Ol boy,#200,000k for only crihristmas? he depend on how you get ya money sha.wethr na work or na runz.but if na work i go advise you make you cut ya coat according to ya size and if you like cut am anyhow-anyhow. just remember to carry garri along when you de go back.

IMO,200k isn't enough,if he's travelling to the East. Regular lagosians travelling to the East for holidays hold close to that. Unless as advised you really have a deft game plan,peeps may think you're stingy. . . . . .

Tho' considering its 200k + plenty gifts. . . is should be fine.

Chuks84:

1. you are coming home after 5 years of absence.
2. you are coming during the xmas festivities.

200k!!! you've got to be kidding, you've got family in 9ja shey? m sure they'll be expecting you to dash dem nothin less than 100k when you're leaving, talkless of the amount you are going to spend in 2wks, you are going to connect with long lost friends and you'll be the one footing the bills. seriously you should have nothin less than 500k! you are comin back from the uk for christ sakes!!! you ought to represent. and i pray u aint from the east, if u are, then you are in for it! my guy, you ought to do better than 200k, if not you would just be giving people the impression that you are stingy. make that extremely stingy. and all u guys deceiving him that 200k is enough; which country are u in? cos m sure it aint 9ja.

Exactly my point!

Dem no dey manage life 4 east oo!

snowdrops:

These are all sound advice. Last time i was in Naija in september this year, [size=14pt]i spent £2,000 in one week[/size]. Stayed in hotel, N9,000 per night, feeding/drinks/transport including flights etc little over N200,000 and the rest in gifts.
Promiesed myself this should not repeat itself.

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Quote from: snowdrops on Today at 02:27:50 PM
These are all sound advice. Last time i was in Naija in september this year, i spent £2,000 in one week. Stayed in hotel, N9,000 per night, feeding/drinks/transport including flights etc little over N200,000 and the rest in gifts.
Promiesed myself this should not repeat itself.

My guy which part of Nigeria are u from? SOKOTO?

I cant believe u spent just 2,000k a whole week in 9ja, or were u eating only Kuli kuli? Huh

he wrote 2000 pounds not N2000. thats more than 400k in naira.

Na by force to represent, make them like shout stingy i am not dropping one kobo

Chuks84:

he wrote 2000 pounds not N2000. thats more than 400k in naira.

Soz, didn't notice the currency sign. MY BAD anyways!

greateros:

I don't understand. DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU GUYS ABROAD ARE THAT BROKE!!? AM JUST AN ORDINARY EVERYDAY GUY HERE IN NIGERIA, BUT I SPENT N5k PER WEEK ON ECONOMY SCALE! AND YOU ARE COMING HOME AFTER 5 YEARS EXPECTING TO COME HOME WITH JUST N200,000k. YOU BETTER STAY BACK! CAUSE YOU WILL JUST COME AND MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF.

YOU SHOULD BE TALKING OF COMING HOME TO SPEND N1.5M ON ECONOMY SCALE. Don't forget you are coming to the east you should keep extra N1m to bail yourself out in case kidnappers gbab you.

_{Reminder: Kidnapping bail out prices: Okada Rider - N3k, Taxi Driver - 5K, Ochanja Trade-50k, 200k, 450K depending on his trade, Obodo Oyibo returnee(with jeep) N3m, without jeep N500k - N1.5m depending on the family, politician N300m, nollywood actor N1.5m - N10m.  Note: price maybe reviewed upward depending on deregulation and increased population based on yuletide.}

Food for thought

If you do not have a concrete reason for coming to naija i will advice you stay back and send money to your family and friends who got your back when you need them.

greateros:

I don't understand. DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU GUYS ABROAD ARE THAT BROKE!!? AM JUST AN ORDINARY EVERYDAY GUY HERE IN NIGERIA, BUT I SPENT N5k PER WEEK ON ECONOMY SCALE! AND YOU ARE COMING HOME AFTER 5 YEARS EXPECTING TO COME HOME WITH JUST N200,000k. YOU BETTER STAY BACK! CAUSE YOU WILL JUST COME AND MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF.

YOU SHOULD BE TALKING OF COMING HOME TO SPEND N1.5M ON ECONOMY SCALE. Don't forget you are coming to the east you should keep extra N1m to bail yourself out in case kidnappers gbab you.

_{Reminder: Kidnapping bail out prices: Okada Rider - N3k, Taxi Driver - 5K, Ochanja Trade-50k, 200k, 450K depending on his trade, Obodo Oyibo returnee(with jeep) N3m, without jeep N500k - N1.5m depending on the family, politician N300m, nollywood actor N1.5m - N10m.  Note: price maybe reviewed upward depending on deregulation and increased population based on yuletide.}

Who told you they are broke? Did they go abroad so they can comeback and show off. The best they can do is to buy one or two gift for family and friends simple.

200k is OK for 2 weeks - extravagant spending - LawuLawu Money!!

too_soon:

If you do not have a concrete reason for coming to naija i will advice you stay back and send money to your family and friends who got your back when you need them.

