in the UK. Not an uncommon act for any foreign parents; they frequently send delinquent children back to their home country to relearn their culture and respect.
With both children she was criminalized for exercising her right as a parent and for participating in the heritage and culture she grew up with. If kids are too spoiled they’ll be useless consumers of others’ production and if culture is carried out in a non-native nation, parents can go to jail.
Was she rightfully jailed? Or was she showing poor judgment by sending the other son back home?
