Nigerians in America are the highest working people I have come to know [video]

Nigerians in America are the highest working people I have come to know. Go to any university in America, check their PhD students, MBA students, you will see Nigerians. Go to any nursing, PA, etc programs, they speak Nigerian pidgins. There is an accelerating return here where people are propelled to do more and thrive.

Why is that? I think it has to do with our population within limited opportunities. Nigeria is a place you fight in the universities to pay your school fees. I mean you push and push for the opportunity to pay your school fees. You push at bus stops. You always believe that before it gets to you, all the opportunities would be gone. So, there is always a mindset that “you cannot wait, you have to compete”.

Yet, the biggest challenge remains that despite this great success in America, Nigerian Americans have limited political influence in Nigeria.  We run away from the homeland leaders thinking we are doing the right things by doing so. I am hoping that our tenacity, can-do attitude and unalloyed commitment to achieve  personal financial liberty and personal economy will propel us to do more in Nigeria.

If Nigeria’s elections are free and fair, within a decade Nigeria will become a GREAT economic powerhouse. Balanced elections bring legitimacy and when we have that as a culture, these Nigerians will connect back. We must work to improve how we elect political leaders as that will make these Nigerians pay attention. Most are disconnected right now and that is unfortunate!

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