So coming to spend time with your family is not a concrete reason right? Is there any rule that you cannot visit your country any time you wish because you are based abroad?

segzeybaba:


wetin u dey yarn my guy? cut your coat according to your size!
u think say for 'abroad' money dey grow ontop trees, shurrup man

@axeman85
which hotel accomodate u for 4k5? isit a standard room sha?

my broda . u no wan know the kind hotel oo, it was a hotel in gbagada area, it was an hotel i used to know while i was growing up but to be honest the place is nothing to write home about and reason i stayed there was becos i wasnt planning to go to naija that period but i had to rush off and didnt have enough funds so that was all i could manage.  

the toilet was rubbish i couldnt even bring myself to sit on it, light was zero , most times i have to shout before they switch on the gen as per janded personality na u get. lol. anyway i didnt mind sha

@POSTER

I WAS THERE (IMO STATE ) THIS YEAR AFTER SPENDING THREE YRS IN EUROPE (I STAYED IN MY PARENTS HOUSE BUT ALSO SPENT SOME DAYS IN HOTEL ), JUST SPENT ONE MONTH. LET ME JUST TELL YOU THE TRUTH, 200K WILL NOT BE ENOUGH, COS I KNOW HOW MUCH I SPENT AND REMEMBER YOU ARE TRAVLING BY XMAS PERIOD.

GIVING PPL MONEY IS NOT THE BEST OPTION TRY THE GIFT THING, COS MOST PPL MAY USE THE MONEY U GAVE THEM AGAINST YOU, (JAZZ MEN, THEY FULL FOR VILLAGE)

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY DONT 4GET TO BUY YOUR RETURNING TICKET THERE IN UK, AND IMMEDIATLY YOU ARRIVE GIVE LIKE 10K AND YOUR PASSPORT TO YOUR MOM OR DAD TO KEEP, IS VERY IMPORTANT. once you are out of cash take that 10k and the neXt ABC to lagos,


HAVE A NICE TRIP.

skynylaw:

@POSTER

I WAS THERE (IMO STATE OWERRI) THIS YEAR AFTER SPENDING THREE YRS IN EUROPE (I STAYED IN MY PARENTS HOUSE  BUT ALSO SPEND SOME DAYS IN HOTEL ), JUST SPENT ONE MONTH. LET ME JUST TELL YOU THE TRUTH, 200K WILL NOT BE ENOUGH, COS I KNOW HOW MUCH I SPENT AND REMEMBER YOU ARE TRAVLING BY XMAS PERIOD.

Who said so? He is gonna be living with his parents:: accommodation is excluded, 200k? What? seems you don't know the value of money:::

Thats more than enough with change left

[b]What's wrong in been stingy? or you hear say dem dey dash money for yankee?.whatever people think of you no matter except you want borrow money go impress them.

@ All,

Thank you very much for your generous contributions. I'm overwhelmed by the quality of advice I'm getting and it's indeed an eye opener.

I do understand that things have changed over the past 5 years. I would have loved to travel to nigeria yearly but it hasn't been possible because I was a student most of the time I have been here.


I have friends in nigeria whom I would like to see.  I have also sent some gifts back home and hope to take some more with me when travelling.

N200,000 is only an estimate. Besides this amount, I have put aside about £400 to give my younger ones and cousins for their school fees. I don't intend to stay in the hotel because I want to spend the few days with my Mum and siblings.

I don't intend to pay for public transport when I get home. However, I am borrowing a car from my elder brother and will be in control of it throughout my stay.

Once again, thank you all for your informative contributions.

@poster

200k is manageable but this period u are going to naija is xmas so the probability that you will spend more than that is high. especially if you are going to the village. or east. i stayed in an hotel for 2weeks in kuly as i said earlier and it was 4k5 per night for 14days thats like 72k, at least on a daily basis i spend mtn 750 12k this is excluding the ones i can remember oo. food minimum is 1k per meal. so lets say 2meal thats like 2k =32k, transport, 3k per day taxi =48k minus the time i had to enter BRT and fly okada oo so based on what i can remember total -=164k.  bearing in mind i didint give anybody 1penny, as i coded myself well well.  this is what i can remember, no clubbing, no drinking, no going far in taxi becos 3k was from like to and fro from gbagda to ikeja gra ooo. and i even price am well sef for that price. so in reality you might be able to manage it well but to be realistic it is not enough.

ubamu2029:

@ All,

Thank you very much for your generous contributions. I'm overwhelmed by the quality of advice I'm getting and it's indeed an eye opener.

I do understand that things have changed over the past 5 years. I would have loved to travel to nigeria yearly but it hasn't been possible because I was a student most of the time I have been here.


I have friends in nigeria whom I would like to see. I have also sent some gifts back home and hope to take some more with me when travelling.

N200,000 is only an estimate. Besides this amount, I have put aside about £400 to give my younger ones and cousins for their school fees. I don't intend to stay in the hotel because I want to spend the few days with my Mum and siblings.

I don't intend to pay for public transport when I get home. However, I am borrowing a car from my elder brother and will be in control of it throughout my stay.

