 I left Nigeria back as far as 2012 and it was a very funny story as you can see from my social media pages my best food is amala so I walked after work I'm a medical doctor full-time doctor after work I went to this famous place in Oshogbo where they have amala just next to my hospital so while I was there I sat down with the food and then I saw this newspaper advert saying doctors needed urgently in Saudi Arabia so I abandoned my plate of amala the rewards were just amazing and I couldn't believe my eyes you know free accommodation free flights I was earning you know I was gonna earn like times 20 you know what I earned at the time in dollars as well so I packed my bags went home packed my bags off to Lagos I was I was at Keja for the interview immediately I left the amala went home packed my bags and off I went to Lagos the next day I went for the interview did the interview there were loads and loads of people there did the interview and got picked and I was on my way to Saudi Arabia so from Nigeria I worked in Saudi Arabia for two years and then I walked around the Middle East Dubai Oman Bahrain and from there while I was working I was writing my exams to work in the UK and the Republic of Ireland so from there I got a lecturing position in the UK and then I was able to pass my exams within that time so I got my licenses to be able to practice in Europe so at the moment I can practice in Europe I can practice in New Zealand I can practice in the Middle East and of course in Nigeria as well so my journey hasn't been straightforward my journey has been from Nigeria scattered around the Middle East and then Europe the first culture shock I faced was I landed on a Thursday and obviously Friday but it didn't click that Friday was a day to be respected in the Middle East in the Muslim society so I got up what was looking for food I got out of my house and after walking for like five minutes it still didn't click that I was the only one in the environment okay so I'm walking about say 500 meters I suddenly saw a car just drove in front of me and blocked me and then I saw all these guys in yes just came and of course I didn't so the guy the guy just came and said what are you doing out here it's Friday you're supposed to be praying I'm like I paused and then he says okay are you a Muslim or a Christian yeah are you Muslim or a Christian I swear I didn't know whether to say Muslim or Christian if you say Christian and they start flocking if you say Muslim why not in the month so I paused and the guy said bring out your karma I showed him my karma which is like a resident permit that shows your religion so he shows you where he shows I'm a Christian and then he said where are you coming from I said I just got into Saudi yesterday I don't know what's going on then said well today's Friday Jim you have to be praying if you're not praying you respect it stay in your house between this period so I said okay he said everywhere is closed you can't even get food so I'm sorry I'll walk back right now and then another one that was amazing even though I was a doctor I couldn't speak to female patients so if a man comes in with a woman and the woman is the one with the problem you cannot talk face-to-face to her you cannot ask her you have to ask the husband say okay why have you brought this woman here and then the husband so my first experience I spoke to this woman who had a breast lump and I was talking to you as I was just looking at me so when I finished he was answering me and when I finished the guy just lost it how can you be talking to my wife I'm like I'm not toasty your wife guy you know calm down so the the the medical director had to give me an education you know yeah so we're able to just placate the guy at the moment at that time so that was one culture shock for me as well I've traveled a lot of countries I've seen 50 different countries now I would say that in Europe okay so some some very interesting ones when I got to Europe I was in my house just sitting on my own and friends said come well there's this birthday party happening let's go and eat ah birthday party oh yeah let's go now where's the venue so I went to the venue we ate we ordered at everything finished birthday party I didn't know the day the celebrant came and said this is the bill and my I'm thinking bill for what I should pay that you invite I was in my house I was in my house you invited me I came to eat now have to pay the bill so that was one the second one was of course driving in Nigeria you're on the left side but in the UK you're on the right side so that was another culture shock for me in Europe it's important to state that I always talk about the way to live legally within the legal bounds without violating any international laws which is opposed to what people do most people do and if you notice very well people leave you know it's upward movement you're living from poorer countries to rich countries and interestingly it's not as safe the people who leave who leave this who leave their countries illegally generally speaking now are not the poorest of the poorest when you put the standard of their country into context they're not the poorest of the poorest but because they they're looking for better opportunities they're looking for a place where they will get you know larger finances better standard of living education good access to health that's why they're leaving so they don't care how they do it so long as the promises you know they've been giving good promises then they just take that pathway I always use my social media handles on Instagram on YouTube Waka Waka Doctor to tell people of the legal ways and the reason why people most times don't want to follow this pathway is because I would say it's inherent laziness because you have to do the work you know this illegal pathway they're possibly gonna say pay this amount of money we will just move you across the border but it they don't consider the consequences that come with it this way that I preach involves a lot of you know work you have to do a lot of work so it means that you have to do research you have to make applications you have to pay little amount of fees and then get the end result so if you're not open to working I give tips I point you towards the right direction but if you're not open to working then it becomes a difficult task for you so the easiest way is to keep educating ourselves we keep educating these people and passing the information across and I mean this is what one thing I'm doing now and it's one thing I've been doing for the last 18 months using Instagram Twitter YouTube to pass the information across if someone comes to you to say okay I'm gonna take you to Europe you're a cake baker I'm gonna get your scholarship there are documents you want to see your documents you want to see you have your original passport have you submitted a statement of motivation or a letter of intent do you have a visa have you submitted documents to help you get an original visa do you have a work permit have you seen an original work permit have you called your employers over there to confirm that I have a real job and I'm coming to resume so that again brings me to my first point that people are mentally lazy they want to do the work because when someone gives you documents and say oh this is your document we're going abroad you should say give it to me let me confirm if it's real let me