KingOfTheDamned:
That's Nigerians for you

Those who tell you not to Japan fall into 2 categories

1. Those who can never afford to leave Nigeria or even afford visa fees talkless of flight ticket . They can't ever travel out of Nigeria except as war time refuggess to cameround or Ghana with their legs. Or those who were deported and can never leave Nigeria.

2. Those who don't want you to leave, they come here and reate threads ltellimg you how there is no green grass over there and how hard life is ther with all the taxes but they will never return to Nigeria.

These 2 categories of people are demons avoid them

neutralmind:


Some people just don't like the abroad lifestyle, weather and way of life so they will rather stay here in Nigeria and live a comfortable life.

I know people who genuinely do not wish to japa and they have the resources to do so.

inoki247:
Lol all this Japa things are jus Noise give alll Nigerian Visa to leave the country you will be surprised half of the Citizens won't leave...


With all the Noise people wey dey leave the Country yearly no reach 10m..


Na SM just dey make the noise plenty people don dey Japa since the 80s through illegal route na bkuz say people are taking the legal route more na why he dey be like say people plenty....

Nigerians wey dey Japa yearly no even plenty reach reach Mexican wey dey run enter USA wey dem share border with....


Nigerians in UK no plenty reach half of Indian and Chinese wey dey UK still na our noise plenty pass...

chinchum:
people leaving annually is not up to 500,000.

inoki247:



I know say na Noise go any country even Africa countries Na Chinese and India get citizens pass for dere nd we no hear any Noise....


Even ordinary Ghana derr China has the highest number of documented citizens more than Nigeria na only undocumented we fit use beat them....

Jamigori:
This is why I don't like the Pan African movement. Most have their kids in developed countries while discouraging others from leaving.

mbaise1000:
I remember that the first time I left nigeria for France years back I didn't even know that there is something like Snow, I left Lagos on a January 4th wearing only one jean and ordinary shirt with 2 extra trousers and shirts to Paris without jacket, I came out of the airport and rushed back in again, I didn't die, I survived, my point is that anyone who want to make a move of life mustn't depend on what anyone is saying, there are always room for mistakes as long as we learn from them, I am not saying it's wrong seeking information but there are times when you need to do THINGS your own way, that someone didn't succeed in something doesn't mean you will not succeed in them, man's greatest enemy is fear, conquer fear and you are a successful person

Jamigori:
This is why I don't like the Pan African movement. Most have their kids in developed countries while discouraging others from leaving.

Gerrard59:

Additionally, THERE IS NO NIGERIAN ELITE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A SECOND CITIZENSHIP OR CHILDREN ARE PREPPED TO OBTAIN ONE Apart from skit makers who are new in the game, no notable comedian's wife birthed in Nigeria. ALL gave birth in the US, thereby making their children Americans. The same applies to musicians. It is the reason I am pissed when wicked misfits constantly vagabond this section opening their smelly mouth waaaaaa chanting that young people should not japa. You mean like Akin Alabi who hustled in the UK? Don Jazzy, who did the same? DBanj, whose dad is an ex-military officer that did the same? Mike Adenuga, who rode taxi in the US? What about Banky W whose mom worked in ExxonMobil, gave birth to him in the US and he studied at Corona Schools, the same school Osibanjo studied? Only for him to come and lie that his parents struggled, which is why they rented a flat in Yaba during the '70s. You mean the same Yaba that was home to the then middle class? Or him being a Nigerian-American married to Adesuwa, a British-Nigerian? Or his friend, the pilot, a Canadian-Nigerian who is married to Toolz, daughter of the Oniru of Lekki, who is a British-Nigerian? Or her friend Stephanie Coker, a British-Nigerian, who is married to the younger brother of the co-founder of GTB, who too is a British-Nigerian? Or Mo Abudu who is a American/British-Nigerian and son studied at Duke University? Or her erstwhile employee presenter Zainab Balogun, another British-Nigerian who married an American-Nigerian? Or the other erstwhile employee I used to crush on - Cynthia Kamalu, who married a Nigerian-American? Or Iyin Aboyeji, whose wife is an American citizen, and father worked at ExxonMobil and whose sister studied in the UK? Or Hakeem-Bello, whose daughter studied at Harvard and Stanford and ALL members of his family are dual nationals between the UK and US? Or Nnamdi Kanu who is a British-Nigerian? Or Sunday Igboho who is a German citizen or Sowore who is an American citizen?

C'mon!

There is no Nigerian elite, dead or alive, that does not or did not have a second passport to ease travel whether for leisure or business or academic-related events. I have stated it recently that visa free access is hinged on wealth not race. The reason the olodos on Twitter think it is race is that sub-Saharan Africa is home to the largest number of black people, and as a result, many black Africans are denied visas. Even at that, citizens from countries like Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and even far-flung black-dominated places like Bahamas, Bermuda and Barbados don't face similar scrutiny as their contemporaries in sub-Saharan Africa. Have you seen African Americans complained that they were denied visas because of their skin colour? Are they not black people too? But woke olodos on Twitter don't understand simple economics, the reason they spend time chanting and whining that bOrDeRs ArE rAcIsT. As if they would offer unfettered access to a poor black stranger instead of Elon Musk. Except you want to have hope that sub-Saharan countries would be as rich as Malaysia before her citizens begin to enjoy visa-free travel.

