Japa: Nigerians Go Abroad To Do Jobs They Reject In Nigeria – Remi Tinubu
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has criticised citizens to go abroad to developed countries, to accept jobs they have refused to do in Nigeria.
She stated this when the three Lagos senators – Adetokunbo Abiru, Wasiu Eshinlokun Sanni and Ranti Idiat Adebule – paid her a courtesy visit at the State House, Abuja.
Senator Tinubu said this when speaking about the need for Nigerians to help one another at home, adding that the government cannot solve all the problems, but the rich can wake up to help the needy for the betterment of all.
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The mass exodus of Nigerians leaving the country to seek greener pastures in the developed countries of Europe, North America and even Asia, popularly known Japa, has been on the increase in the past few years following worsening insecurity, rising unemployment, and generally high costs of living.
The Migration Information Data Analysis System (MIDAS), showed that about 2, 115, 139 persons emigrated from Nigeria in 2022, while 1, 574, 357 left the country from January to September 31,2023, making it a total of 3,679, 496 that have left Nigeria in the last two years.
“Look at all those people saying they are going to Japa, they go there. What work are you going to do? You know, work that you refused to do at home where you have loved ones, you now end up to go and do there. With all their education, they’re driving cabs, but they won’t drive cabs here,” Sen Tinubu said.
She also said, “Nigerians, we can help each other [sic], the rate we are doing parties and all that, why can’t we use the money to help your neighbours, until we can really get on our feet? And those are the things we have to look at. It’s not that the government has to begin to give food to everybody, by asking…
“You know I believe in social development and social investment for people who truly need it. And, in the Bible, we even talk about Jesus saying the poor you will always have in the land, and it’s for people whom God has blessed to help the poor.
“Now you don’t even know who are the poor. If they don’t ride a car, they will say they are poor. If you don’t have your own home, they will say they are poor.”
