Nigeria's Japa Syndrome: Gen-Z and Millennials Escape the Country For Better Life | Firstpost Africa
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24 күн бұрынNigeria's Japa Syndrome: Gen-Z and Millennials Escape the Country For Better Life | Firstpost Africa
Tens of thousands of young Nigerians are following a popular trend to leave the country. It’s a trend known by the Yoruba word “japa” meaning “to escape." Japa is becoming increasingly popular with Gen Z and millennials. Nigerians are choosing to flee the country in search of better opportunities amid unemployment, poor governance, lack of infrastructure, and corruption in the country. Among the popular japa destinations are UK, U.S., and Canada. But the trend is negatively affecting Nigeria's economy, leading to a severe brain drain. The japa trend has specifically hit Nigeria's Medical industry and has left an already overloaded healthcare system struggling.
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@ichooseviolence2532 22 күн бұрын
Kenyan Gen Z are busy fixing their country while Nigerian Gen Z are running away 😂😂
@okesegun2118 22 күн бұрын
It is incredibly hypocritical to suggest that Nigerians are fleeing their nation without any reasonable grounds 😂😂😂. The vast majority of them are there to pursue their master's degrees, while others are there for the currency advantages. Let that stick in your mind.
@themark7948 22 күн бұрын
You mean the Indian colony of Kenya where the black Africans take pride in being a former British colony?
@user-ib5ou5mv2x 22 күн бұрын
Kenya is still rule by england
@victoremmanuel567 22 күн бұрын
Stay in Nigeria and build your country. Kenyan youths are leading protests against their government, but as former president Buhari called them, LAZY NIGERIAN YOUTHS who don't want to contribute to the country and want to share oil money. All the country they are running to legally and illegally build their own country through sweat and blood. Nothing is automatically easy. Instead of holding your government accountable. You are running 🏃♀️
@TheKing75691 22 күн бұрын
Facts
@IK_MK 22 күн бұрын
I have seen Nigeria firsthand... Im not even a citizen and im fed up with the eay that place is being run😂
@thecatalyst1762 21 күн бұрын
Nigeria is a failed state
@user-gd9rn5gi3x 20 күн бұрын
Then move there, obtain citizenship and show them how to properly run a country.
@PepTalkTillYouDrop 19 күн бұрын
@@user-gd9rn5gi3x be quiet kid. Your reply has no relationship with what he/she said
@technicious-dev 18 күн бұрын
@@user-gd9rn5gi3xLol, if it was that easy
@Zanele-zz5mf 22 күн бұрын
Nigerians have been escaping Nigeria for decades
@user-sp5ws6nn8f 22 күн бұрын
Nigerian Gen Z should learn to fix their country ,not flee. When Nigerian Gen Z will lose fear ,the government will lose its power .
@akinze3244 21 күн бұрын
Are you Nigeria? If you are, start and fix it first, and people will stay. If you are not Nigeria, you have no right to comment on issues why people are leaving Nigeria.
@melvinluner1454 21 күн бұрын
As a Nigerian we tried in 2020 and how did that end with end sars they massacred us with guns 🤷♂️ as for me am in Ireland 🇮🇪 helping a system that helps me
@Soros_Abiah 21 күн бұрын
They won't listen or understand the importance of staying back and fighting for their country. Someone said EndSARS, you are just looking for the required conviction for your cowardice. Some of you, still hate Igbos for wanting Nigeria broken up , like the country is working for anyone. The Japa phenomenon favours the West that is why they are allowing it - assuming they cared and refused entry of Nigerians into their countries, this won't even be a topic. The myopic ones do not understand the meaning and danger of "Brain drain", so , I will just keep quiet.. For the person who said .... a system that helps me .. rest, some smart individuals built their system to what it is and many countries built theirs on tears, blood and iron.
@PepTalkTillYouDrop 21 күн бұрын
Easier said than done. The govt will unalive anyone that tries to do anything that negates their style of govt while the international community sits and does nothing. Ain't nobody got time to repair a condemned country. We out!
@pauldadzie6991 21 күн бұрын
I hate when people from functional democracies say "stay and fix your country." It's so moronic😡. In our countries, fear is your friend. If you want to be a hero, you will die very fast and your heroics will be an example to anyone who wants to do the same. where I'm from, we have activists languishing in prison or dissolving in acid (and this is not a joke). What can you fix when the people that rule are brutal and corrupt. The UN has and always will be toothless, people will take a knee and protest for a junkie named George Floyd but will totally ignore the brutality that ensues in the land we are fleeing from, thereby giving brutal regimes tacit go-ahead to crush decent with impunity.
@ochiengjames5821 22 күн бұрын
In Kenya we (Gen Z) are busy fixing our country,while the so called, "giant of Africa" are busy running away from their country "
@user-dn1sk7vl3g 22 күн бұрын
👋👋👋👍
@Sexy_Diana 22 күн бұрын
Stop the cap. You lie a lot 😅
@themark7948 22 күн бұрын
Not sure how Kenya has entered the conversation about Nigeria. You're rioting and destroying things but your debt burden has not been reduced. Keep "fixing" the country.
@ochiengjames5821 22 күн бұрын
@@themark7948 We have problems but we are not running away from our country to sell drugs in other countries.
@themark7948 22 күн бұрын
@@ochiengjames5821 Leave the Nigerian "pharmacists and pharmaceutical assistants" alone and mind your Kenyan business.
