Every year thousand of Nigerians leave their villages, city and family in the illusion of abundant wealth and prosperity in Europe.There are many factors why Nigerians choose to leave their home and relatives, being it war and conflict, poverty and unemployment but mainly because of the overall perception of Europe as holding greener pastures.

Europe do however come with a high price. Firstly the cross over is expensive sometimes demanding the whole family or village to sponsor the traveler with their life savings, expecting that once he arrives he will provide for them and make fortunes for himself. Though this may never happen, the dream becomes a nightmare.

http://www.paxnigerian.com/the-illusion-of-making-it-big-in-europe/

The Hard Rules for Traveling Abroad

If you are uneducated or poorly educated or passably educated.
1: You MUST have a skill that is already bringing you income or capable of bringing you income in Nigeria
2: You MUST have a relative or friend who is already holding it down on his own - i.e has a job and accomodation
3: You MUST have a plan to get working visa - you can start small (Construction, Truck-driving, Fryer at MacDonalds etc, Car Wash Attendant etc) The company,no matter how small can file an application for you. That is a start.. estimated time of completion 4 yrs (of hustling)

The major reasons Africans migrate is because we lack the creativity, drive and sincerity to build our own land

hahn:
The major reasons Africans migrate is because we lack the creativity, drive and sincerity to build our own land

partly agree with you on this. the illusion of europe or abroad as per say is so deeply rooted in us, to the point that we hardly appreciate what we have. there are people with relatively good life with high socioeconomic position, leaving all that to hardly having a toilet cleaning job in europe. treated ad the lowest in the social heriachy.. you'll be surprised how nigerian are living abroad

hejda:


partly agree with you on this. the illusion of europe or abroad as per say is so deeply rooted in us, to the point that we hardly appreciate what we have. there are people with relatively good life with high socioeconomic position, leaving all that to hardly having a toilet cleaning job in europe. treated ad the lowest in the social heriachy.. you'll be surprised how nigerian are living abroad

You probably misunderstood me. Nigerians do have creativity and drive and there are lots of sincere Nigerians. However, we seem to be aunable to exhibit these traits on our own soil.

Understandably, there's so much limiting us as a people. We have bad leaders who are more concerned about looting than actually serving the people. Poor infrastructure, lack of security and for some reason I don't seem to understand find it necessary to hold on to past beliefs and practises that have never had any positive impact on our development all in the name of tradition and culture. For instance, recently during the outbreak of a "disease" in Ondo state, instead of the people to have carried out research as to what would have led to the deaths of the victims, people were busy offering sacrifices to "gods" that are incapable of providing constant electricity.

hahn:


You probably misunderstood me. Nigerians do have creativity and drive and there are lots of sincere Nigerians. However, we seem to be aunable to exhibit these traits on our own soil.

Understandably, there's so much limiting us as a people. We have bad leaders who are more concerned about looting than actually serving the people. Poor infrastructure, lack of security and for some reason I don't seem to understand find it necessary to hold on to past beliefs and practises that have never had any positive impact on our development all in the name of tradition and culture. For instance, recently during the outbreak of a "disease" in Ondo state, instead of the people to have carried out research as to what would have led to the deaths of the victims, people were busy offering sacrifices to "gods" that are incapable of providing constant electricity.

now weare totally at the side well said..