The performance has been met with a number of petitions and protests that claim it violates Nigeria’s cultural and traditional norms. “It is duty-bound on all well-meaning Nigerians to likewise join the call for this rule before we all lose hold of the truth,” the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria recently stated.

Nigerian viewers of the reality TV program Big Brother Naija may soon be unable to watch the program.The legislature is being urged to outlaw the TV show by a number of government and religious organizations. Similar to this, there is a call for cross-dressers to be detained throughout the federation because it is against Nigerian culture and norms.