Ilaje44:


Ugba yi me se oma ana. Me se nile fo ede Ilaje? Emi yi mo wa obele nati Abaala l'obon n'Aiyetoro ugba yi a fi eja mi gba pupuru, garri, abatina etc. Ugba yi ogho nina ti to Igbekun... Me se ni gbede?

Mo mo omi ino ifi. Mo du ghun ojerimade. Bi o tile pe eyi mo ti t'ule, okan mi gbagbe Igbekun. Emi oma ogeemoni agbeinoko ghen'wa. Emi oma imalokun agbabu...

Aigbede: Ede jami ogun
Onegbede: Ede a ru wo oko.

Sugban emi gbo ede Ilaje mi fo. Ule wa a toro.

Omade mo ra o......mo fe bagba je o.......i will like to connect with you Sir.....pls reply my pm.

coogar:


you are a consummate retärd!

stüpidly, you opined that N60,000 and £2,000 have the same purchasing power. i used fuel as a reference point and your analysis fell flat on its face. no one is comparing currency - i am just exposing your idiocy by using basic arithmetic.



how many average houses in nigeria come with portable water, boiler, washer/dryer, phone line, internet hub, etc?



people who earn £40k per annum in the UK are in the top 10% of high salary earners so how can £35k pounds be paycheck to paycheck. this is how simpletons like you misinform the public on what you know nothing about.

Quote me anywhere. Earning 35,000 pounds before tax is living paycheck to paycheck. Unless you don't live in a one room apartment. That's the amount new immigrants need to make to be eligible to settle in the United Kingdom. Probably you think you are talking to someone from a village. How many people in the United Kingdom have 5,000-10,000 pounds in emergency savings? Young man no need jumping on your feet or insulting, swallow the bitter reality that UK. is not all that. The first 2 million richest Nigerians live and made their money in Nigeria. Nobody abroad is in the first 2 million. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/24/new-uk-immigration-rules-will-you-be-affected

I rather live abroad and do alright with less stress and good life than to live in nigeria with plenty money and suffering.

In Nigeria; to get a pizza or buggar, I have to get to palms first or everyone has to shop at shoprite with stress of moving from your area to the island or ikeja.

4stylz:
I rather live abroad and do alright with less stress and good life than to live in nigeria with plenty money and suffering.

In Nigeria; to get a pizza or buggar, I have to get to palms first or everyone has to shop at shoprite with stress of moving from your area to the island or ikeja.

Whoever you are, verily, verily I say unto you. YOU ARE SO DAFT! So palms is the only place that you can get pizza in Lagos

Emirofsambisa1:


Whoever you are, verily, verily I say unto you. YOU ARE SO DAFT! So palms is the only place that you can get pizza in Lagos

Shut up; list places I won't have to stress to get it for someone who lives in agege

Common pizza is sold for almost 5, 000naira.

Stay in our Nigeria, while I stay in my western world

ayodele234:


Quote me anywhere. Earning 35,000 pounds before tax is living paycheck to paycheck. Unless you don't live in a one room apartment. That's the amount new immigrants need to make to be eligible to settle in the United Kingdom. Probably you think you are talking to someone from a village.

you are indeed from the village......

£35,000 per annum is well above the poverty level and this is why theresa may wants only the rich immigrants in the UK. what percentage of the people living in the UK earns £35,000 per annum? i doubt it's more than 20%.

How many people in the United Kingdom have 5,000-10,000 pounds in emergency savings? Young man no need jumping on your feet or insulting, swallow the bitter reality that UK. is not all that.

what has this gotta do with your outlandish remark that £35,000 per annum is living from pay check to pay check. the median annual gross wage in inner london is even less than £35,000......and that's central london where the highest wages are paid in the entire UK. the median gross wage of the entire UK is only £22,000. so how can £35k be considered living from pay check to pay check when the breadline(poverty line) is £22k?

The first 2 million richest Nigerians live and made their money in Nigeria. Nobody abroad is in the first 2 million.

is this one of your theories that you pulled out of the rectum of a baboon? i guess mike adenuga isn't among the first 2 million richest nigerians then according to your obtuse analysis.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/24/new-uk-immigration-rules-will-you-be-affected

this is irrelevant to your point.
you are actually making my point with that. UK immigration is technically telling you there that only the rich migrants who can contribute to their economy would be immune from immigration control. if you earn £35k in the UK, you are rich!

Ilaje44:


I don't think I mentioned anywhere that I'm based in the UK. I cannot tell you about their income tax, I only went to the UK for visits. One of my friends who is currently in greater Manchester is trying to lure me to Scotland, but I am just unperturbed. I must admit that I am missing the orderliness of Germany, the dependability of the German system.

