Development and civilisation is the quest of every nation under the sun. This quest has apparently created a dichotomy in our world. Today there are countries that are known to be the advanced countries of the world while others are known as developing nations. This divide has led to no small amount of devastation, havoc, ruin and wreckages, both in developing countries and in the first world countries.

As many as 700 immigrants were reported drowned in the Mediterranean, just outside Libyan waters, in what is the worst disaster yet involving migrants being smuggled to Europe.

This is the news report that recently went all over the world as the world stood in shock of what could be the reason driving so many young Africans into an early death under such terrible circumstances. That brings the total number of deaths in under similar circumstances to 1,500 migrants en route to Europe in the first quarter of 2015.

A week earlier, in a similar incident, another 400 young Africans lost their lives in their quest for a better life. As big as this number might seem to us, the scope of disaster could have been much more wider. The Italian rescue operation reportedly rescued 100,000 lives of young Africans that could have perished under similar circumstances.

What is driving these young, vibrant, energetic African men from different countries of Africa to so desperately risk their lives? That might be a question to the Europeans or first world nations, but to us Africans it is an obvious question that demands no answer. Every African hypothetically would understand what is driving these young men to desperately want to move to Europe.

On the other side of the world, the United States of America is facing an ongoing battle to secure her borders from another group of young, vibrant, energetic illegal immigrants. Only this time not from Africa but from Latin American countries.

What do these two groups of young men in the Libyan Mediterranean and the Gulf of Mexico have in common? The answer is obvious: they all want to escape the life of abject poverty in their underdeveloped nations and move onto a dreamed and superlative lifestyle in the advanced nations of the world.

As a result of this quest for a better lifestyle in advanced nations of the world, Africa keeps losing some of her most promising children. Is there anything that could be done? Yes, no doubt there is!

In my opinion, one of the answers to the question of underdevelopment of nations including my country Nigeria, is in the CULTURE of DIGNITY OF LABOUR. We shall discuss this in detail next week Tuesday.

Till then, remain blessed.

•Sunday Adelaja is a Nigerian born leader, Transformation Strategist, Pastor and innovator who lives in Kieve Ukraine. He can be contacted at sundayadelajablog@gmail.com

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