@EverStrongRevolution 22 күн бұрын
Gen Z doesn't have time to fix an entire country with a corrupt government. Life is short, so focus on your future and success. Leave Nigeria and its problems behind and concentrate on your own goals. I like that way of thinking 👍
@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back 21 күн бұрын
🙄
@LX_DWELLER 21 күн бұрын
They come to us and disrespect/disregard us Americans I will not tolerate this behavior any longer
@LX_DWELLER 21 күн бұрын
This attitude will cause a civil war in the us
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
Cowardly generation
@PepTalkTillYouDrop 21 күн бұрын
Exactly. They expect us to fix a useless country 😂
@SathyaswamyS 21 күн бұрын
They are learning from India.
@Elizabethbrown. 21 күн бұрын
There is too many of us here already. Anybody that wants to leave can gracefully leave.
@monicaaustin4592 22 күн бұрын
I am from NIGERIA 🇳🇬 i love my country
@ebierekoroye2327 21 күн бұрын
God bless you.
@mrnaija101 21 күн бұрын
💚🤍💚
@pearlly1730 20 күн бұрын
Liar
@PepTalkTillYouDrop 19 күн бұрын
Liar. You probably live outside the country or you're part of the politicians ruining things for the rest of us
@CharlesOkoli-iy1qd 17 күн бұрын
Liar
@duzzitright3084 22 күн бұрын
Stay, Organize, and Fix your country do not run.
@OgheneovoOghenetega-tb2pg 22 күн бұрын
Really ??? You don't understand , we want to divide the country , we are not one
@Okoro17 22 күн бұрын
@@OgheneovoOghenetega-tb2pg And dividing Nigeria will do what exactly?
@dathip 22 күн бұрын
You are already divided. Northern nigeria is boko haram muslim theocracy while southern "christian" nigeria got 100s of tribes 😂😂@OgheneovoOghenetega-tb2pg
@solomonezewulu8638 22 күн бұрын
@@Okoro17staying together for more than a century (100 years) has done exactly what for you and your family. Do you want to try another end SARS? Go ahead, we are right behind you
@tonero8562 22 күн бұрын
@@Okoro17 Will aid massive developments. Let everyone go and develop at their own pace. The division is too much do to tribal and religious sentiments. Disintegration is the key
@MC-Gee 22 күн бұрын
I see people talking about Kenya and Nigeria😂, been there done that even before Kenya could think about it. Nigeria government is more brutal than any government in Africa. If you aren’t a Nigerian pls just keep quiet, besides hardship which is common in all part of the world traveling is a cultural thing in Nigeria. China has a better economy than Nigeria but they make up a huge number of diasporas.
@inmythoughts718 22 күн бұрын
I am not Nigerian and you are just wrong, stop making excuses.. this is a public forum, if you don't like others opinions then don't post..
@macabara8819 21 күн бұрын
He wants to leave to a better country. Who made it better, sir?
@iam-drake 21 күн бұрын
Does kenya have up to 500 different tribes ?. I dont think so. If only you know how tribalism has played a major part.. to make matters worst. The north live a normadic life and britan gave them power when they were about to live and have rigged elections till now. You see why its hard to repair nigeria. Only one tribe have been fighting to separate,only the igbo tribe, the rest are cowards @inmythoughts718
@mt3719 21 күн бұрын
China is a communist country cant compare it to nigeria
@okesegun2118 21 күн бұрын
@@inmythoughts718 is it inherently wrong to move to another country for greener pasture, Why are you probing too deeply about Nigerians traveling to another country? Yes, Indians alone, surpassed the entire economy of Africa continent, but yet the vast majority of them are leaving their country.
@delegun 21 күн бұрын
Many more Indian japa/move to those same foreing places. Can we have similar report please.
@tonero8562 22 күн бұрын
All these people complaining about people leaving the country don't really understand. When your country is not being there for you as citizens, you tend to make it better for yourself. Even if it's traveling elsewhere to achieve that. Don't tell Nigerian youths about fixing their country because they have made significant efforts but all to no avail. The ENDSARS protest and the Obidients movement were typical moves to start something new and positive in the country but all those efforts did not end well. The powers that are holding the country are so evil minded and mean. And the real issue is the country is highly divided by tribalism and religious sentiments. So it's really difficult to achieve anything when divided and those elites are very much aware of this and they always use it as tool to their advantage. Disintegration is the key.
@antoniobabb1938 22 күн бұрын
I agree, no matter what generation Z and millennial in whatever country.
@josefelfinito6925 21 күн бұрын
This is what many still don't get. Even if we all come to protest, you and I know the northerners will not join because they're loyal to their religion and religious leaders and we want to achieve what Kenyans did? They even saw us as enemies of nigeria and laughed at those shot at lekki toll gate during the endsars saga. Nigeria is very far from ready.
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
Fix your country and stop complaining. Learn from Kenyan Gen z
@PepTalkTillYouDrop 21 күн бұрын
@@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk shut up. What do you know? Why not come help us fix it. You think Nigerian leaders are as docile as Kenyan leaders? Come here and find out for yourself before talking nonsense on social media.
@Yasir-xy 20 күн бұрын
@@josefelfinito6925I'm a northern millennial and I know you're right.
