‘Nigerians need to stay in Nigeria’, Tacha makes bold claims

Media personality and former reality TV star, Natacha Akide popularly known as Tacha, has advised Nigerians against anticipating leaving the country.

The media personality said this in an interview with Outside the Box on Sunday. She stated that Nigerians should aspire to contribute towards the growth of the country, rather then leaving.

“Nigerians need to stay in Nigeria to check this country or to affect the change we want to see, and also, even though living in London, a lot of the things I did see were like wow, like to an extent, like Nigeria is great. The UK is great as well, though, but like Nigeria is great,” she said.

Tacha also claimed that it is unwise for an individual to abandon the life they are building in Nigeria. She noted that the government can utilise and invest in certain areas that will make room for growth.

“I just feel like with the infrastructure and with the working system that they do have there, if Nigeria can, to an extent, uplift certain things here, lots of people would not want to leave because it’s not as easy as people think. People just feel, you know, when I get to the UK, greener pastures. If you have a working business or you have a working job, you have a car, you have your house, it doesn’t make sense for you to sell those properties and say, you know what, I want to go abroad, whether it’s South Africa, whether it’s London, whether it’s Dubai.” she said.

Tacha also claimed that moving to a different country does not guarantee ones success or establishment.

“It’s not greener outside Nigeria than we all think it is. Even when you get in there, you still have to walk, like walk to the level you want yourself to be in. So if you’re comfortable here in Nigeria, traveling or like japa really shouldn’t be an option for you because you get lonelier, like there are less friends, lots of people, it’s busy. I love Lagos, Nigeria.” she claimed.