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Interesting tweet that indicates a mindset all too prevalent in #Nigeria. The belief that everything is about money.

I recommend reading @tundeleye's 2017 piece on why many in his circle even then, were leaving the country: bit.ly/2WvirUH

Let me tell a story...
On 29 September 2021, I got on a plane to travel out of #Nigeria for a course in international security. Given the work I do with @sbmintelligence, the course fits.

At the airport lounge, I noticed an unusual amount of families, many of them leaving the country as whole units.
Many of these people were in the 35 to 50 age range. I mentioned this to a friend later on, and he found it ludicrous.

"Why would people who were in middle to upper management leave everything to essentially go and start all over again."

Months later, he sent me this...
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