caandi:
my dear the thing tire me
When I hear stories like this one op posted I begin to wonder….
And he went to better country o, not even all these Asia or Northern Europe countries where language is a barrier
I know of people in still the same Asia that has duplexes in lekki and doing large here for their fam, people that left at the age of 18 for that matter
Recently my mums uncle wife that’s in California showed my mom docs of job offers she got recently saying they will pay her 6,000 dolls per week o
And she rejected it cos she wants to go for vacay
The woman is a nurse there and owns a lot of houses and mansions in lekki and other states in Nigeria
While some people are discouraging we that have hope, not to come over
If you’re not lazy really you will make it there, I rather sweat there and make huge money than waste same sweat here in Nigeria and get peanuts
It’s well no be person wey opportunity jam??

GeneralShepherd:


Hahahaha I no get time to reveal my age on the internet, go through my posts and you will get an idea of how old I am.

I am not worried about my ranking in my village, I am doing OK

poseidon12:


That your mom's uncle's wife can lie for Africa. At 6,000 Dollars a week as a Nurse, she will be earning more than most Doctors. She's probably trying to make your mom feel envious.

Ablemed:
When I was telling one of my guy here ion believe in travelling abroad to have or live a better life, he thought I was speaking from the place of drunkenness.

I believe I will make it and I'll make it Big in Nigeria and only travel out for vacation, irrespective of whatsoever anyone got to say/think

nonhuman:
The simple truth is that you see those guys who made money abroad and come back as money bags didn't look for job like, believe it or not you cannot make it legit as an African overseas, this is 85% true

ednut1:
you have been making lots of ignorant statements about Canada i just dey look you. Trucking business in Canada is majorly Indian owned. Many of the drivers are Indians too. https://www.thecanadianbazaar.com/how-punjabis-came-to-dominate-trucking-industry-in-canada/
The usa you mentioned earlier what is the pathway to get green card if not marriage. Where as Canada getting permanent residency after studying is clear and easier.

dazzlingd:


You spoke well.
It is not easy adjusting at first. Only those with experience understand that feeling, at a point you will feel like giving up and going back. But once you can survive that initial stage, you will appreciate making that decision to see it through.

Tadadobe:


I trust you 😆. You'll always have story of someone who arrive in Phoenix and start Making millions of dollars within two days. You'll even go ahead and uproot some research papers to back up your claims. I won't be surprised if you're on your way to find one Washington post that say no nigerian can be successful in Nigeria unless they come to America or that no nigerian Eran up to $20 per year. 😂

caandi:
naaa she isn’t
She has her doctorate in nursing
She’s to be paid more than a gp doc over there sef
It’s all by qualification
Everything has level o

Ablemed:
When I was telling one of my guy here ion believe in travelling abroad to have or live a better life, he thought I was speaking from the place of drunkenness.

I believe I will make it and I'll make it Big in Nigeria and only travel out for vacation, irrespective of whatsoever anyone got to say/think

IbeOkehie:


So if Nigerians are lazy, how come most Nigerians in the USA are living at a middle class standard? It's not about whether anyone can make it anywhere. The REAL question is how easy is it to attain a good standard of living in the country you choose to live in? What are the statistical odds of success? That's the real issue and it's not complicated at all.

Venezuela is rich in crude oil and natural gas. Venezuela is in a protracted economic crisis. It's EASIER to attain a good standard of living in Canada than in Venezuela. Having said that, there's people living like royalty in Venezuela, just a very, very small percentage of the populace. That's the reality for now and the forseeable future.

Have a good day.

1Sharon:
You might just set a new precedent.


Then again you might need more time to adapt 5-10yrs


Then again i feel America is the best place for japarains. Semi skilled workers like hairdressers, truck drivers make alot of money.

Bigcoconut:
Hello, guys
I don't want to bore you guys with long epistle. Yes, as the title suggests.

I travelled to Canada through the study route this January but I can tell you for a fact that I'm already bored with this place.

I'm redoing a 2 year program that I have already concluded in Naija but just because I want japa, I redid it. But that's not the issue.

The issue is that I'm working in a company but the department I was posted to was a physical demanding one..