@user-zc1cx8jc4s 22 күн бұрын
Any country that is over populated will always have people moving to look for better opportunities, just like India and China, Nigerians are survivors and probably the most creative and productive people on the continent, that's one thing is admire from them.
@inmythoughts718 22 күн бұрын
What you are saying doesn't make sense, if you are creative, Fix your country!!!!!!!!
@user-zc1cx8jc4s 21 күн бұрын
@@inmythoughts718 What have you failed to understand, migration has been happening for thousands of years, the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa were all founded by migrants, Nigeria has a population of more than 200 million people with limited opportunities, if the country can't employ everyone, you expect them to seat there and wait to die or look for better opportunities, leaving the country doesn't mean a person won't return, they can go look for money and then return to invest in there home country.
@Cadet528 21 күн бұрын
Thank you I hate the way these Indians criticize Nigeria when their country is worse
@petermasilo-jo7jg 21 күн бұрын
@@user-zc1cx8jc4sNigeria with over 200 million people that is enough market economy to grow your nations infrastructure,Education,health etc don't run away from your developmental challenges no one will come and make nigeria better/good than yourselves stop japa it doesn't help nigerian state rise and build your country.
@user-zc1cx8jc4s 21 күн бұрын
@@petermasilo-jo7jg I'm not a Nigerian but am just pointing out the facts, a nation with a population the size of Nigeria will always struggle to meet everyone's needs. People migrate to find better opportunities, migration has different levels, it could be Rural-Urban which is a trend as a country develops or it could be international, if people used to only stay in a single location, we would not have attained the development we have today, people learn from each other, the Nigerians leaving the country today will return in the future with skills and capital to develop there country
@MrAnythingwetouch 21 күн бұрын
Lots of people in diaspora make life easier by sending resources back to people in Nigeria. Out of sight but not out of mind
@pearlly1730 20 күн бұрын
If you have the opportunity to flee from this country please do...this country is hell..but do it legally
@muyiwaemmanuel7356 22 күн бұрын
People saying running away is not the solution, you don’t know how terrible this Nigeria is being run, a country where your fundamental human right is not respected by even the police force,no job no matter your level of education, the whole structure of government is built on how people in government and their families will benefit, just imagine the end sars protest in 2020 where Nigerian government orders soldiers to kill its citizens, I bet y’ll can protest in peace in your respective countries but not in Nigeria, the whole country is so disjunted, the leaders spent all the money in the country and now they keep burrowing, now they are spending the future of the country. So why will any reasonable human want to live in that type of country…
@DammyFX 21 күн бұрын
The country is so shitty right now. 😢😢
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
Your cowardly excuses are endless. Fix your country! Whom do you expect to fix it for you? Learn some from Kenyan Gen z
@mazwideamahle4091 15 күн бұрын
But then why 5.3 of them kids?...plan for Africa NOW!
@d.creports5492 14 күн бұрын
You work hard right??? We broke the chain in America..you can too in Nigeria. We never fled!
@bakeery 9 күн бұрын
Still a protest can be organised and render sucessful without any problem. Do you know what lead to a peaceful protest? Let's fix this country i swear we can. We are educated, we can plan everything accordingly
@matthewokorie5064 22 күн бұрын
It's better to Japa than to stay and die in the hands of security agencies, who themselves are also suffering from bad governance. The day the security agencies wake up from their fight against the people, and withhold their loyalty to failing governments in Nigeria will rise. Again, Nigeria is the most tribalized country on earth. Most, not not all Yoruba will prefer Nigeria is destroyed under Tinubu, who was kicked out for bad governance because he is Yoruba. It was the same during Buhari. It will ever be like that. Good luck to an evil nation with evil people.
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
Enough with your lame excuses. You speak like cowards. It's even worse that you are running after your slave masters. Whom do you expect to fix Nigeria for you? Learn something from Kenyan Gen z
@OluseniIsaacs 18 күн бұрын
The igbo diaspora is just as hypocritical. Instead of building mansions in their villages why not build solar panels to generate electricity (and show the government how it’s done). Tribalism is the least of your problems when you don’t even have empathy for your fellow igbo people. The Nigerian diasporas gdp is around 800 billion dollars. Why don’t people Just bypass tribalism and do good for their village people? If all nigerian diasporas and Nigerians built solar panels for their village people then Nigeria would be the richest country on earth.
@didforfun 22 күн бұрын
It will be very difficult for us to stay in Nigeria and fix it, because the security agencies are against us. We are afraid, they will shoot us dead when we start 😢😢😢😢😢😢
@Okoro17 21 күн бұрын
@@didforfun Weren't the security forces against the Kenyan people? How about the Sudanese?
@didforfun 21 күн бұрын
@@Okoro17 Hope you will be able to risk your life for it when the time comes?
@Okoro17 21 күн бұрын
@@didforfun When one is hungry enough, none of that you mentioned will matter.
@DammyFX 21 күн бұрын
your life is important man, if you die its all game over
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
Enough with your lame excuses. You speak like cowards. It's even worse that you are running after your slave masters. Whom do you expect to fix Nigeria for you? Learn something from Kenyan Gen z
@christset 16 күн бұрын
I ran away since 96 never been back ever since I’m surprised that people still running away.
@parthkhanolkar7916 22 күн бұрын
Brain drain is something that happens in all developing countries. Happened in europe too in the last few centuries.
