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opera1:
Your number 2 point is totally false as no medical Dr earn 250k.

I usually do not have time to argue with people who are too lazy or docile to carry out simple research.

It is obvious that Nigeria as a country has lost most of her best brains to the economies of other countries in Europe, North America, Australia, and even Asia. Every year, seasoned professionals leave in droves in what we normally call the 'Japa Syndrome'. Many brilliant medical practitioners, bright engineers, wonderful accountants, astute technicians, and outstanding educators have left. They did not leave because they hated Nigeria, but they did not want to get stuck in an environment where their skills and expertise are usually rewarded with peanuts.

If you don't want a tree to grow, you must start from the roots, and not the trunk, branches, leaves, or fruits. This is the case with Nigeria and the Japa Syndrome. Whenever the government want to fight a problem, they start from the trunk, branches, leaves, and fruits, instead of the roots. Spending huge amounts of funds on Anti-Japa programmes on National TV and radio will never solve the issue. Making long speeches and organising endless seminars will never solve the problem.
The brain drain and japa syndrome will continue in Nigeria due to the following reasons:

1. The 'Stay back and build Nigeria' is an illusion. It is easy to ask Nigerian youths to stay back and build Nigeria, but the young ones are not blind. They can clearly see how the people who keep telling them to stay back and build are coordinating themselves and the affairs of the country. Public officials embezzle outrageous amounts of funds meant for development and nothing is done. In fact, they still contest elections and force themselves into elective offices, and you still expect the youths to stay back and build? Build on what exactly? Isn't it pure madness that the people who control the resources to build are squandering the same resources, while still asking young people to stay back and build?

2. Better renumeration in the western world: I have seen highly skilled individuals in Nigeria receiving peanuts as salaries. Imagine a medical doctor, after years of strenuous training receiving 250k as salary! A data scientist receiving 120k as salary! A seasoned teacher with an MEd receiving 80k as salary. If these people don't leave, they might continue to go round in the vicious circle that has been created by the system and die wretched. The authorities do not care!

3. The increasing level of insecurity in the country : There are a lot of Nigerians who relocated, and others who are planning to relocate, not because of increase in pay or making more money, but to be in an environment where they can move freely at anytime of the day without fear of being kidnapped or killed by terrorists. It is as terrible as that. People can no longer move freely from Benin to Lagos, from Onitsha to Ondo, from Katsina to Abuja, from Kogi to Osun. It is a huge slap on Nigeria as a country. It is a core duty of the government to protect its citizens, and not the other way round. If you don't know this as an adult, your education is a total waste!

4. Better education for their children : The educational system in Nigeria needs total overhauling. What Nigeria currently has is a carade. It is a caricature of education. An education that teaches children what to think instead of how to think is a huge problem. Many Nigerians want better education for their children, so moving out becomes non-negotiable. The policy makers are more concerned with changing the NYSC uniform to Ankara!

5. Ridiculously low human capital development : Real development goes beyond construction of coastal roads. What is real development? Real development is what the average citizen does, what he earns in a month, and the things that his earnings can fetch for him in the market. That is where you start from. That is human capital development. That must come first before we begin to talk about other things like coastal roads and the rest. You put the horse before the cart, and not the other way round. What concerns the average Chinedu, Aliyu, Adewale, or Rukevwe with coastal roads when he has no light to power his small business? You can only transport goods through coastal roads if you are producing. Is the environment conducive to produce? The government focuses more on survival than on human capital development.

Last take: I have chosen not to be politically right. And it is deliberate, because I have observed that things go astray because many of us always want to be politically right. We see spades, and call them spoons. Before you argue with me, go and do a thorough research on the Social Contract of modern nations. You will discover that there are so many areas your government cheats you on. Providing security and a conducive environment for economic activities is not and has never been your duty. Most people are just politically miseducated.

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It is obvious that Nigeria as a country has lost most of her best brains to the economies of other countries in Europe, North America, Australia, and even Asia. Every year, seasoned professionals leave in droves in what we normally call the 'Japa Syndrome'. Many brilliant medical practitioners, bright engineers, wonderful accountants, astute technicians, and outstanding educators have left. They did not leave because they hated Nigeria, but they did not want to get stuck in an environment where their skills and expertise are usually rewarded with peanuts.

