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Japa: “I Support Bill Gates’s Opinion”- Obi
Japa: “I Support Bill Gates’s Opinion”- Obi
Mr. Peter Obi, the candidate for the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, has praised the “JAPA” movement, which sees Nigerians leaving their home nation in search of better opportunities overseas. He claims that this movement will be good for Nigeria’s future.
The former governor of Anambra, who received a tonne of support from Nigerians during the just finished electioneering campaign for being “a prudent and incorrupt politician,” claimed that tomorrow’s brain gain for Nigeria will be caused by today’s brain loss.
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Ex-governor Obi, in a series of tweets, Thursday, supported Bill Gates’s opinion on the migration wave hitting Nigeria, noting in the tweet that “Nigerians leaving the country will be critical in the building of the New Nigeria”.
The Issues I mentioned Year-ago still Exist in Nigeria.
“I read and agree with Bill Gates’s recent comment on the ‘japa syndrome, where, according to reports, he stated that the recent surge of Nigerian professionals leaving the country for greener pastures is good and healthy for our country.”
Japa: “I Support Bill Gates’s Opinion”- Obi
Obi noted that “I have always preached and maintained this same position that our brain drain today will be our brain gain tomorrow’.”
“Nigerians leaving the country may look like a loss today, but when we start doing the right things and taking the governance of our nation more seriously, the knowledge and resources from them will be critical in the building of the New Nigeria, as it happened in China, India, Ireland, and other developing countries,” Peter Obi noted.
Peter Obi’s comments come on the heels of a clarification by the British Envoy to Nigeria on the UK visa policy believed to be targeted at Nigerian students who depart the country in droves with their families.