@Proftracy313 21 күн бұрын
Soon as I’m done with this Ph.D., japa will be the next logical step for me to take..😅😅 I can no longer take it!!!
@OluseniIsaacs 18 күн бұрын
Pls read me comment. Once you japa come back and invest like I will do in the future.
@Kuttanaadan 22 күн бұрын
You are worried about Nigeria. Why are you silent on the migration from Kerala, particularly the Christian minorities fleeing the state?
@niyijayei5395 21 күн бұрын
well said
@CrownARTTV 21 күн бұрын
First post want to trend 😅 with Nigeria 🇳🇬. Nigeria is a country with determined minds we are not meant to be stagnant
@nyaintunyaintu509 16 күн бұрын
Do you people ever take accountability for anything?!? Have you heard of NEWS/REPORTING?!? Nigerians are feeling their country in THOUSANDS u expect it not be talked about or reported on. You people live tit for tat.
@celiajames600 16 күн бұрын
Be determined in fixing your country @@CrownARTTV
@sean-et4wr 15 күн бұрын
Exactly, go to other African countries as well, hundreds of their citizens are leaving, but for some reason people are always focused on Nigeria. I wonder why? Probably views and attention.
@odigiepatrickson4544 20 күн бұрын
All thanks to our foolish and useless government
@onlinedollar3642 21 күн бұрын
NIGERIA the greatest scam in history.... Divide the country and save lives 😂😂😂
@NnaemekaAmamasi 21 күн бұрын
It doesn't make any sense for young people to stay in the Nigeria. The worst is the escape of Doctors., STEM teachers, and more....what we call government is a huge joke!
@opinions1234 22 күн бұрын
Use people power, fight back and develop your country. A country belongs to its people not those who has power in the goverment. So stay, do not run away.
@eleanorrose6122 22 күн бұрын
Nigeria is not Kenya. You will never understand. Even our votes did not count in the last election. The government itself tampered with the results. Even the courts supported the thief currently in power. Many tried to change it but Nigeria is like Congo.....too rich and the ones at the top are the only ones who enjoy it all.
@ikehsamuelifeanyi4925 21 күн бұрын
There is no oneness in the country. The country is divided along ethnic line. Once you tribe man is in power, you will frustrate any protest attempt despite how important that protest could be.
@PepTalkTillYouDrop 21 күн бұрын
Keep quiet. Talking about staying in your country and fight back. You think this is some kind of Hollywood movie or what?
@youmeandtherestofus 2 күн бұрын
Oga shut up there!!
@chiphen8917 21 күн бұрын
Stop making headlines with Nigerian youth when the ratio of Indians leaving India is more than Nigerians leaving Nigeria. Get your content clean and precise.
@chinkizz 21 күн бұрын
Some of you saying “Stay and fix your country”.. Mind you we attempted that in 2020 and some of us got killed while the world watched.. 😡
@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back 21 күн бұрын
Same in Kenya.. they are still protesting for change even now.. protests need persistence. We should know how wicked the government is and be prepared for the fight and continue strong even after loss of life.. and be sure to stay focused with objectives because the system will try to divide the people any way they can
@DammyFX 21 күн бұрын
I understand your point, not everyone has the confidence to persist despite loosing their loveones. Your life is more important that BS government. If you die the world continues lol.
@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back 21 күн бұрын
@@DammyFX but the best way for your love ones to show appreciation for your sacrifice is to continue fighting like Kenya is still doing
@DammyFX 21 күн бұрын
@@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back Lemme ask you something as a family man, can you sacrifice your life for a dangerous protest and risk dieing knowing you have wife and kids who no one would take care of. Your life is very important and should be considered in any work or condition you find yourself. A man that prioritize his life will not risk doing dangerous business, risky endeavors. And besides not all Nigerians who Japa are abandoning their country, many are looking for great opportunities to fend for their loved one back. Things are terrible here. Fixing the country is a great idea, but at what cost and how can that be achieved peacefully. The only way we Nigerians can fix our shit is to be united and trust me Achieving unity is very hard. So noone really cares again. I wish you understand how divided we are here by ethnicity
@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back 21 күн бұрын
@@DammyFX so those that japa are family men? And the numbers are 200-300 died at Lekki. But 1,200 of our brothers and sisters are dying every year for "green pastures" that's not even green. If fact life for them if they survive the desert and the sea and slave markets of Libya is about as bad as life in Nigeria. If we take 2-3 years just to clean corruption we will be fine. Then we can fix our education so the next generation will do better
@mabel9701 22 күн бұрын
Don’t blame the young people who want to make more out of their lives rather than living in misery. Blame the government and outdated exploitative structures. Your job as a politician/gov is to fix systemic issues and create ideal surroundings so that your citizens can thrive with their own effort. If you’re not doing anything what’s the point of politicians/gov? Fancy travels to the West to talk about Africa in bougee conferences? Lavish lifestyle and 10 wives? Corruption?
@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back 21 күн бұрын
Your job as a citizen is to hold them accountable...
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
Enough with your lame excuses. You speak like cowards. It's even worse that you are running after your slave masters. Whom do you expect to fix Nigeria for you? Learn something from Kenyan Gen z
@simplyizustic6122 19 күн бұрын
@@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Backyou don't live here. You have no clue
@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back 19 күн бұрын
@@simplyizustic6122 nwannem. It doesn't matter
@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back 19 күн бұрын
@@simplyizustic6122 also I plan to move to the continent (possibly "Nigeria").. but can I ask you a question?