Well from the detailed analysis you gave about the UK, I thought you were based there. Well, I am currently doing a Masters in Engineering in Germany, and although I would love to work here as the place is very orderly as you mentioned, I feel I would easily make it to the very peak of my career in another region like the US, Canada or Australia. Then again, there is the language barrier, and the heavy taxation of residents which the German economy thrives on.

coogar:


you are indeed from the village......

£35,000 per annum is well above the poverty level and this is why theresa may wants only the rich immigrants in the UK. what percentage of the people living in the UK earns £35,000 per annum? i doubt it's more than 20%.



what has this gotta do with your outlandish remark that £35,000 per annum is living from pay check to pay check. the median annual gross wage in inner london is even less than £35,000......and that's central london where the highest wages are paid in the entire UK. the median gross wage of the entire UK is only £22,000. so how can £35k be considered living from pay check to pay check when the breadline(poverty line) is £22k?





is this one of your theories that you pulled out of the rectum of a baboon? i guess mike adenuga isn't among the first 2 million richest nigerians then according to your obtuse analysis.



this is irrelevant to your point.
you are actually making my point with that. UK immigration is technically telling you there that only the rich migrants who can contribute to their economy would be immune from immigration control. if you earn £35k in the UK, you are rich!

omoh...35K pounds translates to about 800k per month in Naija oh..Mhen..and thinking that this is the richest bracket, its not that greener on the other side oh...

coogar:


you are indeed from the village......

£35,000 per annum is well above the poverty level and this is why theresa may wants only the rich immigrants in the UK. what percentage of the people living in the UK earns £35,000 per annum? i doubt it's more than 20%.



what has this gotta do with your outlandish remark that £35,000 per annum is living from pay check to pay check. the median annual gross wage in inner london is even less than £35,000......and that's central london where the highest wages are paid in the entire UK. the median gross wage of the entire UK is only £22,000. so how can £35k be considered living from pay check to pay check when the breadline(poverty line) is £22k?





is this one of your theories that you pulled out of the rectum of a baboon? i guess mike adenuga isn't among the first 2 million richest nigerians then according to your obtuse analysis.



this is irrelevant to your point.
you are actually making my point with that. UK immigration is technically telling you there that only the rich migrants who can contribute to their economy would be immune from immigration control. if you earn £35k in the UK, you are rich!

.

Well said and spot on

Obiwannn:
omoh...35K pounds translates to about 800k per month in Naija oh..Mhen..and thinking that this is the richest bracket, its not that greener on the other side oh...

I was just thinking same.

EgunMogaji:


Thank you for this.

They can't pick on his turf, but he can pick on the US.

If UKs free healthcare is so great how come Brits are the brunt of bad dental hygiene jokes?

I recognize UK and her contribution to the world, the sun never sets on the British empire, my hobby is restoring classic little British cars (mg, Austin, triumph) but I would never put the UK above the US in anything today.

Gbam. Kudos for team USA.

I have spent a great deal of time in the US. I have seen veterans begging on the highway in Texas as well as the dirt poor who can not afford necessary medications let alone dental care. If the US healthcare was great there would have been a push for Obama care. Sorry but it is actually the US that is not all that. Go to Santa Monica beach and see the rich on one side but the beaches filled with homeless at night. The rich in the US live well just as anywhere else in this world the rest is just hype from what I've seen with my own eyes. Let me not even get started with the police
killing black's like its a sport.

For most black people the US is still a plantation.

londoner:
I have spent a great deal of time in the US. I have seen veterans begging on the highway in Texas as well as the dirt poor who can not afford necessary medications let alone dental care. If the US healthcare was great there would have been a push for Obama care. Sorry but it is actually the US that is not all that. Go to Santa Monica beach and see the rich on one side but the beaches filled with homeless at night. The rich in the US live well just as anywhere else in this world the rest is just hype from what I've seen with my own eyes. Let me not even get started with the police
killing black's like its a sport.

For most black people the US is still a plantation.

God bless you for this observation. You try to tell people reality and they call you a hater. The US. and UK. are miles away from heaven, not anywhere near. 62% of Americans don't even have $1,000 for an emergency and are just one paycheck away from living on the street but Hollywood propaganda keeps feeding gullible Africans lies

coogar:


you are indeed from the village......

