A Nigerian woman in the United Kingdom has expressed a strong desire to return to her native Nigeria despite the seeming good life she has lived abroad in over the last twenty years.
The woman said she desires to come back to Nigeria and live among her people in the village.
The woman, who spoke in a video posted online said she would be 96 in November, noted that she is the oldest woman in her village and family.
She said she has been living in the UK since 2002, but noted that returning to Nigeria might be hard since her children live abroad.
She said she cannot manage living in the village alone since her children are outside the country.
Her words:
“I’m not a young woman. By November, I will be 96 years old. I want to go home and stay in the village till whatever will happen. I’m the oldest woman in the village, therefore, I want to be in the village. But staying in the village while my children are abroad, I cannot manage it alone. That is why I’m very anxious. I’m praying that God will do everything so that I will go back to Nigeria. I have some of my children here. But I don’t want to stay with them for a long time. I have stayed enough. I came here 2002. I’m more than 20 years here. Therefore,I’m getting bored. I’m getting tired.” Amidst the clamour to live abroad by many Nigerians at a time Nigeria is undergoing some issues of development, the woman’s desire underscores the saying that “there’s no place like home.