@RosalyndaIgwe 16 күн бұрын
What most people don't know nor understand about Nigerian Gen-Z is this: We are too good for this Country, we're world class upstairs but less appreciated by the government due to their nepotistic behavioural aspects and most illiterates in authority. We know our worth and needs to japa to mingle with our class.
@ASK-hy3vn 22 күн бұрын
When will you talk about Indians that are all over the world
@andrewobi2708 22 күн бұрын
@@ASK-hy3vn don't comepar indians to Nigerians, the indians are job creators thereby reducing unemployment while Nigerians are job seekers thereby competing with the locals to creat unemployment.
@Talushallux1 22 күн бұрын
@andrewobi2708 Well said. But the other commentator is not wrong too, since those very same reasons for migration around the world- unemployment, corruption, crime and high tax have been instrumental in educated Indians to leave India. But the way Indians integrate in their 2 nd homes, climb up the social and financial ladders, and use their talent to start businesses is unique amongst the world's migratees.
@thecatalyst1762 21 күн бұрын
@@andrewobi2708 you are talking trash
@SathyaswamyS 21 күн бұрын
@@andrewobi2708Indians also look for jobs and create unemployment.
@chudiksc 22 күн бұрын
That is not Japan.... they are exploring
@dathip 22 күн бұрын
Because it's a hellhole 😂
@antoniobabb1938 22 күн бұрын
Yeah I know what that’s like.
@charlest2858 21 күн бұрын
Indians are all over the world
@pauldadzie6991 21 күн бұрын
Brain drain is also affecting kenya, the skilled are leaving in droves.
@MIDENAIRE 19 күн бұрын
One thing I am certain about is anytime I seek to leave Nigeria which is very soon, it won't be coz of economy hardship it would be because I wanna explore the world from different perspectives I would have enough not lacking ❤😢🎉
@wesleywire 22 күн бұрын
running away is not the solution
@chudiksc 22 күн бұрын
What is the solution
@brianwilly-yj3od 22 күн бұрын
@@chudikscjust fight
@chudiksc 22 күн бұрын
@@brianwilly-yj3od fight for what
@famousjoel2941 22 күн бұрын
It may not be the solution for the country, but it sure is a solution to the individual problems of young middle class Nigerians.
@testingoyay4648 21 күн бұрын
@@chudiksc for your neighborhood to be fixed, for your town to be fixed, for your local government to be fixed for your state to be fixed, that's what everyone in the world does and that's what was done in all those destination countries that we are all running to, which is why things work there....unless we are all saying we are cowards and weaklings and every other race/country that fought to fix their systems are better than us...in which case we should just keep quiet and take the insults that come our way...
@maxwellmakenzi 19 күн бұрын
Indians too are running away from India in droves, they are all over, in the UK, Canada, USA, Australia and pretty much everywhere, so teach us an Indian word for that also.
@ezennamdi474 21 күн бұрын
It is much more easier to make the Israelis and the Palestinians live together in harmony than to make Nigerians stay together with the same purpose in Nigeria. That is the reason why no one in Nigeria can come together with the other as to make it a better place.
@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back 21 күн бұрын
False. These are excuses. And if 1,200 of our people are dying every year in the Sahara and Mediterranean sea why not use our lives to fight wickedness within the government? We all have the same issues of corruption, instability, diversion of justice, and insecurity. We can demand change in these areas and worry about petty things later
@ezennamdi474 21 күн бұрын
@@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back you are far away from reality. Do know that northerners protested against the protesters of end SARS? Watch out what will happen, should in case any protests start in Nigeria anytime, any day.
@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back 21 күн бұрын
@@ezennamdi474 in sure by now many understand.. plus even the corrupted ECHO WASTE (ecowas) organization has admitted there should be accountability for Lekki massacre. These are sace face moves to try to regain credibility with west Afrikan people. But at the end of the day we are in the same boat against evil politicians
@oracleman7913 21 күн бұрын
@@ezennamdi474 I don't think that there is a country more united than Nigeria in the world, imagine, France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Greece and then united kingdom becomes one country ruled by one man, multi ethnicity country, by now we will be talking of 20 world wars.
@oracleman7913 21 күн бұрын
@@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back only one thing that Kenyans did, the world is on fire, Nigerians protested against SARS and SARS came to end and no one made a single noise about it because Nigerians has always been known as achievers, not some people who are afraid to travel to another man country because they hate to cohabit.
@digitaledu6624 20 күн бұрын
Nigerian are the most traveled people in the world. We always return home. Lol firstpost love only talk negativitly about Nigeria, I wonder why they never talk about India.
@lanresholaja3233 22 күн бұрын
God Bless Nigeria🇳🇬
@raymondtunmbi9168 21 күн бұрын
But Indian citizens have been traveling to other countries more than Nigerians. So why is this not in your news? All this nonsense must stop
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
Indians have been developing their economy from poverty levels in the 1960s to current top 10 globally. Nigeria on the other hand have little to show. Learn from Kenyan Gen z and fix your own country. Enough with the cowardly excuses
@efunkoyaelisha2667 20 күн бұрын
They are crying for for nothing we move Nigeria ❤❤❤❤❤
@josefelfinito6925 20 күн бұрын
Na nigeria past and present stup*p and wicked rulers cause the see finish. No blame her
@OlaG-el9zr 20 күн бұрын
This is getting serious. Who is teaching this people our slangs?
