THE NIGERIAN CRAZE OF LIVING ABROAD

Hello guys,

I hope the new year is treating you well thus far. Firstly, I must apologize for being MIA for the past couple of days. Sadly, I was down with travelers diarrhea after returning from a trip to Dubai with my family.

I feel much better now and to be honest, I am kind of glad nature assisted as a purgative for all the “ijekuje” I ate whilst abroad.

Obviously, my trip is what inspired today’s post because it reminded me of when I was much younger and people would apply for an American Visa Lottery and literally spend their last in hopes of going to the land of “greener pastures” where they ignorantly believe manner falls from heaven.

It was and still is a bad story because we presently still have horrendous cases where people die trying to cross the Sahara desert in order to get into Europe or even go to the extent of selling their kidney just to raise enough money to pay for their ticket and visa.

Bear in mind that a large chunk of these people probably do not even have family, friends or even acquaintances in this so called “greener pastures” which they are clamoring to go to. So they most likely have no means of survival whatsoever when they successfully arrive but for whatever reason, they assume life abroad (outside Nigeria) should automatically be better than life in Nigeria. Even if it means being illegal in a foreign country.

You have cases where some Nigerians who finally made it into the foreign country they fought so hard to get into would be working miniature jobs like washing plates, mortuary attendants, cleaning toilets and what have you all to make ends meet. These are the kind of jobs they would never in their wildest dreams consider to do if they were living in Nigeria.

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http://alocovivavoce.com/2016/01/20/the-nigerian-craze-of-living-abroad/