A Nigerian Doctor in the diaspora has laid curses on past and present leaders of Nigeria.
In a post shared on X, @ugwunnaejikem compared the quality of life of an average youth living in Nigeria with that of youths in developed countries.
According to the doctor, people in the diaspora in their 20s, plan to retire at 45. He inferred that developed countries provide opportunities for their youths to thrive at an early stage, not in Nigeria where youths in their 20s ‘are still dependent on their parents.’
His post has generated mixed reactions on social media. It reads;
‘’This is a long read so please skip if you have the attention span of a 5 year old.
2 weeks ago I had a British couple pop up at my hospital in a Panamera, both under 25, very friendly & chatty.
They talked about their kids & how they plan to retire at 45 then live the rest of their lives traveling & seeing the world. They told me they both began working in Finance at AGE 20 & 22 respectively.
It hit me there & then; an average U25 year old in my country is still battling his project supervisor & looking for missing scripts so he doesn’t miss his NYSC batch. He dares not dream of owning a luxury car at 25 talk more retiring at 45.
A 20 year old in my country cannot turn on the generating set before 7pm if not his parents will deal with him, how are both realities so starkly different; galaxies apart but I knew the answer even though it was a bitter pill to swallow.
By virtue of place of birth my countrymen are already at a disadvantage, it’s so difficult to compete globally not because they’re not as smart or as hardworking but simply because of where they were born and the opportunities available to them. It’s actually sad lol
Two things dawned on me;
1) Just by birthing your kids in a certain environment, you instantly put them a step ahead of their peers globally.
2) As average Nigerian youths; our prodigies, our smarties, our hardworkers, our hustlers, will always be pegged back by our environment and it’s not even their fault.
In summary; it will never be well with all our leaders(past & present) that have put us in this position. I know that’s just a wish but fr God punish them lol''
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