@YtubeUserr 22 күн бұрын
Alyson ❤
@Chosen2banonymous 19 күн бұрын
Wow! So, instead of doing things to stop this exodus, he's instead just ensuring Nigerians that those people will be replaced??? What type of leadership is that?
@Cape-To-Cairo 22 күн бұрын
The Nigerians are here in South Africa each and every corner
@youdontknowjoejo 21 күн бұрын
South Africa doesn’t even make the top 10 list of countries Nigerians immigrate to.
@fabiandivine7456 21 күн бұрын
@@youdontknowjoejo These Kuvukians 🇿🇦 are so so funny 😂😂😂😂
@fabiandivine7456 21 күн бұрын
Who goes to South Africa nowadays??😂😂
@kabelothebe4350 21 күн бұрын
They way Nigerians are so many in SA you will get them in small towns buy one get five free 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@morganseopa199 21 күн бұрын
@fabiandivine7456 if you know nothing just keep your mouth up coz South african Embassy in Nigeria mention in your media we receive more than 250 visa application from Nigeria every week😂...Nigerians coming in South Africa everyday legal and illegal one
@FOH45 9 күн бұрын
dangote built a refinery and they would rather import lol, im a doctor, im definitely running too
@inmythoughts718 22 күн бұрын
As an African American, I’ve noticed that many Gen Z Nigerians seem heavily influenced by American, UK, and Canadian cultures, which is understandable. However, this raises the question of how it helps build a modern Nigeria, especially with widespread corruption and a lack of willingness among the youth to make sacrifices for progress. Shoutout to my Kenyan brothers and sisters for demonstrating how to do it right. It’s easy to move to the West, but tackling long-standing issues is much harder. Having worked in both countries, I can say that both Kenyans and Nigerians are incredibly talented. However, Kenyans often let their actions speak for them. They are committed to building a modern Kenya and are prepared to fight for their rights and progress. If you check American history and UK history, their is death and destruction everywhere, nothing is ever giving for free.
@themark7948 21 күн бұрын
Please give me an example of how Canadian culture has heavily influence the Nigerian youth.
@PepTalkTillYouDrop 21 күн бұрын
Don't talk about stuff you know little to nothing about. You people keep bringing up a small country like Kenya. With all due respect to my Kenya brothers, Nigeria and Kenya are too different climes politically. Kenya is not as complex politically as Nigeria is. Do your research about both countries before speaking.
@inmythoughts718 21 күн бұрын
@@PepTalkTillYouDrop Why do the haters keep hating.. Kenya is a complex country, every country is complex.. what are you saying.. just because Nigeria has a bigger population.. that's a really bad excuse.
@orisenabritt 15 күн бұрын
@@PepTalkTillYouDrop you keep calling other countries small and you wont fix it. to india, nigeria is a small country
@jamesfelix-pg9fw 12 күн бұрын
You don't know what you are saying
@justafriend3408 21 күн бұрын
Crazy people will probably find a way of exploiting this trend
@josefelfinito6925 21 күн бұрын
Nonsense talk. Pipo have been leaving the country since many years ago. Besides it not everyone that will leave. It doesn't stop nigerians to fight and take back their country.
@ididit2791 21 күн бұрын
Nigerians are not in the top 10 global migrants while Indians are number one. Maybe you should start with your country india.
@orisenabritt 15 күн бұрын
indians are job creators and their country is the largest democracy on earth. and the do manufacture things too
@benbo7042 21 күн бұрын
😮 I was surprised to watch a KZfaq video where some people in Nigeria, were savaging food at a refuse dump. Very sad indeed.
@ShalomIfeanyi-cb3vg 16 күн бұрын
I love my country Japa is not for me. I pray for a better Nigeria
@malama_ka_aina 21 күн бұрын
I don't blame anyone who wants to try for a better life abroad. I wish we could do better to keep them. I don't know any Nigerian that has left because they wanted to. It is always out of desperation and frustration. If we actually had a government and not a handful of ruthless visionless followers, not leaders, things might be different.
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
You ooze cowardly vibes
@malama_ka_aina 20 күн бұрын
@@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk Sure, because I choose to stay and fight. That makes plenty sense, much like the white Jesus you worship
@andrewuche4074 22 күн бұрын
Tinubu is really stupid, instead of him to try to make conditions better for Nigerians , so they can come back, this is what he's saying
@MusaTouray-yo6dr 22 күн бұрын
Even Big shame for Nigerians Tinibu as a president
@andrewuche4074 22 күн бұрын
@@MusaTouray-yo6dr well hopefully not for long
@macabara8819 21 күн бұрын
Tinubu is just one man and maybe a good-hearted man .Presidents don't fix a country,people fix their country by saying no stupidity, corruption, and truthfulness.
@thecatalyst1762 21 күн бұрын
Tinubu and Buhari have finished that country
@JamesDanielleMorgantown 17 күн бұрын
Wow😢😢😢
@rinzo2009 19 күн бұрын
Nigerian here. And the one thing Captain Agbado (nickname for the President) has done to reverse the Japa Syndrome is by making it nigh impossible for guys like me to sign up for Japa United (due to the Mad costs of flight tickets and Visa Applications).