To the extent that if I work for a day, I feel pain all over my body for a week. And this is seriously affecting my education because anytime i go to work, i wouldn't have the energy to do anything again as i would be so weak. but i have to work because i have bills to pay.

Nobody send you for here except you want sleep for cold outside.

Even half of my salary goes in the form of settling bills.

The work makes me depressed. This is not what I bargained for. .

For me to raise money for my tuition fees and travel expenses, at least I wasn't doing bad in Nigeria before i left. In addition, I hardly have time for myself.

My situation is even better, most of people who we came same time haven't found jobs yet.

My thinking is if I should ask for refund of my remaining tuition fee and relocate back Naija, or go back Naija and take some courses online, as there seems to be an option for that.

poseidon12:


Right on point.

caandi:
naaa she isn’t
She has her doctorate in nursing
She’s to be paid more than a gp doc over there sef
It’s all by qualification
Everything has level o

bigtt76:
Toh.... POF wahala 🤣🤣🤣

OP look for online remote customer care jobs. You're better placed than many back home to score these jobs. Don't give up 💪🏾

justwise:
[b]

Stories like this is far too common now, people leaving Nigeria with little or no money to survive abroad, then we have threads like this people complaining that abroad is hard and Nigeria is better but they will never book the next available flight back to Nigeria and allow us to hear word

Gerrard59:


Always check the registration date to know how long the moniker has been on Nairaland. Some of them (they've been caught) are people who have been repeatedly denied visa to foreign countries and are currently on the mission to dissuade, create cock and bull stories to paint the exodus in a bad light.

Bigcoconut:
Hello, guys
I don't want to bore you guys with long epistle. Yes, as the title suggests.

I travelled to Canada through the study route this January but I can tell you for a fact that I'm already bored with this place.

I'm redoing a 2 year program that I have already concluded in Naija but just because I want japa, I redid it. But that's not the issue.

The issue is that I'm working in a company but the department I was posted to was a physical demanding one..

To the extent that if I work for a day, I feel pain all over my body for a week. And this is seriously affecting my education because anytime i go to work, i wouldn't have the energy to do anything again as i would be so weak. but i have to work because i have bills to pay.

Nobody send you for here except you want sleep for cold outside.

Even half of my salary goes in the form of settling bills.

The work makes me depressed. This is not what I bargained for. .

For me to raise money for my tuition fees and travel expenses, at least I wasn't doing bad in Nigeria before i left. In addition, I hardly have time for myself.

My situation is even better, most of people who we came same time haven't found jobs yet.

My thinking is if I should ask for refund of my remaining tuition fee and relocate back Naija, or go back Naija and take some courses online, as there seems to be an option for that.

Wsx2:


This is reality here I don’t know this op , I am in Toronto and life is hard here . this is what most Nigerians facing here and this is to encourage anyone coming here to have an idea of what they should expect and come prepared with strong financial backup back home.

Wsx2:


It’s not easy to get menial jobs here not to talk for online remote, I have people in my neighborhood who has been searching for common warehouse jobs for 2 months

Ferdinandu:
The people that really notices the difference in Nigeria and abroad are people from a struggling family, who will reach abroad and wouldn't even mind doing 3 jobs at a time because they are just grateful for just easily finding any job at all. The comfortable upper middle class family find it hard to adjust because they are not really suffering in Nigeria, they just want to belong to Japa bandwagon but on reaching abroad they all realise they had been enjoying full time in Nigeria

mamawa123:


Please tell me how you managed to save 120k Canadian dollars in a short period of 2 years as a student in 2018 doing a security job with a pay of $16 an hour? Please I need you to lecture on this because I will like to do same.

mployer:


Everyone isn't broke in Nigeria. Some people have such a rosy life here in naija that the Japa life you guys hype is more or less slavery to them.

If you are broke here, you have every reason to Japa

Adakintroy:
If you have few millions buy lots of female goats and few males..in few months or a yr, you goats will double..thats ur money. See you don't need abroad just little smart to make money.

Many of you dont like knowledge or education. You just want to school to make better money..so there I skip the process for Una.

Gerrard59:


No be lie sha. It is fairly OK if the person while in Nigeria moved from the lower middle class to upper middle class than being born in an upper middle class. Transitioning go hard.