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Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by ellizy(m): 1:40pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Anybody wey my struggle no concern no go see shishi when the soup done. Every piking go carry him mama breast 3 Likes |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by okoroemeka(m): 1:40pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Puss360:for him to speak out like this shows that he has had enough,there are reasonable demands and quite frankly there are the ridiculous one, there was this my uncle that was a director in FIRs after Mr Fowler,he was very wealthy no contest,he gave me money once and I squandered it,since then I don't have the face or shame to ask again because I know many people will stand in life with such money,,and moreover there is a 90% probability that he will refuse,so why bother 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Princeyoungd2: 1:40pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
ezechi24: Na them be this, you are a complete goat. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Princeyoungd2: 1:43pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
casualobserver: If this will get people to listen then please take it to BBC. Some persons are tired of this rubbish. |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Shikena(m): 1:45pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
That was not his point. He was addressing his frustration with people who chose not to do anything meaningful even after getting help. Give him some credit, he is not a fool who can't see the basic things that you could see. He never implied he doesn't need family, he addressed entitlement mentality. Many rich families are proud of what they all achieved together with everyone working hard to sustain the wealth. Jamie1000: 1 Like |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Shikena(m): 1:47pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Exactly. Don't mind our ITKs here. okoroemeka: 1 Like |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Princeyoungd2: 1:48pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
maasoap: And again it is not his job to lift them. |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by babzlim(m): 1:48pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
this is a family problem so not for public debate I don't understand why he's bringing it up in public if u want to run away from your family 👪 Oga run nah how una matter concern us abeg. |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by ezechi24(m): 1:49pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Princeyoungd2: When a fool speaks ...one doesn't need to be told ...you are a total Buffon, I can tell the suffering your family will go through if you manage to earn a meager 50 thousand salary, by your words you might be a teribble person to your entire generation, not to talk of your immediate family... stingy pig ....spits He is helping his family, what's the big deal, sadio mane single handedly took his entire community out of suffering and he is here talking like a big fool and another bigger fool is attacking someone with a contrary view......mumu |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by casualobserver: 1:49pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
gr8child:If you read my post, I stated have no problem with the substance of what he said. I have a problem with his audience, his motives and because it comes from Obi who has always shown a penchant for Uncle Tom behavior. Everything about this fella from accepting a name change to Mikel, to fake accent, to knocking Africans in front of a white audience to marrying white for ratings smacks of inferiority complex and a desire to serve his white masters. If he said it to an African audience, a Nigerian tv station or radio, I won’t have a problem. What exactly is the white man supposed to do with that info? Except to perpetrate the stereo type of the African entertainment. If he really wanted to send a message to Africanaudience and he is really that bothered he should have said in to an African/Nigerian audience. Stop making fools of yourselves to please the white man. Slavery is over, colonialism is over. The says where you put a black man in an audience to entertain the white man is over. Do you ever hear the Brazilians, the Venezuelans or the Colombian footballers come on TV to denigrate their own? Their conditions are no different from ours. They also have a family culture like us and most footballers from South America are from poor backgrounds, many from even poorer backgrounds than Nigeria. 3 Likes |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Shikena(m): 1:51pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
However, even though it's a global village now, I agree with those that said this conversation is MORE appropriate on a Nigerian talk show. It is our internal problem to debate, not a football or British problem. |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Caleycash(m): 1:56pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
DonBenny77:THIEF!!!, change your sense of entitlement, no one owes you shiiìt!!! |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Castro007(m): 2:05pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Oga if u get money help dem and stop complaining, u go dey very stingy with the way i dey see this Mikel |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by LordAdam16: 2:07pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
grandstar: Mikel Obi did set up a number of his relations. Furthermore, of all professionals, black tax impact athletes the most. Their income does not last a lifetime. You get stupendously paid for a decade, if that, of your life. Notice the candor and distress in his statement. He is not a corporate grunt who would earn more as he gets older. He is not an accomplished entertainer receiving million-dollar royalty paychecks every month. His best earning years are behind him. And it is excruciatingly painful that the money he spent on his family including investments failed to yield fruits. Financial discipline is essential, especially at the start. Let them call you stingy. If you don't send money for naming ceremony, you can still pay for college tuition. That 15 year interval is crucial. Between when you start having spare change and when good money start rolling in from various sources. Billing no dey finish. In fact, it is your responsibility to appropriate manage when to give and when to snake them. That's why Lady Luck chose you. Lastly, this all depends on family. For every Mikel Obi and regular professional complaining about Black Tax, there are hundreds of families where most family members are industrious and have good heads on their shoulders. A bad family is like a bad wife. They'd wreck you. Whatever you expend will be like watering a stone. You employ them, problem. You open a business for them, problem. You foot bills, problem. When you're not Elon Musk. We don't choose family like we don't choose our genes. So you study your family and figure out how best to deal with them. If they're assets, good for you. If they're liabilities, work out how to address the challenge. If there are families where literally everyone in the immediate nuclear family is a white-collar professional, and yours isn't, common sense dictates that you acknowledge you're handicapped and act accordingly. Other families dey do winter retreat for Northern Europe or a lake house in North America, you dey dodge bill for school fees or rent. And you still 1 do pass yourself. On top 69 years life expectancy. Continue. Na billing go kee you. -Lord 12 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by modernWays: 2:09pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Angelfrost: My message has nothing to do with entitlement mentality but act of giving. A man who is processed with "heart of giving" will never complain or accuse those looking up to him as liability, he simply do when he has. I had first hands experience about what I was saying. Majority of free foods, and other packages you received for free from government, organisations snd churches in Western countries are not only provided by government but individuals like me and you. I know some whites who donate over 30% of their income to charity from every pay check they received. Infact, there is this sister who doesn't have a child of her own but donate 50% of her every pay check to child support program . The beauty of it is that, they do it quietly and hate been notice. If you have and don't pay back to society, you are only teaching others how to keep it all for themselves too. This altitude started by some people, and will continue like this until fellow human will need ordinary water to survive, and a man with big ocean refuse to help. I have done a lot for humanity in my own little way,even to those I came across on Internet. I believe if you can't help those around you, there no way you can help a larger society. That is why we don't produce good leaders in this part of the world. A leader who embezzled everything and threw his citizens into abject poverty did not just start on his own, it was how the society molded his way or thinking. |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Zion243(m): 2:10pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