@shofelablessingemmanuel9478 20 күн бұрын
Wow …. People Japa on daily basis out of Nigeria 🇳🇬 to Abroad ….. I’m a Yoruba boy
@pageantspageants4358 20 күн бұрын
Leaving for who to fix? 😅😅 They learn nothing from Kenya!
@user-dn1sk7vl3g 22 күн бұрын
We flood other nations and make them too like ours.
@thewiningteamtv 16 күн бұрын
😮
@WeHere-ni3ku 21 күн бұрын
She said Japa destinations 😂😂
@bensinbeylarus 16 күн бұрын
If you see this comment, japa
@ImeUdo-ObongMesoEx 21 күн бұрын
This "trend" is actually not new. It started with our academics in the late 1980s when the then military government of Ibrahim Babangida introduced an economic system called "SAP" ( Structural Adjustments Program ). I am the son of a first generation Nigerian Professor from Nigeria's premier university. My father's generation of academics felt at that time that the country's policies did not encourage research and their "take home pay could not take them home" and explored better opportunities I'm the academia in better equipped universities in Europe and America. Those in the medical field and it feeder services added exploring the oil rich Middle East countries of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Some Australia. But their movements was never to relocate permanently. Hoping the countries policies would improve so that they could come back home but it seems another generation is still suffering from the same problem...but in a different way. Maybe until truly progressive leadership emerges..or the policies start affecting the common man visibly in this democratic dispensation
@bigboyindhouse8142 16 күн бұрын
The situation in Nigeria is more dangerous and complicated than Kenya, do stop comparing. For example,, South Koreans can protest anything with minimal to no loss of lives or properties, but the slightest attempt to protest in North Korea is a death sentence. Does that mean S. Koreans are braver than the N. Koreans? Secondly, many Russians want to protest against Ukraine war but they can't do so due to jail time and possible loss of life. But people can freely protest in Western Europe. Does that mean Russia is no longer the Giant of Europe? You all fail to understand that an average protester in Nigeria has a 50% chance of returning home alive. The Nigerian government is far more brutal than Kenya's.
@sean-et4wr 22 күн бұрын
Why is everyone focused on Nigeria? Go to the other African countries, people are leaving in droves. Why is it Nigeria all the time?
@babatundeegbeyemi9168 21 күн бұрын
Simply because Nigeria is a country rich, yet poor
@sean-et4wr 21 күн бұрын
@@babatundeegbeyemi9168 all African countries are poor. Other African countries are worst, Nigerians are just too loud with it.
@jifulbe-gu9po 20 күн бұрын
because their is no hope, their no future.😂😂😂
@mt3719 21 күн бұрын
And every country they arrive in becomes dirty
@Americunts123 22 күн бұрын
How they get visa ?
@SmGBossOfficialMuzik 22 күн бұрын
their are not poor their just trapped in a stalled economy
@mazwideamahle4091 15 күн бұрын
A nigerian will sell their double story mension in the name of japa and go occupy a "face- me, I face -you compound " in another country. The reverence paid toward someone who japa'ed is similar to one that has attained a phD in science!...Chai!...yoh!
@sshukla7975 22 күн бұрын
Isn't that what most of middle east and southeast and almost all of Africa is doing.... add south american countries in that list AS WELL...
@futurenature7037 22 күн бұрын
Stop giving excuses and fix your country. Stand up and fight for better leadership and fight the corrupt politicians
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
Fix your country you cowards. Stop giving excuses. You are pointing at well functioning countries. The same can't be said about your own
@RozzyGoldmukami 20 күн бұрын
they should fix their country
@margretbrooks1730 21 күн бұрын
What about Indian
@patrickkamulegeya5675 22 күн бұрын
Big problems are selfish leadership crisis, miss use of resources, too much competition but ofcourse the mindset change among other factor. Too much for our growing countries. But no one will develop our countries except us running away is just a pain killers not real solution.
@celestinepius429 18 күн бұрын
Any good connection to Japan because am very much ready.. I don tire for 9ja😢
@SakaDamilola-s4e 20 күн бұрын
Its always bad news about NAIJA, the foreign media is also part of our problem Nigeria has alot of reform going on right now its kinda of harshly. let me assure you we will always survive that is who we are . NAIJA FOR LIFE JAH BLESS MY MOTHERLAND
@knowingautomobile12 18 күн бұрын
We are designed to survive instead of living the life
@abdl-nk6in 22 күн бұрын
Where is Kenya during ENDSARS October 20 2020? It seems you have a short memory.
@pinchesmbuche4354 22 күн бұрын
What did it achieve.
@abdl-nk6in 22 күн бұрын
@@pinchesmbuche4354 Really you wanna know? I won’t tell you because you have a short memory.
@WanjaGitonga-bw1mk 21 күн бұрын
You tried once and gave up.
@pinchesmbuche4354 20 күн бұрын
@@abdl-nk6in Naira is at bottom at that it was the same value as ksh Nigeria was the biggest economy in Africa now its history police are still brutal.
@lawrenceokechukwu8680 20 күн бұрын
Funny enough you will still find Yorubas and fulanis fleeing the country tooo😂😂😂😂😂😂
@okene 19 күн бұрын
Fulani? 9/10 of Nigerian diaspora are Southerners
@YtubeUserr 21 күн бұрын
This reporter (Alyson) did a "JAPA" from WION.