Once again, thank you all for your informative contributions.

based on what you have said now then 200k should be enough , all you just worry is petrol money and odd expenses. . have a safe journey

skynylaw:

@POSTER

I WAS THERE (IMO STATE OWERRI) THIS YEAR AFTER SPENDING THREE YRS IN EUROPE (I STAYED IN MY PARENTS HOUSE BUT ALSO SPEND SOME DAYS IN HOTEL ), JUST SPENT ONE MONTH. LET ME JUST TELL YOU THE TRUTH, 200K WILL NOT BE ENOUGH, COS I KNOW HOW MUCH I SPENT AND REMEMBER YOU ARE TRAVLING BY XMAS PERIOD.

GIVING PPL MONEY IS NOT THE BEST OPTION TRY THE GIFT THING, COS MOST PPL MAY USE THE MONEY U GAVE THEM AGAINST YOU, (JAZZ MEN, THEY FULL FOR VILLAGE)

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY DONT 4GET TO BUY YOUR RETURNING TICKET THERE IN UK, AND IMMEDIATLY YOU ARRIVE GIVE LIKE 10K AND YOUR PASSPORT TO YOUR MOM OR DAD TO KEEP, IS VERY IMPORTANT. once you are out of cash take that 10k and the nest ABC to lagos,


HAVE A NICE TRIP.

Thanks. I already booked my flight back to london.

Oga pharaoh, e be like say u stingy well well. i dont know wch part of the country u r from but pls refrain from telling this guy to come home with just 200k, it might work for you because u r a miser. no matter how he avoids it, he will feel obliged to splash some money around, and not to mention, things are not as cheap as they were when he was in the country.

Chuks84:

Oga pharaoh, e be like say u stingy well well. i dont know wch part of the country u r from but pls refrain from telling this guy to come home with just 200k, it might work for you because u r a miser. no matter how he avoids it, he will feel obliged to splash some money around, and not to mention, things are not as cheap as they were when he was in the country.

Flash money for what? so you think they pick money in abroad?

When I went to naija, some guys where telling me GUY show your self nah! carry us shaye!! I told dem! na me born una? I'm a student mother fuc ker

Nothing dey!!!!!!!! If i fit collect money from u gan! I will be HAPPY!

I only spend for my intimate friends, not just showing off and the end of the day you run out of cash. Absolutely Insane

when you no be ode, really why dash people money, one thing i've learnt is whenever you go home never dash people anything expect for the £1 gift you brought for them because a lot of them are comfortable in the little they have already and as soon as you leave they forget you so instead of dashing 200k out why not put it in your saving in UK abi ki leni mo wi? second thing i've learnt is never give them your number they'll will be flashing you everyday and complaining you are not calling them do they think 02 charges 5naira / minute?

NA WA O

THE GUY IS A STUDENT, people tend to forget what you are as long as you write ABROAD thats it!

STUDENTS DONT GET PAID FOR BEING STUDENT

no wonder some naija for obodo oyinbo dey do yahoo yahoo, too much pressure to 'represent' lazy people
who dont give 2 hoots how you make your money!

you dont need to worry about what people will say about you,all you need is to make your family happy, rmember when things go differently na you and your family go carry your cross o, ENJOY YOUR STAY WITH YOUR FRAMILY

lol

na wa.

see guy, u can even buy cheap t-shirts in naija and put it in your box for a couple of days so they have the jand smell then distribute to ppl . . . where do they want u to get the money to spend from? like someone said, cut your coat according to your size!

whiteroses:

when you no be ode, really why dash people money, one thing i've learnt is whenever you go home never dash people anything expect for the £1 gift you brought for them because a lot of them are comfortable in the little they have already and as soon as you leave they forget you so instead of dashing 200k out why not put it in your saving in UK abi ki leni mo wi? second thing i've learnt is never give them your number they'll will be flashing you everyday and complaining you are not calling them do they think 02 charges 5naira / minute?

Abeg shift ya profile pix, I dey dining table.

Pharoh:

So coming to spend time with your family is not a concrete reason right? Is there any rule that you cannot visit your country any time you wish because you are based abroad?

He own his family and friends more than that N200k, so he should stay back and work more.

koolchicco:

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Not everyone is that broke/tight fisted MR DELETED. Sincerely, i enjoyed myself, spent aggressively and gave out a lot of money.
I work very hard, so why cant i at least enjoy my money.

snowdrops:

Not everyone is that broke/tight fisted MR DELETED. Sincerely, i enjoyed myself, spent aggressively and gave out a lot of money.
I work very hard, so why cant i at least enjoy my money.

Well done Bros! Abeg that ya work dey 'teachable/learn-able'?

@poster

My friend if you are a student dont stress yourself because if someone refuses to understand that,
then they dont deserve a penny from you.

In imo state ,things are not that expensive. if you need to take friends out in owerri just take them
to Dan Anyiam. It's bustling and they have series of nice out-door spots there.
The food and drinks are affordable and nobody will really notice you unless you start showing yourself.

Im travelling @ xmas  to imo too but im not a student   so N200,000 wont cut it for me sha
(When you change car tyre service am you no go see that one  )