Fhemmmy:

Are you sure of this?
Banks will not let Nigerians clean their offices
Stores wont allow Nigerian clean their stores, and i am sure we all know why.
And most of them too would rather do something else cos they want "FAST" money

ebamma: a cleaner in the uk earns an estimate of 40,000 pounds to 70,000 pounds a year,which in naira is between 10 million to 17.5 million naira.many bankers in Nigeria dont earn upto that.

ebamma: a cleaner in the uk who may earn atleast 10,000 pounds a year,which is about 2.5 million naira,is still earning more than some bankers in nigeria.

Deji Adeoy: Una dey mad, money in europe has more value and can get u a lot of things unlike here in naija the little money u earn, u buy petrol to ur generator which is not like that in europe, food is expensive, rent is expensive, life is hard here in naija unlike in europe if u earn little u still enjoy the value of ur money, naija we still have a long way to go.

Fhemmmy: Nice pix/drawing . .

ebamma: a cleaner in the uk earns an estimate of 40,000 pounds to 70,000 pounds a year,which in naira is between 10 million to 17.5 million naira.many bankers in Nigeria dont earn upto that.

pembisco: Lets nt 4get dt when d oyibo contry ws 50yrs old,tins wer nt as it is now,so lets apreciate our naija 4 1s pls,jst 2yrs ago,salaries of civil servants improved a little,dts wt am talkin abt,is jst a mata of tym

Godogwu:

Please in which abroad can a cleaner afford a three bedrooms en after ten years, who even told you it's easy for them to save? Is virtually impossible even if that person has two to three cleaning jobs......and there are many factors that come to play in the kind of three bedroom that cleaner is affording.....probably one in some ghetto area where they'd be paying 300-600 dollars a month if they can even afford it...

IbnTimothy:

The pepper is more so are the bills

The truth is most Nigerians out here are simply hooked. They are not returning home because of the people's expectations....shame de catch them

ok see bills here for person wey de manage;
1. A decent 2bedroom flats cost averagely about £750/month (just multiply by 250 to convert to naira)
2. Plus council tax £100/month (band B) ..... this na after them don commot income tax and NI for your small pay o
3. Electricity+Gas bill £60 (with managing usage)
4. You cant leave your child at home, so to leave your child with child minder £30/day/child
5. Bus ticket £55/month. If you mistake drive a low cost car £200/month in road tax+insurance+fuel+etc (By the way petrol here is about £1.3/litre)
6. Phone bills £25
7. Internet and line rentals £20
7. Even church offering na in £ ....lol.... and the smallest note na £5
..... pikin de papa house de contribute to bills and rent

If you de 9ja de earn anything more than N50k/month ..... I won't advise you to leave your work for a N300k job in UK cos na the same thing..... cold no go let you leave under bridge

The only advantage for UK here na;
1. No Boko haram
2. Plane no de fall ontop house
3. Light and water dey ..... but you ma no go fit on am (for fear of bills)
4. No body go chop your money, but you no go fit chop anybody money too
5. The prime minister appear confident at least
6. You no go hear car horn
7. No Owambe we go block road
8. Them fit rob you if you waka for mid night very rare
9. You no go de hear english like 'parastatal'
10. Free health for your family and free school for your pikin
etc etc
All those things wey we de bring come pose na for charity shop (bend down select) and sales we buy them
...this is truth from my church mind o

I know Dr wey sell him hospital and everything only to come here de do care work (to dey bath them old mama them) ....im no be as my guy plan am .....no be say the work bad, just that he was doing better for 9ja

Gone are those days when the Wasiu go come abroad come de take am sing.....chai!!! those guys don deceive us ....LWKMD

oya come now .....

chucky234: Guy e be like say na to join you for UK O! Atleast free school,no Boko Haram and I go still dey see some bend down select for charity shop no wahala.

Seriously if we are to succeed in this country opportunities are abound everywhere,we just need to identify them and act.
Anything you sell in Nigeria will generate funds and there are many businesses you can start with as low as 30k with good returns,people need to be creative.