confirm if it's original if it's a work permit I'm gonna call my employers to see if this job is real if it's a school admission I'm gonna ring up the school to find out if it's real I told you behind the camera as I said people have this mentality that you know things work outside just the way it works in this country it's wrong if you pick up the phone and call an admissions office they will talk to you if you pick up the phone and call an employer they will talk to you just looking for information and if the information is real they definitely get it so like I said the basic the first way to help with spread of information help cob this is spread of information and educating people and that's what I've been doing for the last 18 months using my social media platforms nothing good comes extremely easy okay you have to be patient I tweet sometimes I say that I say when you travel abroad things your life changes you know your skin becomes fresh your smile is different okay there's peace of mind you know things come to you easily you can actually actualize your dreams you can live out your dreams right in front of you because there's a system that supports that so my advice is when you go abroad be patient keep working hard don't stop don't relax you know have a vision write it down allow your eyes your eyes see that vision you know consume it and continue to work towards it it's it's simple simply as basic as that that's that'll be my advice a safe and always call home because one of the one of the downsides to going abroad is that it can be boring sometimes that's why you should call friends don't cut people off call friends you know always call home if you miss home like I'm home now because I missed I'm a lot I missed all those things so I came home so yeah that's my advice keep working keep your head down of course keep your connections back home so that you can always come back to them this is a huge subject it's a huge subject and it's not something I can share in one two minutes and so I'm going to say that the first thing you want to do is open an Instagram account if you don't have an Instagram account and look for me work I work a doctor because I give tips now there are job boards across Europe across Asia you cannot streamline your choices and say that oh I just want to be in Canada I just want to go to the US I just want to go to the UK there are 195 different countries in the world so you have to say that I'm open to any one of them and most of these countries have job boards okay websites different websites where you can submit your applications you go through rigorous interviews you submit documents if you then succeed they are able to process your work permits and employ you now some people would say oh I've tried the UK it didn't work out so they give up but there are different countries in the world there's Turkey there's Lithuania there's Kazakhstan I know teachers that have spoken to in fact six seven of them in the last four five months we've left Nigeria to Kazakhstan right they teach English they earn at least a thousand eight hundred dollars in Kazakhstan which is much more than what they were earning Nigeria so there are 195 countries I post them I mean every almost every day on my Instagram channel so you can watch and see some of these job boards and apply for jobs some basic truths and facts is not every doctor can leave the country and so even if doctors are leaving more doctors would graduate and you still have doctors around but doctors are living in their large numbers every day so the future on the future of medicine in Nigeria is very big because you have the extremely intelligent doctors leaving going abroad because the system abroad is extremely encouraging the system abroad gives you opportunities to become greater than what you can ever think or imagine people keep writing their exams people keep going for interviews because the system allows it so the advice the advice straight up I'll give to the Nigerian government is first and foremost create a platform that encourages us as doctors facilities give us facilities give us things we can it's not as if you know things we only see in the books things we can see and work with pay us pay us money I worked in ocean state my salary in 2011 was 90 thousand I was doing two jobs and I couldn't earn a hundred and twenty thousand two jobs when I went to Saudi Arabia salary was $5,000 look at the discrepancies too huge and they were only six months you also months six months how can I was seeing 200 patients in a day 200 patients how how how I mean the first 10 patients I see would get the best out of me the other ones the truth is just the truth the other ones will be people that's it it doesn't work that we create a fast create a good culture a good environment for doctors to work pay them properly you know give them you know standard enumeration that they can compare with their friends and colleagues abroad and say okay yes we you know it's commensurate to the work we do Nigerian government really has to improve the future of Nigerian doctors sadly enough is abroad and countries are asking for them like the plough exam is an incredibly easy exam to just write and pass so people are writing it a movie you know so if Nigeria cannot improve this parts payments facilities you know then then it's it's a poor tale I would end on this note to say that this is a popular this is a popular theme that I've always passed across to say that travel is not necessary of money but of courage and the reason is because it takes courage to decide to leave a place you've been for many years and go to a place that's brand new you're gonna be leaving your friends you're gonna be leaving your family you're gonna be leaving your job you're gonna be in search of ways to make money search of better career so it's often very difficult the first step is the most difficult one the most daunting one saying I want to move it's very difficult but I would always encourage you to take that step when you start you will get to the end don't wait start now it's another year is 2022 my aim is to get at least 2,000 people abroad so if you can do that we've succeeded okay there are better opportunities out there if you are if you're attaining this level right now in Nigeria if you go abroad you'll be times 20 that's it so start now make the move if you're in town if you catch me in any of the cities abroad you can holler at me and I'll be there traveling abroad migrating abroad is not age specific you know age is not a limitation even if you're in 50s in your 50s you're in late 50s you can still go abroad I always talk about academics because academic seems to be the easiest path but even if it's true career like I've said earlier you can go search for this job buzz I'll give you employment again experience counts I'll give you an example places like Australia are in need of people with huge experiences in different fields whether you're a cameraman you're a technician you're a chef if you have five ten years of electrician five ten years of experience and you apply for jobs in Australia they'll take you Estonia Lithuania these are places that I need of vocational you know you can do vocational studies if you're not a skilled worker so to say these are places that I need of you so age is not a factor so even if you're 50 and you have 15 years of experience to back this they're looking for you