£35,000 per annum is well above the poverty level and this is why theresa may wants only the rich immigrants in the UK. what percentage of the people living in the UK earns £35,000 per annum? i doubt it's more than 20%.



what has this gotta do with your outlandish remark that £35,000 per annum is living from pay check to pay check. the median annual gross wage in inner london is even less than £35,000......and that's central london where the highest wages are paid in the entire UK. the median gross wage of the entire UK is only £22,000. so how can £35k be considered living from pay check to pay check when the breadline(poverty line) is £22k?





is this one of your theories that you pulled out of the rectum of a baboon? i guess mike adenuga isn't among the first 2 million richest nigerians then according to your obtuse analysis.



this is irrelevant to your point.
you are actually making my point with that. UK immigration is technically telling you there that only the rich migrants who can contribute to their economy would be immune from immigration control. if you earn £35k in the UK, you are rich!

Keep ranting. When you get to the UK. your eyes go open. Teachers who are receiving 50k pounds a year are even complaining. There is no way you can save 500 pounds every month on a 35k job. You are indeed clueless about these things

Ilaje44:

I will be in Rochdale come December. One of my friends is celebrating his 50th. Make I come follow unna jolly small for the Queen's own country.

U are very welcome, just bring ur jacket and umbrella, and u will be fine

it baffles me how anyone can equate 35k pounds to N800k! what is equivalent of one pound in naira? multiply by 35k! So, for example, one pound equals N250, multiply N250 by 35k (that is 35,000), this equals N8,750,000!

Olodos

And how man Nigerians even an about 500k per month? Guys be truthful and shame the devil! That is about N6m annually. Then you think about paying tax (if u pa tax), accn, transportation, upkeep allowances.......

kenny2face:
it baffles me how anyone can equate 35k pounds to N800k! what is equivalent of one pound in naira? multiply by 35k! So, for example, one pound equals N250, multiply N250 by 35k (that is 35,000), this equals N8,750,000!
Olodos

He was calculating on a per month basis. Now divide that by 12.

Who is the olodo now?

coogar:


you are indeed from the village......

£35,000 per annum is well above the poverty level and this is why theresa may wants only the rich immigrants in the UK. what percentage of the people living in the UK earns £35,000 per annum? i doubt it's more than 20%.



what has this gotta do with your outlandish remark that £35,000 per annum is living from pay check to pay check. the median annual gross wage in inner london is even less than £35,000......and that's central london where the highest wages are paid in the entire UK. the median gross wage of the entire UK is only £22,000. so how can £35k be considered living from pay check to pay check when the breadline(poverty line) is £22k?





is this one of your theories that you pulled out of the rectum of a baboon? i guess mike adenuga isn't among the first 2 million richest nigerians then according to your obtuse analysis.



this is irrelevant to your point.
you are actually making my point with that. UK immigration is technically telling you there that only the rich migrants who can contribute to their economy would be immune from immigration control. if you earn £35k in the UK, you are rich!

Average salary for a teacher in inner London is £37,400 a year, a head teacher could earn over £100,000 a year, starting salary for teachers is at least £22,244 – or £27,819 a year, just to put things in perceptive

https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/why-teach/competitive-salary-and-great-benefits

I'm sure that teachers in Nigeria earn that much or even higher..

ayodele234:

Keep ranting. When you get to the UK. your eyes go open.

get me a visa and let's see if my eyes are not already opened.

Teachers who are receiving 50k pounds a year are even complaining. There is no way you can save 500 pounds every month on a 35k job. You are indeed clueless about these things

people who make £3m a year are complaining. complaint isn't even the yardstick here. humans are insatiable. however, it's a known face that anyone who earns £35k per annum is considered rich in britain. you can rant till the cows come home, it wouldn't change the fact.

Obiwannn:

omoh...35K pounds translates to about 800k per month in Naija oh..Mhen..and thinking that this is the richest bracket, its not that greener on the other side oh...

a british pound is about N350.
35k per year is about N12m. so you are saying anyone earning a legit N1m a month in nigeria isn't in the rich bracket?

really?

kenny2face:
And how man Nigerians even an about 500k per month? Guys be truthful and shame the devil! That is about N6m annually. Then you think about paying tax (if u pa tax), accn, transportation, upkeep allowances.......

Stop converting currencies. You guys know nothing about economics. Poverty is defined by where you live. It is very clear most Nigerians are clueless because you always convert currencies then think how how you will be spending back in Nigeria. Your 35k pounds should be defined by UK. standard which is nothing. It will take someone making 35k pounds over 10 years to save for a 20% down payment for a average 200k pounds house in London. Someone making just 200k monthly in Nigeria will build his house in less than 7 years. In America if you earn 12,000 dollars a year you are living in extreme poverty but some clueless Nairaland poster will see 12,000 dollars and think that's like 2.5 million. Married couple who make 25k usd are consider to be living in poverty in America. Do you guys know someone making $150,000 can't afford to pay for a private college for their kids? People who make 150k take loans to send their kids to school. You guys need to learn how the western world works

coogar:


get me a visa and let's see if my eyes are not already opened.



people who make £3m a year are complaining. complaint isn't even the yardstick here. humans are insatiable. however, it's a known face that anyone who earns £35k per annum is considered rich in britain. you can rant till the cows come home, it wouldn't change the fact.




a british pound is about N350.
35k per year is about N12m. so you are saying anyone earning a legit N1m a month in nigeria isn't in the rich bracket?

really?

