Most of my Classmates that Embarrassed me back then for owing school fees are now trying to Reach out- Joe boy

Nigerian Singer, Joseph Akinwale Akinfenwa popularly known as Joe boy has appealed to schools in Nigeria to stop embarrassing students who are unable to pay school fees.

Speaking in an interview with broadcaster and Journalist, Chude Jideonwo, he made the appeal, adding that they should also stop flogging students for the same reason.

Joe boy also recalled how he was treated when he was in secondary school because he was known as the student who could not pay his tuition.

According to him, he said that his classmates had call him out one time in school when the administrators tried to punish those who are yet to pay their school fees.

He noted that, those who embarrassed him back then for owing school fee are now trying to reach out to him, but he keeps ignoring them.

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In his words;

Some Challenges on the way, maybe you fail some exams, maybe you owe school fees. Like there was one part where it was school fees, yea. That thing was so embarrassing, I need to say this on camera to schools. I don’t know whether they still do it but if a child owes school fees, don’t call the child out and say you’re owing school fees, just tell the child not to come to school.

There’s one other thing they used to do, they used to flog the child for not paying school fees. The child doesn’t have money now, so I need to put that on camera for anybody that owns a school who is watching this, do not embarrass the child because he is owing school fees.

So it was really embarrassing for me at that point because I think it affected my esteem too at that point because, I remember one incident, I was in JS3 because they used to come to this class to name people that owe school fees.

So before they even said anything, people were like Aminfewa Joseph, so I still remember till today and I still get those guys for mind, yeah. And they’ve tried to reach out to me, I just ignore them like why are you talking to me? They might not have meant it but e pain me.”