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SWDNF Stories: Behind the Relocating Decision

Not sure if this writeup should come from me.  Kiity's perspective would be better as she made the decision. As long as I had known, Kiity has always felt a form of pressure to move abroad. Don't ask me where the pressure came from. This pressure led to thoughts of moving abroad to live.  But I didn't have this mentality or desire. We probably would have moved abroad earlier if I did. I just did not feel or desire moving to a ew country as other's did. But then, hearing the abroad story consistently both inside and outside (a lot of people talked about it at work and other places) stirred me up. I think somewhere in Kiity's mind, she still feels we would have moved in 2017 if we really wanted to.  Let's fast-forward to the period 2018 - 2020. We had moved back to Lagos at this time after my sojourn with Benin Electricity.  The major destination for most people in Nigeria then was Canada via the Express Entry with a few via the Academic system. This scale eventua...