Fashion enterpreneur, Laura Ikeji has been slammed by social media users after she called on the Nigerian government to prevent schools from flogging children.
According to her, the law should be enforced in such a way that teachers who flout it get to lose their job.
Laura Ikeji tweeted:
“Dear Nigerian Government, can u make flogging children illegal in all schools?? I know the law was passed I think a few years ago but some schools still do it. Let’s enforce it, u flog a child u loose ur job and get charged to court. We re not animals. Kids re off limits”.
She went on to call for the proposed law to be extended to parents.
“Dear Nigerian Government, can we enforce that same rule on parents, u flog your child in a bad way, the child be taken from u. U don’t deserve to be a parent, illiteracy isn’t an excuse, ignorance isn’t an excuse either. I understand spanking but flogging should be illegal”.
In the Instagram version of the same message she shared, a follower slammed her by advising her to keep her Western mentality to herself.