Poverty is worse than a killer disease. By Francis Okpaleke.
Nothing kills potentials faster, dwarfs abilities quicker and makes you beg like poverty. It is the greatest of all evil s. It is the reason why nations that are rich look with disdain on poor nations. It is reason why we beg for visas. It is reason why our passport is weak and a major reason for our barrage of prayers and silent woes and tales of depression. Poverty is beyond lack, it is a state of nothingness that formats creative minds to factory settings. Over the years, I have made countless trips to a number of embassies. I have come to observe that the visa process of Europe and the Top 5 countries in the world (Canada, United States, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom) is nothing short of separating the wheat from the chaff. Besides, the visa fees, cost of medicals and litanies of requirements, I perceive the process is deliberately designed in such a way that only the best brains and those with significant economic wherewithal are able to receive visas as stamp...