A Nigerian Youtuber, Emdee Tiamiyu is currently under heavy verbal attack on social media for suggesting that all Nigerians migrating to the UK use schooling as a ploy to gain entry into the country.
Tiamiyu made this known in an interview with BBC which went viral on Tuesday.
Nigerian Youtuber, Emdee Tiamiyu, who specialises in helping Nigerians relocate to UK has disclosed that Nigerians migrating to UK use schooling as a ploy to gain entry into the country
What’s your take on his comment?
pic.twitter.com/PQLhE7a5fd— Nigeria Stories (@NigeriaStories) May 23, 2023
He said, “So the student thing is not real. It is not like they need the degrees.
“They need the degree as an access road to come into the country, so a lot of this people their priorities shifted real fast.”
The video went viral after the UK enacted a law that will prevent Nigerian students, and others studying in the UK, from bringing family as dependents except under specific circumstances.
Under the new rule, which will take effect January 2024, the UK will remove the permission for international students to switch out of the student route and into work routes before their studies have been completed to prevent misuse of the visa system.
NigerianEye monitored some angry reactions from Nigerians on social media, a few of them are below.
This is Emdee Tiamiyu, a Yoruba man from Osun State. This is the man that has destroyed the hope of millions of young Nigerians in this generation and generation unborn by revealing the means they use to escape poverty, oppression and hardship in Nigeria. He is domiciled in UK pic.twitter.com/9sRWMhV5DD
— Dr Penking™🇳🇬🇦🇺 (@drpenking) May 23, 2023
Incase Nigerian’s are looking for village people to blame, see your brother Emdee Tiamiyu exposing himself on tv for the world to see. pic.twitter.com/PtjwfzPUJ1
— Nicholas 🇬🇧🇳🇬 (@ezele_nick) May 23, 2023
Emdee Tiamiyu is a m!ndless clown. Nigerians are already being stigmatized, our country has a negative image but instead of correcting the wrong perceptions he deliberately threw Nigerians under the bus for views & cheap clout. Ignorance is a disease. Hope karma visits him soon.
— Daniel Regha (@DanielRegha) May 23, 2023
Because of Emdee Tiamiyu
– You can no longer take your dependents to UK on student VISA
– You can’t switch to work visas until you finish studies
– They will clamp down on using agents
– POF might increase.
– Student VISA might be completely scraped off
Make him famous pic.twitter.com/3QAXnCJyaE
— Dr Penking™🇳🇬🇦🇺 (@drpenking) May 23, 2023
Congratulations to Emdee Tiamiyu, The First Nigerian to attract the highest Number of curses in 2023 😂 pic.twitter.com/zU8ic1fdHb
— Baba Ibeji 🤓 (@Bigjohnydatalk1) May 23, 2023
Indians migrate more than Nigerians but when you see them on YouTube, it’s always opportunities abroad they share but the Nigerians will always complain to gate keep people, look at what that Emdee Tiamiyu did today now because of too much talking.
— OTUNBA (@ManLikeIcey) May 23, 2023