As for returning to Nigeria, trust me, many would return. One reason many would return is the weather. The new wave of emigres lived in the tropics for at least 25 years, so it won't be easy to adjust to temperate climates. My friend in Canada complains about the same thing. She told me clearly "once I attain citizenship status and the passport, G59, I am out of this place". Again, the vast majority of Nigerian elites once worked or studied abroad. From Tayo who is Paga CEO (has American citizenship) to Segun Agbaje who also studied and worked in the US to Emi Lokan and many many others. What about Okechukwu Enelamah who studied Medicine at UNN and did his MBA at Harvard? He co-founded African Capital Alliance, Nigeria's first private equity firm. Ibe Kachikwu nko? Studied Law at UNN and went to Harvard for his MSc and PhD? There is even one I used to admire who studied at Cambridge University and started his consulting business in Lagos. He, too, just like his contemporaries, is a British-Nigerian. One might say Northern elites don't do the same. That is a very big fat lie! Which child of any Northern elite studied in Nigeria? Sanusi's children studied in the UK ditto for El-Rufai's. What about Buhari? He claimed to be poor before the 2015 elections. However, ALL his children studied in the UK. Do poor people's children study in the UK? Esp when they did not attend top schools that have lot of scholarships to offer? Let's not even go to the south, where Amaechi's son is in Canada or Okorocha's son who finished from University of Manchester?

The effects of having a second and, most importantly, a strong passport cannot be over-emphasised. To buttress it, before 2010, Nigerians could travel to 76 countries without obtaining a visa. Ten years later, it plunged to 46. What do the next ten years hold? DrCheif on Twitter narrated his experience when he visited one African country. Upon the usual show me your passport, he showed the official a Nigerian passport. Even though it is visa-free for Nigerians (e fit don change sef), the official dilly-dallied. As time was going, Cheif brought out his American passport and showed the official. What did the official say? "You should have brought this out in the first place". Today, Cheif stays in Ghana.

lawani:
There are hundreds of thousands of US citizens in Nigeria most of whom are Nigerians with US citizenship. They relocated to Nigeria to work here after spending years in the USA. So things are not always as they seem. Indians, Japanese, Germans, British are all here with some working in Nigerian private companies or in companies they co founded with Nigerians. Not to talk of Lebanese, Indians, Chinese and etc and all this while young Nigerians spend millions to japa. Some Lebanese who came to Lagos penniless ten years ago are now multi millionaires using their brains and they are young men too. To each his or her own or as the saying goes 'To every Mallam his kettle!'.

elijah101:
Me I sha want to get the second citizenship , so I can come back and tell you all that you don't need it ..

shegzhkn:
Lol, why can't all this people then build a functioning society to preclude young people from traveling to distant shores.
They have opinion on everything but can do almost nothing, he is screaming about brain drain when infact the western world did not want you. Use those damn intellect to build a working society.
You've got over 200M population and no matter how folks travel out of the country you will always have more 95% back home, work with that. Nigerian don't even travel that much.

lastkingsman:


Nice write up. But why the crush on Cynthia Kamalu? Lol

lawani:


Dual citizenship is something that should not be. It makes no sense. You need only one citizenship and in other places you can be an expatriate (migrant worker).

LionInZion:


Care to explain why you think dual citizenship is useless? Have you ever been limited or denied an opportunity because you only have a Nigerian passport? If dual citizenship is so useless, do you think people will be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars or spending years in a country they don't really like or even marrying someone they don't really like just to acquire it?

Gerrard59:
Just to state it here, anyone who tells you dual nationality should not be, even when the person is in Canada, hustling for women with residency to marry him should be avoided. You need to have dual nationality to access most good jobs these days. If na lie, ask your tech bros who have fled as na major way to get good jobs in their industry. In the long run, dual nationality gives one stability in one's career.

lawani:
There are hundreds of thousands of US citizens in Nigeria most of whom are Nigerians with US citizenship. They relocated to Nigeria to work here after spending years in the USA. So things are not always as they seem. Indians, Japanese, Germans, British are all here with some working in Nigerian private companies or in companies they co founded with Nigerians. Not to talk of Lebanese, Indians, Chinese and etc and all this while young Nigerians spend millions to japa. Some Lebanese who came to Lagos penniless ten years ago are now multi millionaires using their brains and they are young men too. To each his or her own or as the saying goes 'To every Mallam his kettle!'.

ednut1:
the lebanese have a strong community in Nigeria with ties to politics in north and south. They are also using their skin colour privilege as we see foreigners as gods here. Even a Nigerian raised in uk or usa with accent has privileges over the average Nigerian, they get roles in media, radio station, hospitality or are used for the aesthetics, accent equals elitism/ class in Nigeria .An unknown indian, chinese or lebanese will get contracts or license for something over an average Nigerian with no connection. This analogy no follow.