God bless Sadio Mane. Mike is complaining about helping his own relatives but Mane takes it upon himself to transform his entire village with world class hospitals, schools, clean water and monthly stipends. Mane does all this willingly. Mane is better than Mikel 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by rollywise(m): 2:13pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
DonBenny77: You be disgrace o. I won't be surprised if you are married to his sister. Na you be the yeye in-law him dey talk about. You think say him money no dey finish abi. If family doesn't give him space to invest how will he sustain his lifestyle since everyone already knows he has made money from football. Tomorrow if he goes broke you'll join those that will destroy him with vile words. Or have you not seen many ex footballers who are currently broke? Opportunist🙄🙄 3 Likes |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Blazadenise(m): 2:17pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Nigerians and sentiments ehn.... If you grew up having a bad family,where members of your family want to kill you cause of your wealth "Billing" that your family personal problem, you people are just given meaning and defination to things saying family member have Entitlement mentality,but your wife that you met along your journey of life doesn't have entitlement to your things, but it has become forbidden for your parent and family your grew up with having entitlement in your things, same family member / parent that didn't kill you while growing up, suddenly they become a witch and a threat to your life, there nothing like having a Good family. If you have a different opinion or mentality that family are not entitled to your things / impact / influence your decisions in life then you are the bigger problem.. #Fact is mikel have a bad siblings im sure some of his family members are doing well for themselves |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Omalicious1: 2:19pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
DyshApp: The dude is saying nothing but the truth 1 Like |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by modernWays: 2:19pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
grandstar: No, if you go to Western countries particular USA, you will see how generous they are to their societies. It were Nigerians that went there to hustle that might be stingy to you, not whites. I was generally speaking about supporting our society by making the wealth go round. Anytime you raise up this argument, people will start saying entitlement mentality as if they know who you really are for real. Lolz, funny Nairalanders. |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by bdon123(m): 2:20pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
DonBenny77:U are a mumu man.comot urself frm another man money n make ur own.prudence is not being stingy.It is his money,nt family member own. 2 Likes |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by ottersberger(m): 2:24pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
DonBenny77: Answer the man's questions first. I bet you can't, because you're probably one of those people who parasites off those who are out there sweating it out in foreign lands to make a decent living, while lazy ass relatives sit around and feel entitled to be spoon fed by them. I am one of those that Mikel was speaking for. I have been there and done that. Nigerian families are terrible people in that respect. Guess what, just this morning I got a request for a few hundred thousand naira from an ex because her sibling is in the hospital and urgently needs a blood transfusion. These are some of the things we get hit with on a regular basis while people like you talk rubbish. If it happens to me to the extent that I experienced it, I can't even begin to imagine what Mikel's experience will be in comparison. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by bukatyne(f): 2:27pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
LordAdam16: I hope he really prepared for the lean years ahead. 4 Likes |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by rayvelez(m): 2:28pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Mindlog:Please watch as the stupid boy deviate from answering your question bunch of foolish Ipob nuisance |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by ottersberger(m): 2:30pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Mindlog: In other words, the man you replied is a certified madman who is arguing with a certified brain examiner. I get it |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Ishilove: 2:30pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
nedekid:Is this an excuse to have more children than you can cater for? 1 Like |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Mindlog: 2:33pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
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Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by IMASTEX: 2:36pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
nedekid:There is a difference between helping & funding someone's lifestyle. Help is when you properly setup a few as able & they themselves replicate same to others with time the entire family members will be self-sufficient. But no, most don't want self-sufficiency rather they just want an ATM where they draw cash to spend on useless things simply because they are related to xyz. They help you to calculate your earnings & expect certain percentage simply because they are tagged relatives. If things go south, the same people will question how you spent your money. Entitled mentality persons are worse than thieves, they are household enemies & could be dangerous. 4 Likes |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by ottersberger(m): 2:38pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Ishilove: Please, do not waste your time with these people.they are set in their ways already One is no longer talking to me because I vehemently refused to pay for his wife's hospital bills after childbirth, having done same previously. How do you impregnate your wife without recourse to how you would manage the fallout?. And you have 8 odd months to plan. And how do you proceed when she got released by me, still me, right?. Africans can be terrible and unreasonable. 2 Likes |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Ishilove: 2:40pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
ottersberger:It is good riddance. If a liability decides to keep malice with me for refusing their demands, I go to church for Thanksgiving. One less leech to worry about. 3 Likes |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by Error401: 2:43pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Your family is your everything. You owe them! Mindlog: |
Re: Families In Africa Act As If They Own You When You Make Money- Mikel Obi Laments by latiephwald(m): 2:47pm On Nov 18, 2023 |
Na Igbo land e day happen most. Not coming here in west. |
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