A PhD holder who believed he was being patriotic by returning to Nigeria has shared his realization about his choice.
He was receiving £1,550 a month, which is about N3,400,000.
However, he took a job in Nigeria that pays only N250,000 per month out of a sense of duty until he realized it was a foolish decision.
He wrote: “My monthly allowance as a PhD student in the UK was 1,550 GBP per month (3,400,000 Naira). I finished and returned back to a job that pays today’s equivalent of 250,000 Naira per month. I was patriotic until I realised how foolish I was and I left.
“The foolishness was my assumption that Nigeria needs my expertise and that somehow I can be able to feed my family with such an unlivable salary.
“Anyone with a job offer who decides to stay back abroad is only responding to the realities of life in Nigeria today.
“Nobody cares even if you are Albert Einstein. Where people are struggling to eat 3-square meals is not a place PhD graduates will be willing to return to unless if you just want to be politically correct and lie to yourself!”
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Very foolish decision