What’s this “Japa/Japa Syndrome”? Is it some kind of illness?Well, it depends on how you see it. If a constant urge to run away from your current life in your home country and start a new one in a foreign country sounds like an illness to you, then that’s what it is. An illness.That doesn’t sound like an illness, though.Of course, it isn’t. At least not literally. Besides, this “syndrome” is usually temporary. It ends once you leave Nigeria.So why is it a syndrome?Well, I guess it’s because this urge to migrate is popular among Nigerians. The World Bank says 50 per cent of young Nigerians want to leave the country. But I think that number should be even higher.What? That’s a lot of people! Why do they want to leave?Uhm… I think you should ask why they wouldn’t want to leave because there are too many valid reasons. But I’d just sum it up and say the government has done an excellent job at making the country unliveable for the average Nigerian. So people want to move to countries where things work.Actually, people are moving is a more accurate statement, and they are doing so in hordes. Skilled professionals are jumping ship to foreign countries, and to take up foreign jobs. The tech, banking, and medical sectors are the most affected in Nigeria as employees tender resignation for better opportunities abroad.The resultant decrease in human capital due to this mass emigration stunts economic advancement as industries and organizations lose their best talent.How then, can organizations manage the realities of brain drain?That's what we want to find out tomorrow. Join our Twitter Space to get an answer.
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What’s this “Japa/Japa Syndrome”? Is it some kind of illness?Well, it depends on how you see it. If a constant urge to run away from your current life in your home country and start a new one in a foreign country sounds like an illness to you, then that’s what it is. An illness.That doesn’t sound like an illness, though.Of course, it isn’t. At least not literally. Besides, this “syndrome” is usually temporary. It ends once you leave Nigeria.So why is it a syndrome?Well, I guess it’s because this urge to migrate is popular among Nigerians. The World Bank says 50 per cent of young Nigerians want to leave the country. But I think that number should be even higher.What? That’s a lot of people! Why do they want to leave?Uhm… I think you should ask why they wouldn’t want to leave because there are too many valid reasons. But I’d just sum it up and say the government has done an excellent job at making the country unliveable for the average Nigerian. So people want to move to countries where things work.Actually, people are moving is a more accurate statement, and they are doing so in hordes. Skilled professionals are jumping ship to foreign countries, and to take up foreign jobs. The tech, banking, and medical sectors are the most affected in Nigeria as employees tender resignation for better opportunities abroad.The resultant decrease in human capital due to this mass emigration stunts economic advancement as industries and organizations lose their best talent.How then, can organizations manage the realities of brain drain?That's what we want to find out tomorrow. Join our Twitter Space to get an answer.