From my interaction with most people posted to far away places. They would actually love to stay but the present state of security is nothing to bank on. The average Nigerian is comfortable with the news of bomb blasts and kidnaps only in the newspaper and not in his environment. We are not daring like our white contemporaries who want to see danger zones for themselves. We love our lives and even as much as we don't like the current state of the nation, we do not see death as an escape route. We are willing to endure as long as we stay alive.
It is interesting that there is more demand for labor in the north, the pay for professions such as Medicine is almost double the average obtainable in the south. But the Average Nigerian will rather be safe than be paid double.
Mr. President, Governors, Military, Police, Citizens of our great country Nigeria. Muster every resources to keep corpers safe. They have been a force to reckon with. They have improved the standard of education in remote communities, they have brought opportunities for those who never imagined they could get it, they have brought hope and joy to places that the government has never reached.
Dear Nigeria, Corpers want to stay but...
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