exnovio:
Dear beloved Nlander I need your candid advise because am in between two choices that might make or break me.
Iam in my very late 40s living in Spain for 19yrs am married with two toddlers 8 and 4,my wife and I have stable jobs I work during the week she works weekends with this time table we can take care of the kids.
Now for the sake of my kids I decided to relocate from Spain, because I want my kids to be English orientated because here in Spain the chances for them to succeed is slim ,first choice was Scotland but I ruled it out because of this brexit thing,so settled for Ireland because its the only English speaking country in the EU where I can easily settle and start work as European passport holder.
So early this year I spoke with my manager at work he is a very good friend he helped me to secure this job ,I told him am leaving in April this year,he told me to think about it very well because leaving where you are doing good for the unknown is scary,I told him Iknow ,he was right ,after some weeks again i told him I still want to leave I told him he should negotiate with the the bigger boss so I can get my payoff he flared and vowed I will never get nothing from the Company,my plan was that before I lay my hands on something in Ireland with my payoff at least I can sustain myself and my family.he told me I must not go.
So I paused the plan am thinking could God be using this guy to save me from a wrong move or the Devil using him to stop me from achieving God’s plan for me.

oyetunjibaba:


I use God take beg u sir
No reply that man again

Iamblessed85:


I don’t even believe your story to start with. Just know you did not fool me lol. You’re most likely one of the agents i spoke about. Just 3 months in and you know all about living abroad already. Cheers

Karleb:


It was the alternative people gave to garri because it's now so expensive.

I have never heard about that thing in my life. The last garri my mum bought for me was 15k per basin and I'm sure it's more expensive than that now.

A time is coming when we will see the nutritional value in eating sand.

Gerrard59:


Good luck to him, but I would never do it or encourage a loved one in his position to do the same. This might change depending on how many children he has. But for me? I no do.

Iamblessed85:


Didn’t want to engage you directly because i was angry. I know you (not in real terms). It’s you who needs to know himself more. Your inferiority complex is nauseating

Like you, i’m also an accountant and probably earn x2 of what you earned in Nigeria. I live in a gated estate, the commute from home to office is like 5 mins for me, i earn more USD in Nigeria than most people working corporate jobs abroad, let alone minimum wage jobs. Everything you’re enjoying abroad, i’m enjoying here plus i’m in my father land. I dont have to walk lightly for fear of my steps making too much noise.

A second passport is good especially in the area of global mobility but i will never leave a corporate job in Nigeria to work a blue collar job abroad no matter the pay. It’s not how i’m wired mentally. I have self respect and self pride.

Nigeria isn’t all that bad, it depends on who you are listening to. Be careful the advice you take online! You dont know who is on the end or what their motives are.

1. The whole emigration wave is more than likely a politically motivated phenomenon. There are paid agents everywhere pushing that narrative. I suspect these agents have may even have foreign sponsors as well. How else will they get people to do their lowly jobs?

2. There’s never been a time when Nigeria was rosy. The country has always been on the brink. Go and read threads on nairaland as far back as 2005, you would see expressions of thesame feelings of hopelessness. What changed now?

3. A never do well’s account of Nigeria would be different from that of a successful guy. When these set of people were in school, they squandered their time and graduated with bad grades. Today, they cant get jobs and their voices are the loudest in terms of demarketing of the country. They would gladly throw away their dignity to work lowly jobs abroad in order to catch up with their mates that have made strides in Nigeria. These are the people you listen to.

4. There are all sorts of agents that are against the unity of the country. Their version of the state of things would be different from that of a patriotic Nigerian. If you come across their own account, you would easily be misled if you aren’t an independent thinker.

5. Most high flyers abroad came from Nigeria. The ones succeding abroad are still the ones that succeded in Nigeria. If Nigeria were that bad, how would this possible? I know someone who left chevron and had gotten a job with Mckinsey in the USA. Many of the big 4 firms abroad are populated by ex big 4 in Nigeria. An average person here will still be an average person abroad.

6. Majority of people who are travelling now are driven by peer pressure, a distorted account of things they read online and the exchange rate. Dangote refinery is coming on stream plus lots of other good things, what then happens when the exchange rate is nolonger as bad?

7. You’re not all that different. A very good number of those travelling were led to that decision by their wives, directly or indirectly. These emasculated men canot even see the game. Their wives were not successful in Nigeria while the men were. I’m yet to see one successful woman in Nigeria earning millions who relocated to go and pick cartons. Women are smart and i must admit it.

8. I have never travelled abroad and I attended a state university. I have been in the room with all sorts of foreign trained graduates and none of them measured up to me in terms of academic exploits, diction and written english. Where is the disadvantage?

