Former Super Eagles midfielder, Mikel John Obi, has observed that entitled families are more prevalent in Africa.
He pointed out that if one family member achieves financial stability, there is often a tendency for others in the family to relent in their daily efforts, placing the responsibility of financial provisions on the successful family member.

During an interview with fellow footballer, Rio Ferdinand, the former Super Eagles captain lamented how families are often entitled to a person’s money in Africa.

According to Obi, when an African person acquires money, many relatives and cousins begin to make demands, and sisters even married men believe they are destined to be a part of the family.

The football player mentioned that these people have so many children and expect him to care for them and that he sometimes has to be strong and put his own needs aside.

Mikel Obi stated that the extended family members believe he owes them money and threaten to go to the press if he refuses.

This, according to the footballer, is prevalent in Africa

He said: “When you come from Africa when you make money, it’s not your money. You have all these relatives, cousins, and your sisters go off and get married to some guy who just wants to get married into Mikel John Obi’s family because his life is sorted, and then you start looking after this guy, and before you know it, they keep having so many kids and you look at it like,

“Okay, you’re having this many kids, who are going to look after them?’ It’s you! It’s the culture because, for them, you owe them that, so sometimes you have to be strong and say, ‘You know what, guys, enough is enough; I don’t care’. They give you this thing whereby ‘if you don’t do it, we’re going to go to the press’. After all, what have I done for you guys? But this happens a lot in Africa. Not everybody comes out and speaks about it.”

If Mikels brother was the one with fame n money. He wil be guilty of same thing he is condeming.

Brazilians and most south n North americans do that too.

Make e relax.

idiotic guy.

help if you wan help if you no wan help keep shut.

You're not been fair to Mikel. He has done too much for them and they wasted. I don't know why I am thinking maybe they planned Mikel's father kidnapped.

They just have entitlement mentality. There should be limit to everything before they kill him.

Natbrowny:
If Mikels brother was the one with fame n money. He wil be guilty of same thing he is condeming.

Brazilians and most south n North americans do that too.

Make e relax.

Mikel might be right to some extent. I agree that he doesn't owe anybody anything, but once you are privileged - you've got to help others. But hey this things happen all over the world and not peculiar to Africans. But you don't see Europeans, or south American come to African media to wash their family dirty linen in the public. In Africa we are closely knitted and the family bond is very strong, so don't take it likely. Did Mikel know that Messi's father is his manager, same with Haaland and other high profile footballers. But you will never hear them in Africa media running their mouth like parrot. Mikel should be able to assist his immediate family (not necessarily by giving them money, but empower them). It is by grace he got to this enviable height too.
From the way I see Mikel, he doesn't value anything African talkless of Nigeria. reason he's quick to tag all of us as beggers and never do well with high sense of entitlement mentality. That's very wrong and stupid of him to assume we are all beggers. This same family he doesn't value now was there for him from childhood when he was a nobody, show them some love and settle your difference within the family circle. We don't need to know how much you give them or how often they demand for money. I have also read in some quarters that Mikel is stingy too and that he doesn't give shishi (not confirmed) but the little I see and read about him kinda support that opinion. Mikel is even stingy to himself. He can't dress properly to look good. I'm not saying he should dress to kill like Davido or E-money. He dress shabbily like a gate man. Always wearing same clothe that looks like Okirika so teey Drogba pointed it out to be dressing well in public. How much will it cost Mikel to buy a few pairs of men's pants and simple but good looking shirts to be wearing. Look at his hair - very rough and unkept, his beard too irritating to behold. Guy need to help himself too. The white lady he married hasn't improved him in any way. A man that cannot look after himself how can he help his immediate family.

Mikel is greedy and wicked Mikel can easily drop a billion naira and build houses for each of his extended family and his bank account won't shake,.
Or he can buy buses for each of his family members and he no go shake but wickedness of make he be say na only me be big man mentality no go make am do am. But u can give your Russia oyibo girlfriend the money on her birthday The heart of man is naturally wicked. My papa wey born me get bastard money get 4 hotels but me his ist son is a security guard in someone compound. Book no enter my brain my but my Papa no gree now I decided to obey my father and came out with 3rd class omo I just dey regret y I no stubborn by now I for done build one wicked Mansion for warri like this. Children my advise to you all be stubborn and chase your dreams