Stop converting currencies. You guys know nothing about economics. Poverty is defined by where you live. It is very clear most Nigerians are clueless because you always convert currencies then think how how you will be spending back in Nigeria. Your 35k pounds should be defined by UK. standard which is nothing. It will take someone making 35k pounds over 10 years to save for a 20% down payment for a average 200k pounds house in London. Someone making just 200k monthly in Nigeria will build his house in less than 7 years. In America if you earn 12,000 dollars a year you are living in extreme poverty but some clueless Nairaland poster will see 12,000 dollars and think that's like 2.5 million. Married couple who make 25k usd are consider to be living in poverty in America. Do you guys know someone making $150,000 can't afford to pay for a private college for their kids? People who make 150k take loans to send their kids to school. You guys need to learn how the western world works

ayodele234:


It will take someone making 35k pounds over 10 years to save for a 20% down payment for a average 200k pounds house in London. Someone making just 200k monthly in Nigeria will build his house in less than 7 years.

probably true sha.

abroad

ayodele234:

Stop converting currencies. You guys know nothing about economics. Poverty is defined by where you live. It is very clear most Nigerians are clueless because you always convert currencies then think how how you will be spending back in Nigeria.

you are a bush man!
it's obvious you have never been opportuned to travel abroad. poverty is defined by where you live - and the brits have clearly defined their poverty(breadline) as £18,000 per annum. £35,000 per annum wage belongs to the echelon of the rich!

if you have any proof that says otherwise, kindly print it here and stop these ridiculous conjectures borne out of your lack of exposure and beer parlour gists.

Your 35k pounds should be defined by UK. standard which is nothing. It will take someone making 35k pounds over 10 years to save for a 20% down payment for a average 200k pounds house in London.

you are being ridiculously out of touch.
not all houses come with 20% down payment. actually, you can get mortgages of only 5% down payment. i have seen plenty of folks who didn't even drop a dime as deposit before owning their houses. there is also interest only mortgages and when all else fails, you can rent a house.

Someone making just 200k monthly in Nigeria will build his house in less than 7 years.

and what would be the quality of that house? would it's tap run hot/cold water from the water main? would there be stable electricity? would there be functional landphone or direct access to broadband internet? if the answer to all these is no, then your N200k per month salary investment is not on a house, it's a shed!

In America if you earn 12,000 dollars a year you are living in extreme poverty but some clueless Nairaland poster will see 12,000 dollars and think that's like 2.5 million. Married couple who make 25k usd are consider to be living in poverty in America.

stop talking like a stark illiterate.
you analyse salary by focusing on the minimum wage. the minimum wage in the USA is about $7 per hour. there are 40 hours in a week, 52 weeks in a year. that's already $14,000......so how won't $12,000 be considered extreme poverty when the lowest job anyone can do can fetch $14k per annum?

who do you think you are trying to run circles around? try again.....

Do you guys know someone making $150,000 can't afford to pay for a private college for their kids?

how can they afford it? when the tuition alone for a private college in the USA is 1/3 of their yearly salary? education is extremely expensive in advanced countries - this is the reason there are grants and student loans everywhere.

People who make 150k take loans to send their kids to school. You guys need to learn how the western world works

in your own case, you need to step out of your cocoon to learn how the western world works. you have not displayed any iota of knowledge concerning how it works abroad. save up and find somewhere to go this year and stop listening to motor park gists from clueless folks like yourself.

The Edo-born said he arrived in the U.K in 2000; and had worked as a store assistant and security guard. He now works as a cab driver with a major transport company with chains of businesses all over the U.K.

“I am doing fine here,” Eke started. “I have worked as an assistant in a big store, then as a security and for four years now I have a stable job in a taxi company. I earn well to take care of my family and go to Nigeria once every two years. We have bought a house in the high profile Lekki in Lagos and I send money home regularly to my aged parents.”

Asked if he is not troubled by the kind of job he’s doing? [/b]He snapped back. “You get paid well and on time for whatever job you do here. It is easy to plan knowing that you get paid. It is better than working in a big office in Nigeria and you are poorly paid.”