9. If your wife truly loved you, she won’t advise you to become a forklifter no matter the pay. Your dignity would matter to her atleast. Forget the hype about good road etc.How do you truly feel mentally? Do this experiment, tell your wife you would love to become a shit packer because you stand to earn a whole lot of money and hear her response. She would urge you on. You married a selfish woman who would not mind putting you through anything for her own survival.

10. Like you, i have all what it takes to travel. I can even sponsor myself and not wait for a raffle draw. If i travel today, by His grace, i would still get an esteemed job over there. I said all that to say that you aren’t talking to a disadvantaged fellow by any stretch of your imagination.

tensazangetsu20:

Beans Is 2000 naira per derica in Nigeria now. At this rate, he would be probably be eating grass

Iamblessed85:


Soo sad and annoying. They cant see the game these women are playing.

If a woman gets a better paying job abroad, she wont mind her husband resigning from an oil and gas job in Nigeria to become a plumber abroad.

At the bottom of it, is exchange of power. She envies you for being more successful here and she baits you to relinquish that power to her

yemmie:
@ poster .. Don't abandon your good life at 48 to Australia.
Shuttle between Australia and Lagos
Don't ever sell your house or investment to relocate at this age .. it is like committing suicide

Australia employers pays superannuation 11% per your base income. You can't access that money till you are 65 years, they want to pass a law to move to 70 years.

To live a comfortable life ( not luxury life) in Australia in Perth, you need $5000 monthly to pay mortgage and other bills. A gross salary of $180k Australia is $10,340 monthly.. only 10% of Australia professional working class earn that much.

$ A 200k - $ A 250k gross annual only 5% of professional work force earn that ..above $A250k only 1% of the work force earn that.

Tax bracket change to 45% above $A180k

Median house price for 4 bedroom house is A$650k now to purchase mortgage loan .. you deposit 20% to avoid LMI

So look at your future and think about retirement plans .. your kids have the time but not you

By 50 years of age - Nigerian with dual citizens in Australia / Canada /America should be planning of retirement ...go enjoy life with fresh palm wine, correct ponded yam in mortal -- with your childhood friends back at home in your palace ( a king in your domain) .. otherwise setting up yourself to work like clock forever

ariesbull:
and don't you have shame that you can't build your place ...you run to places others built to mess it up ?

Just asking

ariesbull:
better future ? Define it ? Is it a future that kids will abandon their homeland? Is it a future that I will be old and be thrown to old people's home ? Is it a future that I will want to come back in 60s but afraid to come back cos my wife and kids aren't coming ? Is it a future that at 48yrs and I am stating life afresh again ?


I really want to understand the concept of better future ?

AmuDimpka:
they are not

Some use IFRS ... international Financial Reporting Standards. Like European countries while others don't

Please make we talk wetin we know

There are different accounting standards that apply to institutions within the U.S. and internationally, including:
GAAP.
IFRS.
FASB.
IFRS Foundation. ...
IASB.
SEC.
AICPA.
GASB.

Some of us ain't stupid you know...that dude is telling lies . It will take him years to adapt to Australian financial standards he must past exams ...we use IFRS 9 here in Nigeria

EreluRoz:
Still doesn't m3ake me rate them, so eat shit.

AjalaDtraveller:
Your stories don't add up. Inconsistencies here and there. You initially said in your first 2 months you were rejected for accounting jobs now you say you are the one rejecting it. Without knowing the accounting principles of a particular country you know you can't jump into any role as an accountant. Plus you claimed to live in Australia for just 3 months during which 2 months was unsuccessful job search, another 2 weeks of forklift certification. So which means you haven't even got any paycheck yet. How can you compare life as an accountant in Nigeria to someone working shifts carrying and picking cartons in a warehouse, with the associated body pain that comes with such low skilled low paying jobs. Some of us here have lived in the western world and we know exactly how things work, you can only f*ool those who haven't left Nigeria or you are not being truthful about earning a million naira per month.

AjalaDtraveller:
Your stories don't add up. Inconsistencies here and there. You initially said in your first 2 months you were rejected for accounting jobs now you say you are the one rejecting it. Without knowing the accounting principles of a particular country you know you can't jump into any role as an accountant. Plus you claimed to live in Australia for just 3 months during which 2 months was unsuccessful job search, another 2 weeks of forklift certification. So which means you haven't even got any paycheck yet. How can you compare life as an accountant in Nigeria to someone working shifts carrying and picking cartons in a warehouse, with the associated body pain that comes with such low skilled low paying jobs. Some of us here have lived in the western world and we know exactly how things work, you can only f*ool those who haven't left Nigeria or you are not being truthful about earning a million naira per month.

