CityUpon AHill
Nov 4 · 2 min read

#TheWorldToJos

Have you always been curious why many talents in the city of Jos leave for other cities across the world? Ever wondered why we can't keep talent and attract more? Ever wondered what our city will look like in 11yrs if we continue to lose our best minds to other cities?


For so long we've been consumed with the idea of #JostoTheWorld and it's reality is what we are grappling with. Dashing our talents to the world. For free.

I had to mention FOR FREE so you don't come up with an argument that it's an export and good for the city. Every export should have economic value for the place of import. That is not our case. For so long talents have been incubating themselves until people like Oluwadaser David, Aisha Oyediran Wiggins, Sly Alubo, Tally, Jerry illiya and more began to revitalize our City. Incubating yourself is like being an orphan!

Economic value.

What's the economic value of MI, ICE PRINCE, SIM SHAGAYA, MIKEL OBI, AHMED MUSA and more to plateau State?

What value is created when we spend Millions entertaining ourselves when we should be entertaining the world and get paid for it?

What economic value has our PEACE & TOURISM given us? Show me the tourist sites, tell me how many visits they get, how much it generates annually!

What exactly is our pride as a city and state? What do we want and what's the plan to get it?

Do we want to create prosperity through #TheWorldToJos or should we continue to lose wealth and talent to the world?

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