Rapper, Erigga gives shocking reply as dropout begs him to fund his return to university
Nigerian rapper, Erhiga Agarivbie, popularly known as Erigga has left a fan who dropped out of the university, totally disappointed after begging him to sponsor his education.
The young man identified as James Eje Matthew gained admission into Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina in 2021 but he lost it because he did not have money for school fees.
However, fast-forward to 2023, he made the decision to go back to school and pleaded with Erigga through Twitter, to help him achieve that goal.
He shared a copy of his admission letter from 2021 and wrote; “Oga erigga please help me I want to go back to school please”
In reaction, the Hip Hop artiste rephrased Burna Boy’s popular catchphrase, ‘you go explain tire’ and asked Matthew to “Keep explaining 🎤”
See the tweets:
Social media users took to the comment section to comment.
@LakeLewis5; No go find something the dey do as hustle dey there dey worry old warri
@George_22j; Na Bad person you dey beg?
@Officialzeede; Na the wrong person you ask help from. Erigga wey nor know the value of school because he nor go school na you dey go ask help from 💔💔
@ToghoB; Erigga na bad person shey u no know. Abi u be him family cuz na family time
@Tune1Isaac; Na the wrong person to beg be this oh, Don’t forget to Put Call.
Meanwhile in other news…
A young girl known as Elizabeth who hawked due to being from a poor background, has been set on a path that will lead her to a bright future.
Founder of Chess In Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya revealed that in 2021 he met her when was selling biscuits under Oshodi bridge in Lagos and she got an opportunity to continue school after joining his take kids off the streets via chess initiative.
He explained that Elizabeth showed interest in going to school even though she and her mum had no place to live. According to Tunde, he paid for her entrance exams and she passed excellently well that she was offered admission into the University of Lagos for a degree in Education and History.
The techpreneur appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to support Elizabeth so that the can comfortable take care of all her needs while studying.
He wrote; “Elizabeth was hawking biscuits under Oshodi bridge with her Mum when we met her in 2021. They didn’t have a place to live but she wanted to go to school so we paid for her exams.
Today, she gained admission into Unilag to study Education and history. I’m not crying I promise😊 Hope, is everything. Okay let’s help Elizabeth settle into undergraduate life with ease. They still don’t have a place to live and she still does menial Jobs(Cleaning homes and offices) to support her mother.
We’re still fully committed to paying her tuition through University but I think at this point, she needs a Female mentor more than anything else. Please send @iamainembabazi a message if you can commit sometime to mentoring her. We can’t stop believing.”
