A friend of mine is a student abroad. He's been sending his students allowance out of pressure to his family members and Just because they asked him again to send them money from abroad and he could not they told him never to call them again. What can he do?

Burn the damm phone

If ask me...nah who I go ask

he does not want to live or be without a familly. It is a lonely life, especially as a single guy

He shouldn't call them. Doesn't he understand English?
He should face his life, they'll come calling later.

Most NLs would probably not understand the pressure on the guy.

I presume the guy is on scholarship, and he gets allowance from his sponsors. Now the money he may be getting from his sponsors will look like a lot when converted to Naira and that's where his family is getting it wrong.

For example if he his getting $500 per month that's around N100,000 with current exchange rate. And his family will be like, what is he spending N100,000 on and may require him to send a bit home to sustain a few things back home.

But what they have failed to understand is that, that $500 may not even be enough for the guy in his host country (assuming he's in the US). Buying food, and if he's like me who can't do without naija food, it's even more expensive. buying toiletries, clothes, transport, hair cut (hair cut can be very expensive).

My advice is he should explain to his family how the exchange rate works, that his allowance is not even enough to sustain him and how he has been sacrificing to send the few he has been sending.

Furthermore, he has tried at least. He shouldn't beat himself up, if he keeps sending everything, he will come back to Nigeria empty handed at the end of his studies. Then this same family will be like, he has been abroad for so so so period and he doesn't have a kobo. Job won't come in immediately, he won't be begging family for transport and little stuffs. The earlier he realizes himself, the better.

Wishing him the best in his studies.

The person above me has said it all.

Ignore them and face his or her studies.

Good riddance, I daresay.

I assume he's sending them money from his scholarship allowance right? So he should get a job and work his ass out to send money back home!

AnEvangelist:
he does not want to live or be without a familly. It is a lonely life, especially as a single guy

bigtt76:
I assume he's sending them money from his scholarship allowance right? So he should get a job and work his ass out to send money back home!

And the family in Nigeria can't work their as.s out?