Nigerian stand-up comedian and actor Bovi Ugboma has opened up on reasons he relocated his family to the United Kingdom, citing concerns over bullying in Nigerian schools.
Speaking on the ‘Uncolored’ podcast, where he revealed that his children have been living in the UK for the past two years.
“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.”Ugboma disclosed
The comedian stated he chose not to send his children to a Nigerian boarding school due to bullying, citing common example of senior students mandating their junior counterparts to perform chores for them and if such refused he get beaten or worst, which he condemned.
Ugboma speaks further on mass migration of doctors due to poor working conditions, urged the government to study what the Western world is doing right that is attracting qualified professionals over there, rather than stay in their country of birth to practice
“So we can lose 500 doctors in one year but there are about 200 new doctors 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.”He attested.