- Joeboy tells a touching story about how his tough childhood led him to start a foundation to help children facing similar challenges.
- In a recent interview, Joeboy shared how being sent home from school for not paying fees inspired him to create a positive impact.
- Joeboy talked about how, during his junior secondary school years, he often had trouble paying his school fees, leading to some embarrassing moments.
Nigerian singer Joeboy tells a touching story about how his tough childhood led him to start a foundation to help children facing similar challenges.
In a recent interview with Isi Ijewere on the “Backstage Banter with Isi show,” Joeboy shared how being sent home from school for not paying fees inspired him to create a positive impact.
Joeboy talked about how, during his junior secondary school years, he often had trouble paying his school fees, leading to some embarrassing moments.
He remembered one time when his classmates made fun of him, expecting he would be sent home for not settling his fees.
This experience left a deep mark on him. He said it inspired him to help those who go through the same difficulties.
He said:
“When I was younger, I used to owe school fees a lot and it used to get embarrassing. When I was in jss3 , the secretary that used to come names of those owing fees came and before she even began announcing, the whole class said my name ‘Akinfewa joseph’. It pained me!.
“It hurt me so much and I went back home and told my parents that I was never going back to that school again. I didn’t care, I pulled myself out that I wasn’t going anywhere.
“That gave me the dream to do something, which was to help people who can’t afford to pay their school fees so I just opened a foundation; the young legend foundation. I opened it two months ago and we’ve been paying people’s school fees, so my inner child is very excited about that. It’s crazy what something like that can do to someone mentally. I mean it’s not the child’s fau
lt that they can’t pay their fees right? But people made it seem like it was my fault and it was embarrassing and it paid me that time.”
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