Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti, the firstborn of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has expressed hopes that she may never have any reason to relocate abroad permanently, adding that emigrants become second class citizens in their receiving nation.
Yeni who spoke during an interview with PUNCH opined that relocating abroad will leave Nigerians with no persons to rebuild it.
Responding to a question on whether she would consider relocating abroad sometime in the future, she said, “Never! I pray I never ever have to, for any reason. My daughter lives in England with her husband, so I always go there to visit them. I haven’t been there in over a year, because of COVID, and I am not going till the pandemic is over. I can’t live abroad. Never ever! Nigeria is the only place for me. At least, I am a first-class citizen.
You know one thing about moving abroad is that you become a second-class citizen in whatever country you decide to reside in. Nigeria is my country, and I should stay here to build it. You don’t expect me to go to another man’s country to help them build their economy when ours lacks builders. It is us Nigerians who will repair this country, nobody else. So, where are we running to.”
Recounting her childhood with her legendary father, she noted that he lived a simple lifestyle that rubbed off on her.
Her words, “…My father was a very simple man. He did not have the air rich and influential people have about them. He was very free and accessible. He spoke to everyone with kindness, so there was no room for us, his children, to be arrogant.”
