Brain robbing our human resources

The high rate at which young talented Nigerian professionals and non-professionals are plying the routes of Europe, America, Asia and Australia, is alarming as three in every five Nigerians is processing a visa or on the verge of processing one.

On the 15th of December 2018, a large number of Nigerian youths sat for the IELTS examination across the country in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, for which they each paid seventy-five thousand Naira as part of the process for obtaining a Canadian visa if successful.

Sitting for the exams is just one of the various ways through which young talented Nigerians gain legal entry into Canada, America, Australia, Asia and Europe, others resort to arranged marriages and lotteries.

It is important to note that in both the skilled and unskilled selection and screening processes only the best are chosen as some of the criteria include but are not limited to educational attainment, work experience, multilingual capabilities, marital status etc.

It is disheartening to know that our dear country is being drained of the best of its human resources who have either lost their jobs because of the economic situation of the country or are presently at a job but not satisfied with their working conditions.

Such is the case with medical practitioners and fresh graduates who are met with the reality of unemployment and lack of capital and infrastructure to encourage their entrepreneurial ideas and skills.

Although, after leaving Nigeria, some of these individuals are reduced to menial jobs even with their work permits because most of these countries have little or no regard for our educational system because of the huge lapses in the system and its ability to meet certain international standards. However, Nigerian immigrants still consider this a better option than what is obtainable at home.

The brain drain syndrome is robbing us of our best human resources. Every day we lose men and women who could potentially explore our natural resources and create job opportunities, our future captains of industries, our future nation builders are leaving in large numbers to give their best to other countries because Nigeria has failed to create recognise their worth and create an enabling environment for them to flourish.

It bleeds my heart to know that they actually excel with little or no recognition given to their fatherland, Nigeria.

Our beautiful ones are leaving as often as the clock ticks, which way Nigeria?

As we look forward to reelecting or electing candidates into political offices, we should choose candidates who have a passion for economic stability, candidates who have the ability and capacity to create an enabling environment for entrepreneurial development and conducive working conditions as this will help curb the alarming rate of brain drain in Nigeria
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which way Nigeria?