THE NEXT DESTINATION Waiting at the lobby of the UAE Application Center in Abuja where I was quietly seated, it dawned on me that I have simply spent four hours of my life waiting. You could easily hear chatting and mumblings just like it was a bar. During such waits, alliances are formed and different stories being shared. Then it struck me like a bullet from an AK47, ‘the quality of intellect and youthful energy being exported out of Nigeria’. With the air condition blowing low temperature at high-speed and seats arranged for about 140 people; the UAE application center management has put in their best to make their ‘customers’ comfortable. Yes, I said customers because migration process is big business. On this faithful day I can estimate we were not less than 200 seated in the hall as people were standing and several were still waiting outside to come in. Each applicant would have committed a minimum of 18,000 naira to the U.A.E Government with some paying as high