I read a post where someone who claims to have a sum of money worth 3 million naira needed advice about what to do with it and from what I read, the best advice that his friends could provide was that he gets a visa and migrate to a European country and start a new life!!
To start a new life as what I wondered?
A street sweeper or some dish washer in a local restaurant or the bar man in some liquor store?
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Are there absolutely no more businesses that one can venture into in Nigeria and double three million in two years??
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Three million is barely worth a dime in an European economy but here in Nigeria, that amount can cover a lot of grounds if one is reasonably frugal. What Happened to setting up a business and being an employer of labour and growing the economy while you smile to the bank.
Why would I want to sacrifice a latent business capital to embark on an unsure trip to a place where nobody knows me and nobody cares.
Has migration become the best and most risk free investment opportunity for Africans. Is the situation really that bad?
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That was quite a disturbing observation and a shocking revelation and I'm compelled to say this but it's the fact! The problem of Nigeria lies more with the mindset of it's people than the government that we love to blame.
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This isn't to say I may not consider an opportunity if I'm granted to migrate to Europe, Asia or someplace different from and better than Africa but I may only regard such an offer when it is being offered at no personal cost and when the prospects of the life I will be living beyond the shores of Nigeria sufficiently brighter that I can clearly see it just standing from here.
I rest my case!
