Opinion: Attrition of Southern Nigeria Professionals and the Aftermath by P Omonua
It is no longer news that there is an unprecedented upsurge in the migration of southern Nigeria professionals over
the last 5 years. The best brains in the Southern Nigeria are leaving in droves. Many of those that have not left are
making all necessary arrangements; they are making enquiries about the process involved from those that have
succeeded in leaving. Some people may argue this is not uniquely Nigerian, that universally, people have always
migrated around the world.
A friend of mine once compared our experience to the Biblical era. He said even Moses led the children of Israel
during their migration from Egypt to the promise land, which is incontrovertible. The difference, (which I did not bother to tell him due to his obstinacy) is that the children of Israel were migra...