Basically I met a well established Nigerian Lawyer that is somewhat into Nigerian politics and is well connected in Nigeria and I asked him for a little advice, which is: “What would you advise Nigerian youths that have just finished studying abroad?”

He said: “After studying you should come back to Nigeria!!!

I was quite baffled with that reply and first off I’m not going to compare the minimum wage btw the uk with that of Nigeria.

fyi: min-wage UK = £16K per annum
Nigeria = N552K per annum approximately £1725/annum

I definitely didn’t agree with him and gave him a breakdown of how one can survive on the UK’s minimum wage £16,000 i.e £1,300 per month. With that £1,300 you can have £1000 every month for every expense you have to cover and save £300 every month!. And then he said my stats was very “unproductive”! what?

His Explanation:
He basically asked me where I am from, which I replied “Anambra” in the Eastern part of Nigeria.

Lawyer : “Imagine you coming back to Anambra and you get a job where you get N100,000 per month i.e N1.2 million a year, you can build a 3 bedroom house in less than 3 years and live a very sustainable life“ ( don’t forget we are not using minimum wage )

I am not saying that he is wrong but I cannot say his stats is as productive as mine that would save up £300 every month and get £3600/annum which is approx N1.2million and can save that up and still buy a house and still live a very comfy life.

Please I would love my fellow Nigerians both ones that have studied in Nigeria and in the UK to tell me what they think about this??

Just remain there and clean the street it better than 50k offer here

My advice: Secure Your work permit over there, you can come back n invest later.

Simple...Make dem no dream of coming back.

Secure a work permit. Find a job there. Climb the corporate ladder then when you tire of the place probably in ten years time or more, come back and use your work experience to get a highly placed job here that pays nearly double your former salary but with less work involved.