A popular phrase says ‘traveling is a form of education.’
This is because it is not only in classrooms that you can acquire knowledge. Traveling provides field experience. I recall my first visit to Jos, Plateau State in 1980 to spend part of my long-term vacation with my uncle residing in the coal city. My elder sister and I travelled by rail. We boarded a train from Ibadan around 9pm and arrived Jos at the dawn of the third day.
Since 1998, I have been a development worker or better still a non-governmental organisation staff and later consultant. One thing I like about the job, which does not have job security, is the opportunity to travel. My work in the development sector has afforded me the opportunity to visit 33 out of the 36 states in Nigeria with the exception of Kebbi, Taraba, and Yobe states.
Unfortunately, insecurity has made traveling a nightmare, particularly in Nigeria. Last week, I travelled to Kaduna and Jos and the experience was very unpleasant. My colleagues and I have a two-day workshop in Kaduna scheduled for last week. As it is customary when planning such an event, the arrival of participants outside of town is a day before the workshop.
Well, we safely arrived at our hotel and were checked in. The event was successfully held and we had to leave Kaduna lastfor Jos. That’s supposed to be about five hours by road. However, due to frequent abductions and killings taking place around the southern Kaduna axis which is the gateway to Jos, we had to fly to Lagos in order to connect another flight going to Jos. We arrived the Kaduna airport on time but the plane did not.
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