@MuhsinGamji 10 күн бұрын
I will fix my country some day, I promise. I would be the best country in the world, economically and militarily in the 30 years.
@sarahreviewsinasmr 20 күн бұрын
You guys shouldnt have made a news about this. 😂it should be on a low key else other countries may start refusing visas to Nigeria.
@yadisoloblack 21 күн бұрын
judging by the leaders idiotic solution to the problem... sheesh, i can't really blame them for leaving!
@CrownARTTV 21 күн бұрын
Nigeria is an industrious state with youths with great potentials. As many are going many are here developing our country
@goodman4093 20 күн бұрын
Liar5
@CrownARTTV 19 күн бұрын
@@goodman4093 where is the lie?
@tonysworld1312 22 күн бұрын
Exactly fix your country and be proud of it plus you have petrol.corruptions can brought down to knee if you the GENERATION Z want to
@derysylvester3180 22 күн бұрын
They wont fix thier country. All they know is afrobeat, comedy and nyash😂😂
@jimohabidemidavid9356 22 күн бұрын
Ur head no correct. Just bcos ur country is not successful in music industry try to learn from us😂😂😂
@derysylvester3180 21 күн бұрын
@@jimohabidemidavid9356 nyash is life for Naija youth
@macabara8819 21 күн бұрын
Baba ijebu, too😅
@jimohabidemidavid9356 21 күн бұрын
@@derysylvester3180 same as ur country, u dey envying us cos of our achievements in entertainment industry pls come n learn from us, don’t b shy we r willing to teach u, we’re proudly giant of Africa, African pride♥️♥️♥️
@derysylvester3180 17 күн бұрын
@@jimohabidemidavid9356 learn how to protest and make things better in nigeria
@EmpressAisha 19 күн бұрын
😂😂😂 I love how the presenter explained “japa” Unfortunately it’s the reality. If you just leave, pls go through legal route
@tundegordian7273 22 күн бұрын
we are just tired of the circle of corruption in our country thats why we are trying to leave home so we can feed home, things look so bleak in nigeria no good paying job so its better toleave home for greener pasture than to destroy your home
@Okoro17 21 күн бұрын
@@tundegordian7273 But Nigeria is being destroyed anyway and those fleeing are just going from one sinking ship to another.
@IamDrDee 20 күн бұрын
Kenya is the best democracy in Africa 🇰🇪
@goldsilver545 20 күн бұрын
Shame on nigerians for their inability to eradicate criminal, embezzlers, rulers in nigeria. Japa is creating more misfortune in nigeria
@okene 19 күн бұрын
How? If people want to leave, let them!
@_Conversations_with_Dee 16 күн бұрын
It is unfortunate people no longer want to know the full truth about what they believe. I am a Christian from birth and I made sure I know what Christianity is about
@ChibuikeOdogwu 9 күн бұрын
We are not fleeing more than india though
@benbenard4168 22 күн бұрын
Lol. @Firstpost is a joke. Nigeria is not even the 10 travel countries in the world.
@samuelbabajide2430 17 күн бұрын
@Alyson Le Grange, this is no news. So, what was the emphasis all about.
@francismadu1183 19 күн бұрын
India news channel talking about japa while they re 10× larger than Nigerians in those countries.. If that isn't been bias i wonder what it is then..
@brainworkakstudio4514 22 күн бұрын
How many leaders face justice for their crime in Lagos lekki tollgate . Na japa sure pass jor
@chiomalaurachukwuma1243 22 күн бұрын
The nigerian government is the issue
@handsonlabssoftwareacademy594 21 күн бұрын
The so called "Japa" Syndrome id overrated , whilst there may be certain numbers of immigrants from Nigeria heading towards certain countries, there are much more returning yet the numbers are not made public. There are still a lot of prospective youngsters building and making their livelihood in Nigeria despite the odds.
@k-y6414 22 күн бұрын
I think it is better to japa for their lives now than to all turn into criminals. Japa will train and develop them for better future just like China and India citizens. Nigeria is irreparable right now, the passed and current leaders who recycle themselves in government have no serious tangible agenda for the development of our nation ( It is the government that fix, build country bcz they enormous resources at their disposal). The country wealth is highly mismanaged and huge gap between rich and poor, old and young people exist i.e average graduates of Nigeria university will be poor because of lack of creative employments for them unlike in the pass a high school cert get better employment. Government lack good initiatives, implementation of good ideas plus corruption and bad system of governance to enrich the few of them leaving the country bankrupt is the driving force for Japa. Absolute NOTHING is left for Gen Z to thrive.
@duzzitright3084 21 күн бұрын
@@k-y6414 Egos
@mankgabanemantlaneni2438 15 күн бұрын
They also come to south africa
@bigboyindhouse8142 16 күн бұрын
Nigeria's situation is totally different than Kenya's. Unlike In Kenya, there's a dedicated divide along religious and tribal lines, such that a protest may be seen as an attack on one side, and it can easily spiral out of control into tribal or religious war. So it's hard for the entire country to protest with a common goal. Another thing is that our government in Nigeria is brutal unlike the more lenient Kenya's government, and a protester has a 50% chance of getting killed or jailed. Protesters in Nigeria usually have to face crackdown by the ferocious soldiers, not even the police..
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