User talk:Godwin Aigbe

The grim reality of going abroad

The grim reality of going abroad is an article about people aspiring to travel abroad either to settle for good or those travelling out of the country because of the economic situation in their home country. The article will unfold the untold story about the life in abroad (UK), life in Nigeria and what people ought to know and expect before making plans to travel abroad. It will also serve as a deterrent to people wasting their time, effort and money (people selling their properties-Homes and landed properties) all in the name of travelling abroad. This article will be focusing on what both the government and the people will do to remove this obsession of going abroad as the only way to successful life. It will also focus on the steps government will take to absorb and utilize the vast majority of labour/work force in the country and attempt to proffer solution to these problems, thereby adding to the economic value of the country simply by retaining its labour/work force in the country, attracting people from other country to invest both their human and financial resources in the country.

I had a very tough and unpleasant experience when I immigrated to the UK simply because I had little or no glimpse of the actual reality or the life in UK. I had a very high expectation with respect to what I wanted to achieve but the reality did not adequately and sufficiently match my expectations. I had too much expectations about UK but my expectations were not met at the end of the day hence too many disappointments cropped in my life. There are still so many people out there who are so ignorant about this and still thinking travelling abroad is the only and best option for them, hence can do everything it takes to travel abroad. Most people go to the extent of selling their family homes, landed properties or even giving up their jobs just to travel abroad, but the grim reality is different. This article should deter people from having the constant obsession about going abroad as the only and best option in life. This article has also identify government failings in utilizing its labour/work force in the country who are the main subject of this article, and how the government can make amend and harness this human resources to improve its economic growth. Nigeria as a country has the capacity to retain its labour/work force, all the government needs is to embark on massive job creation to absorb and accommodate these labour/work force in the country. Through this article, the Nigeria government should see the urgent need to embark on massive job creation and encourage the private companies to follow suit to engage the work force that are wasting away in the country.