If you don't want a tree to grow, you must start from the roots, and not the trunk, branches, leaves, or fruits. This is the case with Nigeria and the Japa Syndrome. Whenever the government want to fight a problem, they start from the trunk, branches, leaves, and fruits, instead of the roots. Spending huge amounts of funds on Anti-Japa programmes on National TV and radio will never solve the issue. Making long speeches and organising endless seminars will never solve the problem.
The brain drain and japa syndrome will continue in Nigeria due to the following reasons:

1. The 'Stay back and build Nigeria' is an illusion. It is easy to ask Nigerian youths to stay back and build Nigeria, but the young ones are not blind. They can clearly see how the people who keep telling them to stay back and build are coordinating themselves and the affairs of the country. Public officials embezzle outrageous amounts of funds meant for development and nothing is done. In fact, they still contest elections and force themselves into elective offices, and you still expect the youths to stay back and build? Build on what exactly? Isn't it pure madness that the people who control the resources to build are squandering the same resources, while still asking young people to stay back and build?

2. Better renumeration in the western world: I have seen highly skilled individuals in Nigeria receiving peanuts as salaries. Imagine a medical doctor, after years of strenuous training receiving 250k as salary! A data scientist receiving 120k as salary! A seasoned teacher with an MEd receiving 80k as salary. If these people don't leave, they might continue to go round in the vicious circle that has been created by the system and die wretched. The authorities do not care!

3. The increasing level of insecurity in the country : There are a lot of Nigerians who relocated, and others who are planning to relocate, not because of increase in pay or making more money, but to be in an environment where they can move freely at anytime of the day without fear of being kidnapped or killed by terrorists. It is as terrible as that. People can no longer move freely from Benin to Lagos, from Onitsha to Ondo, from Katsina to Abuja, from Kogi to Osun. It is a huge slap on Nigeria as a country. It is a core duty of the government to protect its citizens, and not the other way round. If you don't know this as an adult, your education is a total waste!

4. Better education for their children : The educational system in Nigeria needs total overhauling. What Nigeria currently has is a carade. It is a caricature of education. An education that teaches children what to think instead of how to think is a huge problem. Many Nigerians want better education for their children, so moving out becomes non-negotiable. The policy makers are more concerned with changing the NYSC uniform to Ankara!

5. Ridiculously low human capital development : Real development goes beyond construction of coastal roads. What is real development? Real development is what the average citizen does, what he earns in a month, and the things that his earnings can fetch for him in the market. That is where you start from. That is human capital development. That must come first before we begin to talk about other things like coastal roads and the rest. You put the horse before the cart, and not the other way round. What concerns the average Chinedu, Aliyu, Adewale, or Rukevwe with coastal roads when he has no light to power his small business? You can only transport goods through coastal roads if you are producing. Is the environment conducive to produce? The government focuses more on survival than on human capital development.

Last take: I have chosen not to be politically right. And it is deliberate, because I have observed that things go astray because many of us always want to be politically right. We see spades, and call them spoons. Before you argue with me, go and do a thorough research on the Social Contract of modern nations. You will discover that there are so many areas your government cheats you on. Providing security and a conducive environment for economic activities is not and has never been your duty. Most people are just politically miseducated.

Kingrshd3:
Same way many white too are running down here them fullll Ikoyi and vi for here make u shut up.

All country have their ups and downs and no where is heaven and no grass is greener than d other side

You are definitely the one that needs to shut up and hide your face. I have already gotten the evidence that stands as the background of your warped thinking, so I do not need to debate with you anymore, because your opinion has nothing to do with intelligence or experience, but laced with ethnic and partisan politics. Don't mention me again. Rubbish.

Chucks13:
I dnt understand how this is my concern if I'm not mistaken.

The thread is not for everyone. If you are a Gen Z, you can swerve! We don't need you here.

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This man made our childhood fun!

YoungBlackRico:
What exactly is the purpose of the writeup?

What exactly is your purpose on this thread?

