Brain drain

Its exactly 3.45pm and I tell you,its been a crazy day for me.I hink I've transversed half of lagos on foot if it can be matched with the amount of walking I've had to go today,climbing 10 floors stairs and all.Tired now but since I promised myself to write something here,and its my first day,I've just got to do it then.

Brain drain....

This phrase is the motivating factor behind this blog.I came across it on friday while I was reading one of Coach John G. Agno's leadership blog tips.Infact,since I subscribed on this blog and some others,I've realized how ignorant I've been on certain issues and particular words/ phrases and this particular topic made me think about developing an archive for all I learn everyday,meaning I've got to learn something new everyday.

Wikipedia defines Brain Drain as a large emigration of individuals with technical skills or knowledge, normally due to conflict,lack of opportunity,political instability or health risks.A brain drain is usually regarded as an economic cost,since emigrants usually take with them the fraction of value of their training sposored by the government.

The opposite of brain drain is brain gain, which occurs when there is a large-scale immigration of technically qualified persons it can be stopped by providing an individual with lot of opportunity and giving a platform to them to prove their capability.

Brain drains are common amongst developing nations, particularly former colonies like much of Africa or the island nations of the Caribbean.

Brain Drain in Nigeria

For the past two decades, Nigerian academics and professionals in search of better conditions for contemplative inquiry have continued to flock in droves to developed nations. The tragedy is that the situation at home has not improved. The brain drain phenomenon continues to pose a threat to the Nigerian economy especially in the academic system as even university lecturers and scolars are emigrating as well.

The current rate of brain drain in Nigeria is mostly a function of the present economic depression in Nigeria – a depression caused by some ignorant, selfish, inconsiderate, mindless looters of Nigerian treasury. These sadists, often called leaders, have looted (and continue to loot) Nigerian coffer only to pile up the contents in their private foreign bank accounts. Consequently, greener pastures -- i.e., jobs -- are created abroad while Nigeria has no pasture.
Therefore, being deprived of a greener pasture, coupled with the desperate need to feed their families and relatives, especially those at home, some Nigerian brains are essentially forced to travel and remain abroad.

But, while the search for greener pasture explains, in part, the current brain drain in Nigeria, there is no doubt that brain drain has become a crucial part of the problems of development in Nigeria.

Today, there are many Nigerian bankers, business managers, computer scientists, pharmacists, engineers, journalists, lawyers, medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, professors, and scientists in the West. These educated Nigerians abroad are basically making little or no contribution toward the task of developing Nigeria; the West is mostly the beneficiary of their talents. As it stands now, the West is not only enjoying the money stolen from Nigeria by those sadists, it is also milking Nigerian human resources. Definitely, something must be done to stop brain drain and its associated problems of development in Nigeria.

What do you think?