I Am Not Bothered If Nigerians Think That I Was Using The Libya Situation To Seek For Relevance - Nikki Laoye.

Nikki Laoye

Obscure to numerous individuals, other than music and her better half, Nikki Laoye has another adoration and it is helping humankind. Little ponder a few Nigerians assaulted her for being straightforward amid the Libyan slave exchange adventure which included numerous Nigerians.

After CNN broadcast an irritating video that demonstrated the obtuse treatment a few Africans looked in a slave camp in Libya, the artist took to her social media networking record to sharpen individuals on illicit movement.

She proceeded to end up a big name mouth-piece on the issue and this made some online pundits guess that she was just doing it to look for significance.

In an exploration made accessible by our Saturday Glitz Extra, the artist noticed that she had been doing helpful work for around seven years and she was not made a fuss over what individuals said.

“I am not bothered if Nigerians think that I was using the Libya situation to seek for relevance because I was just doing my job. The irony is that I have been doing this for years. I have been working with the IDPs and the Federal Government for some years especially with the Boko Haram situation. Through my foundation, we’ve taken a lot of relief materials to the north and at a point in time, we took my colleague, Yemi Alade, to the IDP camp because she asked that she wanted to visit the place. If you watch the video of her song, Na Gode, there were some clips that showed her visit to the camp. I have been doing this work for a while because I have a passion for it and people are given the support that they need. I also work with people living with disabilities. This is something I have a passion for because I want everybody to live as happily and comfortable as possible,” the singer stated.

She said the reason she was vocal about the entire circumstance is that she is exceptionally energetic about being a philanthropic person. She stated,

“Aside from being an artiste, I am also a humanitarian and I have been running my foundation for about seven years. I was actually selected by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons to be their celebrity mouth-piece when they noticed my passion for humanitarian work. They needed someone like me who could create more awareness about what is going on regarding refugees, migrants, and internally displaced people. That is how I came on board and I have been working with them for three years even before the Libya situation came to the fore. I can recall vividly that after CNN put out the video of the inhumane treatment meted out to the immigrants, people attacked the government that they were not doing anything, meanwhile, the government had been trying. It had actually brought back home about 3,000 Nigerians even before that video was aired. It was my duty to ensure that Nigerians were aware of what the government had been doing, so I made a video and it went viral online. We also needed to create more awareness so that people would stop making that journey.”