Kingrshd3:
Yet many Nigerians too are making money and excelling in same economy many are complaining abt

I can clearly see why you think the way you think. I am not surprised. People who support incompetent government always find a way of supporting incompetence.

I have attached a screenshot of the certificate of your promotion of incompetence.

Kingrshd3:
Yet many Nigerians too are making money and excelling in same economy many are complaining abt

Some of you need to separate sentiments and emotions when you analyse issues. What do you mean by 'many'? Why are the young people in your country running to Europe and America? Why is there a brain drain in Nigeria? If the so-called 'many' people are making money as you and your likes with warped mentality think, why is Nigeria experiencing brain drain? You must not try to be politically correct while calling a spade a spoon.

GodHimself:
Education trains you to see opportunities that remain invisible to the untrained eye.

Quietly say to yourself: "From this moment onward, I take full responsibility for my own education."

Within you is an inner faculty of learning. It costs nothing, never stops listening, and comes alive the moment you make a clear, unwavering decision to learn.

Thank you for your comment, but take note that I am not jobless. I am a project manager with years of experience. I only wrote this piece for millions of young people in Nigeria who are unemployed.

28-year-old ATM fraudster who has been defrauding members of the public for sometime was apprehended in Benin-City, Edo State yesterday. He was thoroughly beaten by members of the community and was asked to dance and twerk while a DJ played popular Nigerian songs for him.

Video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEYrjqIgd6E

Nigerian thief instructed to twerk after he was caught stealing pic.twitter.com/5jCq6TMh6a

— Gossip Mill Nigeria (@GossipMillNaija) July 1, 2026

Wickedfacts:
And your own brain cannot think at all.

Look at them. Descendants or Judas Iscariot. Dishonest souls. Fraudulent behaviour is in their blood.
Hand touch am, e deny him tribe sharply.

Whatever you have typed are on you and your family.

Wickedfacts:
You see the funny thing with Igbos, they always find a way to blame others for the results of their own mischief.

This one is saying they shouldn't invest in Nigeria because Enugu state which is in his own region couldn't be sensible enough to buy firetrucks.

Swerve! Anyone who criticizes the government is Igbo to you. That is how far your brain can think.

PulaPower:
Just say they shouldn’t come to SE. Well, anybody coming to Nigeria don’t usually pick SE as first choice..

There are fire fighters in my own state here. The joke is on you..

You are already a joke for quoting me.

Most Nigerians do not realize how poor minimum wage is in Nigeria. Many Nigerians call countries like Albania, Armenia, Vietnam, Cambodia, etc poor countries, but let us be sincere for once. Are citizens of those countries not possessing more purchasing power than Nigerians? It is just like a wretched man calling a man who is not that buoyant 'broke'. Now let us look at this.

1. Minimum wage in Albania (517 USD) - that's about N710, 854 per month

2. Minimum wage in Afghanistan (80 USD) - that's about N109, 996 per month. Imagine Afghanistan!

I do not even want to go further. The truth is that most of the countries Nigerians call 'poor' are doing better than Nigeria. Gospel truth! No sentiment or emotion!

Even with the poor renumeration that people experience in Nigeria, millions of young people are jobless.

1. As a jobless folk in Nigeria, the authority gives you absolutely nothing to alleviate your condition.

2. As a jobless folk, you still have to pay bills and purchase everything you need down to spoons and plates.

3. As a jobless folk, people mock you for being jobless and see you as an NFA (No Future Ambition), as if you are comfortable being jobless. They do not see the internal struggles, depression, and pains.

The same government that subjects citizens to such undesirable type of life spends heavily on sponsoring religious people to Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem. The same government spends huge amounts of funds rehabilitating 'repentant terrorists' that have caused destruction of lives and properties. The same government spends billions of Naira to renovate 'ghost structures'. The same government has failed to invest in education, science and technology.

If Nigeria was a working country, so-called social media influencers like VeryDarkMan, Harrison Gwamnishu (the so-called ransom facilitator) and Ghe Ghe (or whatever he calls himself) would not be in existence.

We always tend to be politically right all the time. It is a huge problem.

Nigerian workers are among the poorest in the world. You can take it to the bank!