Ikemba007:


Well, may be I'm only biased by the fact that I cannot as a graduate reduce myself to operating a forklift just to make more money. The same reason I will never sit in the boot of a bus just because it'll cost less and leave me with extra money, and I shake my head when I see people do it. I'm sorry, this is just me but if it sits well with you to do it just because it brings more money, fine. Please continue!

Ikemba007:
A taya o. They pay rent of $800 per month, which is almost half of the monthly earning. That's over one million naira on rent per month. If they have to keep telling us what they earn by converting to naira, then they should also convert what they spend to naira. Who spends up to 1,000,000 naira on monthly rent in Nigeria? Nobody wastes so much here.

This idea of exchange rate that means nothing to a man permanently resident and doing menial job abroad is deceiving them.

Melagros:

Your message really encouraged me, honestly, there was an invitation for me to come to US via Jamaica but due to my age, I'm sceptical, I'm in my early 40s, I'm encouraged now
Thanks

Iamzik:


Do you spend naira in Australia? If not then the mental conversion to naira is totally irrelevant. Because your expenses are in AUD

At 1600 AUD how many years will it take you to pay off a mortgage?

Mcslize:


I want you to be honest with me. I want to ask you a very important question, and I will need your most honest answer.

As a young man in his mid 30th, I am already on the process to relocate to Australia through the skilled migration route. Latest 2026 ending, I should be with you guys.

Now, will you advice me to marry before coming to Australia or come single? I need your most honest reply on this. Cuz right now I nor even dey any relationship o.

Taiwo20:
what's the cost of the forklift training and do they issue certificates?
Does the training firm have an office in Lagos?

koning:




I will NEVER leave Nigeria if i am making N1million as salary in a month.. i dey mad!.

Do you know what Dignity and self respect means.

My dignity, self-respect and self worth means more to me that having light 24 hours a day. I can afford fuel for Gen for christ's sake.

POVERTY IS THE DRIVING FACTOR FOR THE JAPA MENTALITY. Stop fooling yourselves.

peleson1:

Sorry to ask u sir,
Was it ur wife that u immigrated with?
If yes, was it the express visa type or study route type.

Kindly hint me about ur immigration route so I can integrate that into my plan and because I'm consulting widely.

Warmest regards

skultrick:


Congratulations sir on making it to Australia. Wishing you all the very best.

Please if may ask, how much did it cost to migrate only you to Australia. I’m looking to migrate too but will really appreciate first hand info on cost.

Another thing, I’m single. Do you think I will feel very lonely in Australia? Are there many black sisters in the country?

Thank you.

Rotji:



I'm closely your age mate, last year 2023 I strongly contemplated the move to Australia. A primary school classmate studying in UK posted a link on securing fully funded scholarship in Australia for Africans and I got interested, I did some research on what it would take, I discovered that IELST is necessary to actualize the dream so I started gathering materials for the exams. I even contacted a University in Adelaide and was told it wasn't yet time for admissions, I was told to contact some agents that will help with the admission process and all.

I started watching and downloading videos on YouTube about life in Australia and stuff, researching on other available options aside the fully funded scholarships.

In fact I have done a lot to get myself acquainted with life in Australia, but I have a wife and 3 kids and I've been pondering of late whether I should continue exploring the possibilities.

I have eyes only for Australia in terms of moving abroad. Please advise me, is the fully funded scholarship a good option for a family man or there are better options for people like me

Bankowner:

There is dignity in labour inasmuch as you do what you're supposed to do and as long as it fetches you your daily bread.

I remember my advice to you then, if a 69 year old can still be a janitor, what is the big deal? I work two jobs now, one full-time and the other relief. It was a rough start but now, I am consolidating. Continue to push, look at your schedule and see what more you can accommodate to make more money. But importantly, self care is key. If I am not on a rotation and did not take a shift at my other job, I am in my house resting. I now have a car to make my commute easy, it beats taking the transit system by miles although it comes with it's own cost. But that is the reason I have the relief job, it covers insurance and gas and still leaves a few dollars for groceries.

Abeg! Don't bite more than you chew. One step at a time, and you'll get there. This is not the time to start looking for friends and business partners from anywhere in the world, face your job and keep your money well. There are wolves out there. I wish you and your family the best.

AmuDimpka:


That dude can't come home and his children will not return to Nigeria

Do you think air ticket from Brisbane or Sydney to Lagos is beans for a forklifting dude ...


Forget them returning ! Dude just reduced himself

Tektronics12:
Personally, i dont think it's a Wise Decision.

Anyway, you need to do 4 things. 1) Learn Australian English with their Accent Quickly..2) Get the Required CPA Certificate..3) Be Jokingly Friendly with the Locals there and forget about Racism Bullshit...4) Learn how to Drive

This would take you places. Goodluck!