Oba Enitan Ogunwusi Adeyeye Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife has called for the replacement of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality game show citing misplaced priorities and misrepresentation of African youths on live TV as reasons.
The Monarch noted it was worrisome that 27 million votes were cast in the last general elections while 190 million votes were counted in the 2019 edition of Big Brother Naija reality game show.
Ooni of Ife accused Nigerian Youths of calling out bad leaders without contributing their quota to the development of the nation.
Ooni said,
“Nigerian youths are fond of accusing and abusing our leaders. Stop abusing them and contribute your own quota. Let’s wear our thinking caps and begin to act like the real future leaders that we are.
“In the last general election, the total number of votes cast was around 27 million while over 170 million people voted during the 2019 Big Brother Naija reality show. This is a practical reality of who Nigerian youths are and where our priorities lie as Nigerians.
“The funny side in all of these is that we still go to bed, have a good sleep and wake up with the hope to meet a Nigeria we didn’t create. Nigerians Youths! Nigerians Youths!! Nigerians Youths!!!
“Unfortunately, every time I talk about this kind of attitude, everyone just laugh and move on. What kind of nation are we building?
“When people say this country, or what kind of country is this, they are indirectly saying these people – it is the people that make a country; so what kind of Nigerian youths are we?” the monarch asked
Ooni of Ife further proposed “Big Nigeria Reality Show” to replace BBNaija show where skills and talents of Nigerian Youths will be showcased to the world.
“The proposed show will be structured in a way that young professionals, talented individuals and others across several field of endeavour will be showcased and helped to reach their peak.
“This would help the participants and also help viewers to have access to people that can be seen as role models,”