Segzy19:
Lol! That will further make them lazy....
That's what they want.... Handouts from the government. They can't think, they can't work....

I tell you! That R350 goes for alcohol

Face your own country. Can your government do that for its citizens?

For those of you living abroad that are being pressured to return to Nigeria and invest, I hope you are seeing this? No fire service yet the government officials live luxury lifestyles.

The federal government could not sponsor International STEM Olympiad students to Italy, but they could sponsor pilgrims to Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem, wasting huge amount of money on religious trash. It was Alex Onyia, a private citizen that sponsored the students to Rome, and ignorant people kept blabbing about tribe. Alex is from Enugu State. Why didn't your own state government sponsor students from your state? Or you expect Alex to sponsor students from your state while your governor waste money on paying ransom to terrorists?

You wey dey Europe, Australia, USA, Canada, if you like make you nor use your sense. Allow them to deceive you back to Nigeria.

The Chief Executive Officer of Educare, Alex Onyia, has announced publicly that he would be sponsoring three students and two teachers to represent Nigeria in the International STEM Olympiad in Rome, Italy. The students are Chimdiebube Onwubiko, Egejurum Onyedikachi, and Don Anele Munachimso.

According to Onyia, he has paid for all expenses for the trip, adding that all visas have been issued and all arrangements have been made The students will represent Nigeria in the Mathematics and Science categories of the International STEM Olympiad and will compete alongside 154 other countries

Source: https://www.legit.ng/people/1716333-educare-ceo-sponsor-3-students-rome-represent-nigeria-international-stem-olympiad/

Fkforyou:
Gen Z parents would have said he was abusive to their child.

Lucky him that this all happened in the 80s where communal harmony was still a thing.

kudos to the OP for celebrating him also.

I am telling you. Today, you cannot correct a child in the presence or absence of the parents. They will see you as an enemy. That is why many children behave badly today.

This is the new uniform for NYSC members.

Green is for 1st Class graduates.
Red is for 2.1 graduates
Yellow is for 2.2 graduates
While Black is for 3rd Class graduates.

PlasmaTV:
Silly, juvenile, and boring joke.

I know 3rd Class graduates won't be comfortable with the post.

Kdon2:
Very poor joke ☹️

Okay. You can now swerve!

A Nigeria man, Olanubi Akolade Taiwo has shared an emotional and touching message of gratitude to a man who he said stood as a father to them while they were growing up in Ibadan in the 80s.

This is what people born in the 70s and 80s can relate to. We had people who saw that we didn't go astray. Men and women of high discipline. Today, such cannot be said. It is now impossible to correct a child without the parents raising eyebrows. Even if a child is doing something terrible, you dare not scold the child, else you attract the anger of the parents. Gone are the days!

Parents go to the children's school to fight teachers for scolding their child. Mothers look at the adults who caution their badly behaved children with bombastic side-eyes. It is a crazy world.

edogu:
I don't think the above information is true. Moreover, it's wrong to allocate uniform based on grade.

Can't you see it is a joke? Why did I post it in Jokes section in the first place? Na everything una dey take seriously.

Kdon2:
This is misinformation please. Don't mislead the public

And you can see clearly that it was posted in Jokes section. Abi you just want to talk. Can't you see it is a joke for entertainment?

This is the proposed new NYSC uniforms that will take effect from October, 2026. Take note of the different categories.

The GREEN uniform is for those that graduated with First Class.

The REd uniform is for those that graduated with 2.1

The YELLOW uniform is for those that graduated with 2.2

And the BLACK uniform is for those that graduated with 3rd Class.

Recent graduates and final year students take note.

Cc: Seun Mynd44 Lalasticlala Nlfpmod OAM4J Dominique Fergie001

Kendollar696:
On what bases ah beg,
Make we know the len we are using....

Make person no use HIV lens

Lol. You dey funny walai.

elpochas:
Brazil is the odd one here because they are the only one that have a World cup Medal.

The answer has nothing to do with football or sports.

SixSeven:
India is Asian. Has no strong connection with Nigerians like Ghana and Brazil even though they are in South America but we have strong ties with them.

Three of the countries can play ball except India

I burst into laughter when I saw this comment. Very funny.