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...
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...
https://twitter.com/rogzy_/status/1484439254033965057
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.
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...
"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...
Let me remind you of this thread that I did on 1 October, where I attempted to explain some of the drivers behind the wave of departures we saw in September 2021.
https://twitter.com/Chxta/status/1443884012322361345
Have the drivers of emigration changed?
Heck, with incidents such as the tragedy of #SylvesterOromoni's murder at #DowenCollege, the likelihood has increased that more people would want to get their kids out of #Nigeria, which is where the rub comes in, emigration isn't cheap.
Heck, with incidents such as the tragedy of #SylvesterOromoni's murder at #DowenCollege, the likelihood has increased that more people would want to get their kids out of #Nigeria, which is where the rub comes in, emigration isn't cheap.
To move to #Canada, you need to show CA$25k (NG₦10.75M) as funds minus ticket and initial accommodation for a family of 4.
To move to #Britain, you need GB£19,611 (NG₦14.9M).
How many people in #Nigeria where the median income is NG₦137,400 per year can reach those amounts?
To move to #Britain, you need GB£19,611 (NG₦14.9M).
How many people in #Nigeria where the median income is NG₦137,400 per year can reach those amounts?
Essentially, emigration (legal migration that is), is for those who can afford it, ergo, the cream of society. The mid-level to upper-level managers, the very people #Nigeria needs to function.
We need to ask ourselves WHY our country is unable to keep hold of such people.
We need to ask ourselves WHY our country is unable to keep hold of such people.
Asking ourselves such questions is not a matter of sentiment or childish politics.
It's a matter of genuinely trying to understand why, with the exception of a brief period between 2008 and 2015, our country has tended to be a net exporter of its best hands.
As you were.
It's a matter of genuinely trying to understand why, with the exception of a brief period between 2008 and 2015, our country has tended to be a net exporter of its best hands.
As you were.
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