By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The winner of the Big Brother Naija, Olamilekan Agbelesebioba, popularly known as Laycon, who already has a cash reward of N30 million, a house, a car, all expense paid travels and beverage supplies for a whole one year, was again gifted with N5 million by the Ogun State governor, Dabo Abiodun.
For many Nigerians, the decision of the Ogun governor to celebrate the reality show winner was a misplaced priority.
An Abuja based medical doctor, Dr Chukwuemeka Anene, recalled that during the administration of the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, best graduates from the state are the ones who get a red carpet celebration not reality show winners.
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He said: “Are our leaders not clowns? What was given to the best graduating students from the many Ogun state owned higher institutions? But the governor is hyperventilating over a winner of a show that has little or nothing to motivate our youths intellectually. Nonsense,” he said.
Anene then added: “I will always praise Peter Obi, the Okwute ndi Igbo. During his time, he gave one million Naira to all Anambra state indigenes who made First Class in any course of study from any university in Nigeria and beyond. My sister benefited. She was given automatic employment as a teacher. These governors we have now are clowns and they all lack vision,” he said.
Curiously, while the Ogun Governor gave Laycon N5 million plus appointed him a youth ambassador for winning the BBNaija reality television show, he in contrast offered only one best graduating student of the Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa, employment and gave N50,000 to other students from the state who graduated with distinctions.