Hello everyone. i just want your input and advice on this please. any decision i make here and any step i take in this will be very critical for my life.
i will try to make it very short and straight forward.
- i'm from Nigeria
- i started university at 2019
- i then start my business in 2020
- I'm a smartphone and laptop software and hardware technician
- i only open my shop during the holidays or anytime i'm free from school work
- i have hundred of customers anytime i opened
- my business is making me good amount of money and it's flourishing
- now i graduated from the university November 2023
Now the problem
- in my country there's a "mandatory" youth service for any citizen who graduated from the university
- he/she will be posted to another state/region of the country to experience a diverse culture which will boosts unity of the country [ that's the service ]
- its for a period of 1 year
- but there are exemption, which are;
1. you are more than 30yrs old and
2. you can just go to the office and tell them you don't want to go due to bla bla bla.. and they will give you an exemption letter and your certificate, finish. (well, it's not so mandatory).
NoW
- Me i don't want to go, because after my graduation last year November i have been stable and diligent in my business and i'm making good money
- everybody know me now in my area and i'm now the go to guy for my service
- i even want to expand it
- i have gotten several request from people wanting to be my apprentice.
- i accepted 1 and rejected 3, because of the issue i need advice from.
The Issue
- My Family is overpressuring me to go for the service. ( i still live with my parent though)
- my dad say i have wasted his money and i have disgrace him among his friends if i don't go.
- everybody is asking me when will i go for my service
- truth is, it's like every youth dream to go for service here
- you are deem as not a complete graduate if you didn't serve the country
- and again the country do pay serving graduate for a laughable $40 monthly and this covers all your expenses for a month. but there is free accommodation ( not in all state ).
- in my business i make quadruple that amount monthly
- my kind of business require me to be present there,, because I'm the expert
- it will be hard to see another expert who is available, and will have to come to my shop and be there in place of me, i can only see people who are not so good, and i don't know if they're honest, i don't want to spoil my shop reputation
- i don't want to go because i feel its a waste of time, 1 year in a new region, doing nothing and abandoning my moving business and allowing my business to die.
- I've just got a new competition now and he is also good, but i'm still the popular guy, cus I've been long here
- i just want to go take an exemption from the service and continue my business but my family and the society is pressuring me to put my life on hold for a year. going to another region, wearing the service uniform ( its a pride for most youth here), staying there for a year, doing community service, Forestering unity and all several bulllshhhhti
please what do you think i should do, my family is expecting to hear from me.. i need to make a decision before the 17th of April, because that's when the can registeration starts
i will try to make it very short and straight forward.
- i'm from Nigeria
- i started university at 2019
- i then start my business in 2020
- I'm a smartphone and laptop software and hardware technician
- i only open my shop during the holidays or anytime i'm free from school work
- i have hundred of customers anytime i opened
- my business is making me good amount of money and it's flourishing
- now i graduated from the university November 2023
Now the problem
- in my country there's a "mandatory" youth service for any citizen who graduated from the university
- he/she will be posted to another state/region of the country to experience a diverse culture which will boosts unity of the country [ that's the service ]
- its for a period of 1 year
- but there are exemption, which are;
1. you are more than 30yrs old and
2. you can just go to the office and tell them you don't want to go due to bla bla bla.. and they will give you an exemption letter and your certificate, finish. (well, it's not so mandatory).
NoW
- Me i don't want to go, because after my graduation last year November i have been stable and diligent in my business and i'm making good money
- everybody know me now in my area and i'm now the go to guy for my service
- i even want to expand it
- i have gotten several request from people wanting to be my apprentice.
- i accepted 1 and rejected 3, because of the issue i need advice from.
The Issue
- My Family is overpressuring me to go for the service. ( i still live with my parent though)
- my dad say i have wasted his money and i have disgrace him among his friends if i don't go.
- everybody is asking me when will i go for my service
- truth is, it's like every youth dream to go for service here
- you are deem as not a complete graduate if you didn't serve the country
- and again the country do pay serving graduate for a laughable $40 monthly and this covers all your expenses for a month. but there is free accommodation ( not in all state ).
- in my business i make quadruple that amount monthly
- my kind of business require me to be present there,, because I'm the expert
- it will be hard to see another expert who is available, and will have to come to my shop and be there in place of me, i can only see people who are not so good, and i don't know if they're honest, i don't want to spoil my shop reputation
- i don't want to go because i feel its a waste of time, 1 year in a new region, doing nothing and abandoning my moving business and allowing my business to die.
- I've just got a new competition now and he is also good, but i'm still the popular guy, cus I've been long here
- i just want to go take an exemption from the service and continue my business but my family and the society is pressuring me to put my life on hold for a year. going to another region, wearing the service uniform ( its a pride for most youth here), staying there for a year, doing community service, Forestering unity and all several bulllshhhhti
please what do you think i should do, my family is expecting to hear from me.. i need to make a decision before the 17th of April, because that's when the can registeration starts
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