I [b]ABSOLUTELY hate hearing stupid comments like the section that was bolded!!! For goodness sake WHAT is wrong with being a taxi driver? Why should the reporter ask such a dumb condescending question?

Nigerians need to stop thinking that certain jobs are undignified. As long as a person works hard I don't care if he is a cleaner or a taxi driver as his profession does not define him. We need to STOP this condescending attitude that makes us believe that we are better than other people cos we are nit

Phema:


He was calculating on a per month basis. Now divide that by 12.

Who is the olodo now?

coogar:





a british pound is about N350.
35k per year is about N12m. so you are saying anyone earning a legit N1m a month in nigeria isn't in the rich bracket?

really?

Official exchange rate is 310 from google. Anyways let us go with your 350. When you tax the 1m and remove recurrent expenditure, how much is left to spend/save?

ayodele234:


Stop converting currencies. You guys know nothing about economics. Poverty is defined by where you live. It is very clear most Nigerians are clueless because you always convert currencies then think how how you will be spending back in Nigeria. Your 35k pounds should be defined by UK. standard which is nothing. It will take someone making 35k pounds over 10 years to save for a 20% down payment for a average 200k pounds house in London. Someone making just 200k monthly in Nigeria will build his house in less than 7 years. In America if you earn 12,000 dollars a year you are living in extreme poverty but some clueless Nairaland poster will see 12,000 dollars and think that's like 2.5 million. Married couple who make 25k usd are consider to be living in poverty in America. Do you guys know someone making $150,000 can't afford to pay for a private college for their kids? People who make 150k take loans to send their kids to school. You guys need to learn how the western world works

Bros agbeee...If you do not convert, how would you know how much you can invest in Nigeria via landed properties and assets? If someone earning 150,000 USD per annum cannot send his kids to school without a loan, how then do those oil workers in Nigeria who do not earn up to that manage to send their kids to these same schools?

coogar:


you are a bush man!
it's obvious you have never been opportuned to travel abroad. poverty is defined by where you live - and the brits have clearly defined their poverty(breadline) as £18,000 per annum. £35,000 per annum wage belongs to the echelon of the rich!

if you have any proof that says otherwise, kindly print it here and stop these ridiculous conjectures borne out of your lack of exposure and beer parlour gists.



you are being ridiculously out of touch.
not all houses come with 20% down payment. actually, you can get mortgages of only 5% down payment. i have seen plenty of folks who didn't even drop a dime as deposit before owning their houses. there is also interest only mortgages and when all else fails, you can rent a house.



and what would be the quality of that house? would it's tap run hot/cold water from the water main? would there be stable electricity? would there be functional landphone or direct access to broadband internet? if the answer to all these is no, then your £200k investment is not on a house, it's a shed!



stop talking like a stark illiterate.
you analyse salary by focusing on the minimum wage. the minimum wage in the USA is about $7 per hour. there are 40 hours in a week, 52 weeks in a year. that's already $14,000......so how won't $12,000 be considered extreme poverty when the lowest job anyone can do can fetch $14k per annum?

who do you think you are trying to run circles around? try again.....



how can they afford it? when the tuition alone for a private college in the USA is 1/3 of their yearly salary? education is extremely expensive in advanced countries - this is the reason there are grants and student loans everywhere.



in your own case, you need to step out of your cocoon to learn how the western world works. you have not displayed any iota of knowledge concerning how it works abroad. save up and find somewhere to go this year and stop listening to motor park gists from clueless folks like yourself.

Save up and find somewhere to go this year? It is a shame in 2015 Nigerians still count traveling abroad as achievement. You are a big donkey. Trying to take things personal. I have been feeding Americans since I was just 21 years. Talking about motor park, I have given out over 5 million naira to total strangers since 2014. Since you want to make it personal-they say help and keep quiet but the only reason you are quiet is because you never gave to anyone. Send me your account so I help you with 20k for the weekend, you be real hungry man

35k salary per year is not seen as rich in the UK. It's a good salary for a single person but you would not be considered rich. You'd probably need to earn over the £90k mark to be considered well off and in the millions to be considered wealthy or rich.

It is all relative.

Obiwannn:

Bros agbeee...If you do not convert, how would you know how much you can invest in Nigeria via landed properties and assets? If someone earning 150,000 USD per annum cannot send his kids to school without a loan, how then do those oil workers in Nigeria who do not earn up to that manage to send their kids to these same schools?

The cost of living in America is much more and a lot of oil workers in Nigeria get allowances which mean they hardly have to touch their pay. How much tax do oil workers on 150k dollars pay in Nigeria?