I Worked Hard To Be Where I Am Today, Dabiri-Erewa Reacts To Arise TV Female Presenter’s Comments

According to information gathered from Vanguard, it will interest you to note that Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, has reacted angrily to remarks made by Ayo Mairo-Ese, a female presenter for Arise TV, regarding Emdee Tiamiyu’s interview with the BBC.

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She expressed shock at how the TV broadcasters and hosts responded to Tiamiyu’s remark, which is said to have supported the restriction on Nigerian students bringing their dependents to the UK.

On a morning show, Mairo-Ese criticized President Muhammad Buhari for telling the UK government that Nigerian youths are criminally inclined and lethargic, adding that Dabiri also referred to the youngsters as drug dealers and cultists.

I don’t know why Nigerians like to de-market Nigerians on the international stage, the presenter is reported as saying. Rewind to 2016 when our president described Nigerian youngsters as mostly slackers. And given that many of them are criminals, the UK shouldn’t offer them shelter. 

“The head of NiDCOM, Dabiri, also labeled Nigerians as drug traffickers and members of cults. Therefore, what Emdee Tiamiyu said was consistent with what our leaders were stating, she said.

Disturbed by Mairo-Ese’s comment, Dabiri-Erewa, on her official Twitter handle, debunked the claims made by the presenter. She called for the orientation of the presenters – whom she referred to as ‘girls’ – of the television station. 

Dabiri-Erewa said, “I worked hard to be where I am today, and if women nowhere your age and achievements feel the only way to bring you down is spew nonsense, they will meet their Waterloo! “Nduka Obaigbena had better call these girls @ARISEtv ruining the broadcast profession to order,” she wrote. What are your reactions to this?

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