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Mancala:
OP, here's my advice to you. Make your decision and don't look back. Whatever your decision may be, don't look back! Stick with it and work hard at it. I know a gentleman who is a finance director for a blue chip company in Nigeria. He is doing very well in Nigeria and earns significant renumeration like you. He sought my advice about emigrating to the U.S. about 8 years ago and I let him know that he will not get the same position in the U.S. as he has in Nigeria, but lots of job opportunities abound and he will probably earn six figure USD salaries after a few years. I said if he is willing to live with that, he should make the move. He decided not to. Last month, he told me on the phone that he regrets not making the move back then. He said back then emigration was all about the allure and dazzle of foreign countries pulling Nigerians to leave. Now, it is the situation in Nigeria pushing people to leave. He is emotionally invested in Nigeria and thus is really depressed that his country is pushing him out. In the last 2 years, he said there have been 3 kidnap attempts on his immediate family and that he has had to pay ransome for 2 extended family members. He is moving his immediate family first to his house in Ghana then he will figure out what to do next. He was lamenting that he really cant live life the way he likes because it attracts negative attention with ill effects.

I am not advocating for you to leave or one way or the other. All I'm saying is make a decision and move on. My friend is clinically depressed because he keeps looking back and regretting his decision. He neglects to see how much God has blessed him in Nigeria since he decided to stay and that he still has options. Anyway, good luck in whatever path you take.

l have a mutual friend in almost similar scenario you painted in your post, but no kidnapping involved in his case but robbers attacked him and his family in lagos, he is also full of regrets because he asked for advice from me around 2010 and I told him to leave Nigeria without looking back but he was not willing, he is among the "NO PLACE LIKE HOME CREW GANG & l AM NOT READY TO LIVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND NIGERIA GO BETTER " but as at one month ago, he moved to Mauritius and he said he will figure out what next to do, he doesn't qualify for both the Canadian and Australian skilled workers program because of his age, the insecurity alone in Nigeria is terrible

Mancala:
Yes, it is tough right now, but only for a season. Trust me on this, it will be relatively easier sometime in the future. Nigerians just need to be patient and wait out this "storm in a teacup". That is the beauty of the American political system; it takes a very long time to effect permanent change. Things will swing back in the other direction soon enough.

You are Spot on but only if Owelle Chukwuemeka olusegun yakubu Donald Trump finishes his term in office and maybe Democrats are back to power if not, koboko wielding Trump is not ready to back down on migrants issues, he is ready to continue with what this pictures depicts below on immigrants

AngelicBeing:
l have a mutual friend in almost similar scenario you painted in your post, but no kidnapping involved in his case but robbers attacked him and his family in lagos, he is also full of regrets because he asked for advice from me around 2010 and I told him to leave Nigeria without looking back but he was not willing, he is among the "NO PLACE LIKE HOME CREW GANG & l AM NOT READY TO LIVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND NIGERIA GO BETTER " but as at one month ago, he moved to Mauritius and he said he will figure out what next to do, he doesn't qualify for both the Canadian and Australian skilled workers program because of his age, the insecurity alone in Nigeria is terrible

The scariest part about the insecurity in Nigeria is that you can't trust anybody, even your own family members. A situation where relatives provide information to terrorists so that they can share in the takings. And If you pay the ransome, they will target you again in the future knowing that you have the money to pay. My buddy is worried sick about his children. He no longer has a driver or house help and the neighborhood he lives in contributes money and they have a police van permanently stationed on their street in addition to OPC guards. I personally love Nigeria, but this is a bit much to bear.

AngelicBeing:
You are Spot on but only if Owelle Chukwuemeka olusegun yakubu Donald Trump finishes his term in office and maybe Democrats are back to power if not, koboko wielding Trump is not ready to back down on migrants issues, he is ready to continue with what this pictures depicts below on immigrants

GrandMaster Trump will leave one day, either in 2020 or 2024. He can't turn back the current demographic trend of ethnic minorities growing quickly into the majority. And I say this once in a while and people laugh at me, but ......Nigeria has a diviine lien on the U.S., we just need to be patient A workman is worthy of his or her pay. That payday is coming soon!

Mancala:
GrandMaster Trump will leave one day, either in 2020 or 2024. He can't turn back the current demographic trend of ethnic minorities growing quickly into the majority. And I say this once in a while and people laugh at me, but ......Nigeria has a diviine lien on the U.S., we just need to be patient A workman is worthy of his or her pay. That payday is coming soon!

lol!...please what does that mean

Beautyaddy:
lol!...please what does that mean

May sound corny and I may be crazy to say this out loud, but our fore fathers were workmen worthy of their wages. Take it for what it's worth, there are strong divine principles regarding recompense and it shall surely come to pass. I always thought folks that championed reparations were wishful thinkers but have come to realize that there is definitely something there. Germany is quietly paying reparations to the Jews; they know something most don't know having dabbled strongly in the spiritual during the time of Hitler. Reparations are the easy way out for America. If something isn't done, the offspring of the servant shall become the Master. Those in the know understand.

Please stay

Mancala:
May sound corny and I may be crazy to say this out loud, but our fore fathers were workmen worthy of their wages. Take it for what it's worth, there are strong divine principles regarding recompense and it shall surely come to pass. I always thought folks that championed reparations were wishful thinkers but have come to realize that there is definitely something there. Germany is quietly paying reparations to the Jews; they know something most don't know having dabbled strongly in the spiritual during the time of Hitler. Reparations are the easy way out for America. If something isn't done, the offspring of the servant shall become the Master. Those in the know understand.

Hmmmm, more like the law of retributive justice falling on the USA.