yewit37486:


With the global inflation trend upwards since last year or so, I very much doubt this. I mean even basic staples in the UK had ridiculous increases in the last one year, not to mention 20 years.

madjune:


You doubt what?

UK is a sh.tty country in my opinion.

I can't go there to live for whatever reason(s)

yewit37486:


Abeg, this thread has been sane with people sharing their views both for and against, don't bring your tribalism here and pollute it. Thanks.

yewit37486:


Hahaha don't let UK people hear you o, lol.

I said I doubt if there is any country where the price of groundnut oil and gas (petrol?) has remained almost constant in 20 years.

madjune:


Agreed. I fairly exaggerated but the price of Canola oil has almost been the same.

If there's any increase, maybe by few cents, which anyone can afford.

Pandar01:


The against is from a particular region, to a particular man you all call agbado, so what do you call that ?

Una mumu too much I swear.

You try to cover your foolishness,but it's like a smoke ...you people are too dumb ..tribal bigot calling someone tribal,

You will get what you deserve , you people from that region need to leave the affairs of the zoo alone and focus on your Simon ekpas lordship..😆😆😂😂😂

yewit37486:


Smh. You clearly have some mental issues, carry on with your illness.

FalseProphet1:
I have so many members in the abroad. And I'm very happy because they pay their tithes and offerings in dollars and Euros.

I see more of my members going to the abroad, I see myself becoming very rich.

This I have seen.

YeyeGbami:


in my own opinion, i don’t see why anyone would pay millions of naira to get 5 year care visa. I’ve seen care job descriptions and i shake my head, after taking care of your client. You will now start cleaning the house, running errands. Some call it “live in care worker”

If person no get anything working for him/her here, i won’t blame them for taking the visa.

It’s like deja vu

IbeOkehie:
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So u feel its all about Japa....i've got a sen bro that just japa,,this dude was making 450k/month where he works here in 9ja,,bro is now regretting y he even japa sef,,....japa is for those struggling in 9ja,,not those that ve made it here in 9ja

My friend 450K is less than $500/mo. That's easy money for ANYONE living in the USA and I say that with 30 years experience starting at the very bottom of the workforce. I regularly sent thousands of dollars to Nigeria working as a cook in a restaurant. Add to that, I lived at a living standard that 450K/mo can't buy in Nigeria. Yes, there's things you can enjoy today at that ₦‎450K salary range that a cook can't enjoy, but when you look at the broad picture, a cook in the USA lives a better life.

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lmao.. People forget to tell themselves the truth. No skills nothing and they want to japa.

No one needs any skills to live a good life in the USA. Anyone can start at the very bottom and move up. That's not speculation, it's FACT.

There are people I know here, some of them with illegal immigrant status, that have been drivers, cooks, hospital orderlies & care workers, sales clerks at Walmart or hotel desks, janitors and such for 20 to 30 years, some where both man and wife do these same jobs. Their homes are comparable to what you will find in Gbagada or Festac in Lagos, ALL their children still living at home have their own cars and most of them that have moved out are working and some have even bought their own house. In fact just this year a girl I used to babysit, an accountant, bought her own house, her parents both still work those unskilled jobs.

One of my colleagues where I used to work, her father is a TAXI DRIVER in Baltimore and 3 of his kids are doctors and one a pharmacist. And this is not a rare thing anymore among Nigerians here. And yes, not EVERYONE in the USA is successful, but I can assure you the vast majority of unskilled Nigerians here are doing much better than any Nigerian earning ₦450K per month in Nigeria. That's how they contribute to the $10 to $25 billion remittances sent by the diaspora every year.

Just yesterday on guy on holiday from Nigeria walked into my workplace and we got to talking and he started trying to tell me he doesn't like America, he can't stay here. Whereupon I gave him a piece of my mind and just calmly enumerated just how terrible Nigeria is. Another colleague had to tell me to pipe down....nonsense and ingredients.

Nigeria is a cesspool of poverty. Not my opinion, reputable international agencies concerned with such matters have ranked Nigeria as the Poverty Capital of the World!!! What else is there to say? Only 0.5% of Nigerians earn over ₦‎200K per month, so where exactly are these people living the good life in Nigeria? It's a very tiny sliver of the population and they can't all be here on Nairaland!

As for the OP, well I hope you have good plans. I know EXACTLY where stories like yours will likely end up. I know soooo many people in Nigeria with multiple siblings abroad. It's very enjoyable indeed but even enjoyment creates its own problems.

Good Luck to Nigeria!

Cutehector:
shussh it there.. Many people in nigeria are still doing better than thousands of people in america. We still have homeless people there too..abeg loss.

IbeOkehie:


That's very true. But on average, an unskilled person is more likely to live at a middle class standard in the USA. ₦‎450K is not a good reason to forgo the possibilities of living in Anglo-Western countries. Ordinary ₦‎450K

Also homelessness in the USA is most likely to be caused by physical or mental illness, including drug abuse.

Good Luck to Nigerians.

IbeOkehie:


That's very true. But on average, an unskilled person is more likely to live at a middle class standard in the USA. ₦‎450K is not a good reason to forgo the possibilities of living in Anglo-Western countries. Ordinary ₦‎450K

Also homelessness in the USA is most likely to be caused by physical or mental illness, including drug abuse.

Good Luck to Nigerians.

okewumi:
Japa case is like someone they told to live holiness life so tbat he can make heaven but refused. If you say heaven does not exist and you die and discovered heaven exist, what will you do? It is late. You can not come to world and live holy life again to make heaven . But if you live holy life and at the end heaven doesn't exist, it is all well and good., you go to where others go.

If you japa and abroad doesn't favour you, you come back and you will bounce back within some years in Nigeria because most are poor. But if you have the opportunity but failed to use it to Japa, your unborn children will abuse u.
I have said it in parable

omonla10:
best way is if u can come single or with ur wife/husband alone.. Then the 2 of u can work. And collect just one room.. U will be saving more than a bank manager salary for naija even after ur monthly expenses

Basher8583:


No one is stopping you na. You can go and slave yourself away. Shebi na the exchange rate dey make una dey japa to do rubbish work.

CaptainFM1:


They were bored and lonely abroad. I'm not here in Nigeria. BIGO is probably for them not me.

sammyonal:
😂😂😂😂😂😂

sammyonal:
u can always run a business in Nigeria u know. U will everly break even.

Basher8583:


No one is stopping you na. You can go and slave yourself away. Shebi na the exchange rate dey make una dey japa to do rubbish work.

FalseProphet1:
I have so many members in the abroad. And I'm very happy because they pay their tithes and offerings in dollars and Euros.

I see more of my members going to the abroad, I see myself becoming very rich.

This I have seen.

Pandar01:


Another lazy Nigerian blaming the government for his failure...😆😆

Thos can only be an Igbo man ...very hatefilled souls