The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised American billionaire business mogul, Bill Gates, over his recent comment on the migration of Nigerians abroad, popularly known as Japa syndrome.
Bill Gates while speaking in Abuja on Thursday insisted that the recent surge in young professionals leaving the country for greener pastures is good and healthy for the country.
It would be recalled that the Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s position was amplified by Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) during his campaign ahead of the February 25 presidential election.
Reacting swiftly to the development, Sowore who seems not to be happy about the comment said such statements have no positive effect on Nigeria.
Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters noted that the country needs good leadership for those in the diaspora to return home.
He said:
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“Leadership is what Nigeria needs to get its diaspora to return with skill sets that could be categorised as “Brain-Gain” and also keep its skilled or even semi-skilled workers at home, not statements such as that of @BillGates that debases people.
“There is no way a lot of Nigerians in the Diaspora or their tech-savvy children are going to return to a shambolic, badly governed Nigeria. Period!
“First, we must fix this damn country and make it habitable for its residents and then see how Nigerians at home will stick with their country and those abroad would flock back home.
“You can’t tell anyone that the slave-like desperation in migration by those perishing in the Mediterranean Sea would lead to “brain gain.”
“There is no way a lot of Nigerians in the Diaspora or their tech-savvy children are going to return to a shambolic, badly governed Nigeria. Period!
“First, we must fix this damn country and make it habitable for its residents and then see how Nigerians at home will stick with their country and those abroad would flock back home.
“You can’t tell anyone that the slave-like desperation in migration by those perishing in the Mediterranean Sea would lead to “brain gain.”
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