“Na Your Mama”: First Lady Senator Remi Tinubu Reacts to Nursing Students’ Viral Diss Song

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has called on the management of Delta State College of Nursing Services, Agbor, Delta state to be fair in handling the purported query issued to some student nurses over their diss song during her visit.

Busola Kukoyi, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the First Lady in a statement issued on Friday, March 28, said it is important for the institution’s management to treat the issue with fairness and understanding.

Kukoyi’s statement follows report that the management of the school had issued a query to the student who posted the viral video which captured her colleagues mocking the First Lady on social media.

Recall that on March 25, the First Lady had visited the institution for the Renewed Hope Initiative Health Programme and the distribution of 10,000 Professional Kits (Crocs and Scrubs) to Midwives in the South South region.

At the event, the Master of Ceremony led the students in a welcome song for the First lady. The MC sang, “Na our mama be this o, we no get any other mama” in expectation of a “Na our mama be this ooo!” response from the students.

The students rather than giving the MC the expected response, sang, “Na your (the MC’s) mama be this oo!”.

The action of the students has led to controversial discuss with many condemning their response to the MC’s song while others hailed them for being bold.

In her reaction, Kukoyi said while the Office of the First Lady respects the right of institutions to uphold discipline of students, there is need to understand that the students were also in their moment of excitement during Oluremi Tinubu’s visit.

“The Office of the First Lady of Nigeria respects the right of institutions to uphold discipline. However, it is important to recognize that students, in moments of excitement, often express themselves in a light-hearted and jovial manner,” Kukoyi said.

She encouraged institutions to understand the importance of creating environment that fosters both discipline and freedom of expression in places of learning.

“Educational institutions should be places where students feel safe to express themselves while maintaining decorum,” she said.