The one thing that disturbs me the most about Nigerians is very simple: We as a people[b] don't believe that we can make it via hard, unglamorous work[/b]. For us, it's always going to be a lottery, so we spend all our time and energy playing it. Even in school, Nigerians pass exams but rarely learn anything of value.

afam4eva:
That's Nigerias for you. people do what they can't do in their country in other countries because they see the white man as a superior being.

afam4eva: I agree that it might be because of the pay for some people but not for anyone. For some people, no matter the pay that they're offered, they won't do any menial job in Nigeria but they will do it abroad.

ebamma: a cleaner in the uk earns an estimate of 40,000 pounds to 70,000 pounds a year,which in naira is between 10 million to 17.5 million naira.many bankers in Nigeria dont earn upto that.

ebamma: a cleaner in the uk earns an estimate of 40,000 pounds to 70,000 pounds a year,which in naira is between 10 million to 17.5 million naira.many bankers in Nigeria dont earn upto that.

chucky234: Fhemmmy you got ribs cracking...
They see every Nigerian as a possible fraudster/criminal which makes it difficult for naija guys being employed.

Godogwu:

You just proved that you have no idea what your saying, do you think the electric is free anywhere in Europe?, do you know what you pay as an electric bill in naija is chicken change to what people pay for electricity for a month in the UK or US ? As a cleaner in the US lets assume you earn $800 a month ( you'll think that's a lot). First of all you pay your rent of about $500 ( you have 300 left) you pay an electric bill of like $100, then water bill of $90,(you have 110 left) you still have to pay for gas off about $50, then you'd budget at least $50 for a cell phone bill every month...... I have not even started talking about food or any other luxury and the whole salary is way spent. So my brother you have no idea what your saying, the cost of living in Nigeria is way cheaper than that of Europe.

Godogwu:

You just proved that you have no idea what your saying, do you think the electric is free anywhere in Europe?, do you know what you pay as an electric bill in naija is chicken change to what people pay for electricity for a month in the UK or US ? As a cleaner in the US lets assume you earn $800 a month ( you'll think that's a lot). First of all you pay your rent of about $500 ( you have 300 left) you pay an electric bill of like $100, then water bill of $90,(you have 110 left) you still have to pay for gas off about $50, then you'd budget at least $50 for a cell phone bill every month...... I have not even started talking about food or any other luxury and the whole salary is way spent. So my brother you have no idea what your saying, the cost of living in Nigeria is way cheaper than that of Europe.

Olalekan 0: stop typing crap,no one earns as little as $800 a month abroad!

swiftycool:

Not true, my landlord in the Uk was a fulltime day cleaner at Shell and a weekend cleaner at Aberdeen airport and he owned one 2bedroom flat in middlefield and another 2bedroom flat in Torry where he and his wife a city mall cleaner lived with their baby

swiftycool:

Not true, my landlord in the Uk was a fulltime day cleaner at Shell and a weekend cleaner at Aberdeen airport and he owned one 2bedroom flat in middlefield and another 2bedroom flat in Torry where he and his wife a city mall cleaner lived with their baby

Olalekan 0: stop typing crap,no one earns as little as $800 a month abroad!

Fhemmmy:

If you are making 800$$ a month and you are paying all those kinda bills, then, you are surely doing more than you can afford.
With such pay, you could get a shared apartment where you wont have to pay that much for gas, and water and the rest of the bills, or get something that is inclusive . . . Also, if you have a job and all you are making in a month is 800$ a month, then, that MUST be a lazy dude that might ave to find another job to make 2 jobs, or be educated for something better . . . .

Godogwu:

I understand your point clearly, but even on campus people in shared apartments still pay anywhere from 350-600 dollars a month just for rent. (Forgive my reference to campus I'm an F-1 student, I'm just speaking from the knowledge I know of). Bottom line is that some Nigerians make it seem that the UK or US has a better living cost which is greatly false.

Chinom: Why don't we make the most of both world. Do whatever odd job you have to do in Europe. Do it hard, save serious cash and come back to Naija to live large. Anyhow you look at it, cost of living is extremely cheaper in Naija than in Uk or Europe. That's actually what the post isall about. The idea is not to compare cleaning in Nigeria with the UK. They are poles apart.