Jay

I don’t think some of you get it. Nigeria has to work. It is a matter of national urgency. If you have been applying for visas or have friends who have been applying, you’ll know that it has now become 10 times harder than it used to be. Schools abroad are refunding Nigerian prospective students after offering them conditional admission. Embassies are denying visas anyhow, as though that has now become the norm. Your POF and all the necessary requirements are no longer enough. Fees are now so high that people cannot even afford to pay them. Let me burst your bubbles. Do you know that just a few years ago, it was very possible to move to the UK through the student route for less than ₦4 million? Today, you need between ₦30 million and ₦50 million to move. There was a time when moving to the UK used to be relatively easy. Now, even with your ₦40 million to ₦60 million, there is still no guarantee, especially with the recent increase in UK visa refusals. Just yesterday, there was new immigration news in the UK, and it wasn’t exactly good news for Nigerians who are already there. Nigeria has to work! It must work. It is not normal for people to be running away from their home country. It is even worse that it has now become incredibly difficult to escape from this hell. This is aside from the ridiculous amounts of money people lose in the process of applying for visas, only to end up being denied. Too difficult to live in, too difficult to leave. This is the legacy of APC and Tinubu. I don’t exactly understand why we still need to campaign for Peter Obi two months before the election for some of you to realise that he is the best candidate among the aspirants who can deliver you from the mess you are currently in. If we vote for a good candidate like PO, not only will moving abroad likely become cheaper and getting a visa easier, but many of you will no longer see the need to move out because who wants to leave a country that works? Nobody! We are in November, and the election is in January. You have no idea of the danger we are all in until we fumble that election and hand APC another victory. Nigeria has to work because, as things stand, you are trapped here! You are currently in hell.