,popular singer, Simi, has said Nigerian men “are not romantic.”She said,
“I don’t believe Nigerian men are romantic. I think Nigerian men do not
think they have to be romantic. I am not saying this to bash men but I
think no one pushes Nigerian men to fight for anything so they have this
sense of entitlement. I was watching a Nigerian movie one day and there
was this unfaithful Nigerian man who left his wife for another woman.
At the end of the day, the other woman left him and he retraced his
steps to his initial wife. The lady’s mother actually told her to kneel
in front of the man and that bothered me a lot even though I knew it was
a movie. That is the way things are.
“A lot of men grow up in this country feeling entitled to certain things
and they believe that they don’t have to work for anything. This has
been the case for generations and a lot of our mothers were unhappy
because the society expected them to stay in the relationship. I am not
saying it is the right thing for people to leave their relationships but
a man needs to fight for what he wants so he can value it. I think the
problem is because a lot of Nigerian men feel self-entitled and I blame
our culture and our mothers. Most mothers are the problem because when
something happens, they are quick to advise the daughter and wives, they
don’t tell the men that their actions are wrong. So if a man feels that
he does not have to fight to keep the relationship, he would not.”
The singer who hinted that she is currently in a relationship described the kind of lover she is.
“To describe myself as a lover, I would say that I am a loyal lover.
When I am in a relationship, I am all in and I put everything into it. I
can only quit a relationship if the person betrays my trust because, to
me, trust is everything. Trust is a big foundation for love. If I don’t
trust a person, it would be hard to be with the person. If I date
someone, I expect that you know what you have to offer. I believe that
whatever I do for the person, I should get the same in return. I don’t
like people lying to me,” the singer said.
