Nigerian singer cum skit maker, Lawal Nasiru Michael Bolaji, aka Nasboi, has spoken about the End Bad Governance protest in the country.
After Nigerians took to the streets on August 1, 2024, to commence the 10-day march to protest against economic hardship, some celebrities broke their silence on the matter.
Umbrella crooner Nasboi was one of those who aired his thoughts on his official X page, and he triggered mixed feelings from netizens. The singer made it clear that he would not be joining the protest. Not stopping there, he went on to state that his reasons were entwined with his 2023 election experience.
According to Nasboi, he received lots of threats for supporting Peter Obi during the 2023 presidential election and when he shared the threatening messages online, people laughed at him. Tweeting further, he added that most celebrities do not make money from politics like some fans believe.
He wrote: “Me, protest? Lol. The last time I spoke up, dem use threaten wan finish my life. I come tweeter come post the dm’s of threats, Na laugh people dey laugh for here. A lot of celebrities don’t get money off politics like you insinuate. Buh na just fear of being a scape goat.”
Nasboi’s reason for not joining the End Bad Governance protest raised mixed reactions from Nigerians. Read what some of them had to say about it below:
Kemicutie_: “With or without celebrities the protest is still ongoing, I don’t know what the fuss is about 😒.”
eniola___sarah: “Plus you oo minus you, no one will feel it!! What’s the fuss about??”
Domingo_loso: “We actually don’t need the celebrities at this point, we have the Internet and social media to use to our advantage.”
maras_styles: “So kukuma rest now!!! Why tweeting about it? What difference does it make now?”
immagoodbadboi_231: “Your voice no change anything oga🧑🦯.”
Mikitovic_1: “Rest abeg.”
Bjsthoughts: “lol very senseless talk! How don you make money ? From@Nigerians who use thier data to watch your skits and subscribe to your channels that’s why YouTube and Facebook pays you, if you no wan protest nobody force you, you still cannot show solidarity with the people ? If you don’t support the protest which is the will of the people, e better to just keep quiet!!”
lilisconcept_: “Getat abeg..U no get level.”
Grace_emmanuel_52: “It’s ok Nasboi, as you have done your best to keep quiet and let the protest continue.”
mofe.rae: “Exactly! Imagine someone posting threats and people laughing. Shey yen mori pipe wa?”
