NEPO BABY OR SNEPO BABY

 One very funny thing about Nigerians is our ability to give a very wrong meaning to words or coining out our own word and using that word both in and out of context. A perfect example of this is “nepo & lapo babies” (our focus will be on the nepo babies)

In Nigeria, a nepo(tism) baby is a child from a VERY RICH, or in better words, a luxurious background. “Nepo baby” has, for a while now being the newest word in Nigerians’ dictionary, with us forgetting what nepotism actually is. A regular Nigerian could, in a layman’s terms, define nepotism as being wealthy. Why? This is because we have misused the word “nepotism” to the extent of taking it out of context.

Nepotism in it’s real and original sense, is a case or situation where someone (mostly family or friends) uses their influence to grant you and opportunity or a favor, whether or not you are qualified or befitting of that opportunity. 

Take for instance your mum happens to be the one in charge of cooking and sharing foods in an event. As a typical Nigerian child, what else will you be expecting from your mum’s return… despite the fact she must have treated her family well right before leaving for the event.

That right there, is nepotism 🌝

Or let’s take a peep into the real world where you happen to be in attendance of a concert or something of the sort and your friend, maybe a best friend belongs to one of the managerial team and decides to let you in to the VIP section.

That right there, is also nepotism🌚

So technically, we’ve all happened to be treated as nepo kids once or twice. And I decided with some other members of my management to coin out a word for people like us who have tasted nepotism but still have a bit of sapa in us… and that makes us SNEPO KIDS!!!