shellicon:

I want to apply, can anybody tell me the web site on where to apply?

timpaker:

who are you guys leaving this country for? accorging to my grandfather's forecast 'by the year 2013 there will be nobody left in Nigeria if, '

Lets not deceive ourselves, for those calling this slavery, I guess the many families that rely on the handouts from here are glorifying God everyday for the opportunity. The problem with Nigeria is that you are not treated on equal footing, you are not appreciated, you are frowned upon and your ideas die, the fuel of innovation is encouragement, how i wish all nigerians just have a little whiff of the opportunity here, where you can fulfil your God given potential.

Here is to encourage those who have won and will soon escape the stifling but wonderfully entertaining Nigeria.


I arrived in the US about four years ago and remarkably noticed that this country in many respects was a level playing field, their could be no more capitalist society than the US.

I am naturally a confident person and chased my dream like i had been here all my life. While doing my 9-5 IT job, I soon started a business supplying the Airline industry, I have since grown that business from $2000 debt on a credit card to a $240,000 yearly revenue stream and I just signed another deal which will enable my product to be available in all US airports, starting from 4 and growing. It is unbelievable how easy it has been to achieve this. Dont get me wrong, I had dabbled in other ventures such as marketing health and life insurance which were comfortable but involved a lot of travel. Basically I kept hussling until I found what works for me. I now work from home, whenever, however, chasing suppliers and making sure things are functioning as they should.

I have also just formed another company hashing and developing ideas for television. My first concept/product is currently been reveiwed by executives at CBS, Walt disney and Wolper Organization. Once I get the green light, I have an entertainment attorney who I am working with who will do all the dollar negotiation.

The key here is that I came here as a nobody and do not know anybody, but I am able to chase my dream and I am making a success at it, where I to still be in Nigeria, I doubt I would have gained any inroad, not except i marry a chairmans daughter or slaving for a politician, besides , my mindset would have been completely different, because opportunities would just not be there and ideas and concepts are never nurtured.

Sorry its long, but I hope I have inspired someone. Dreams are achiveable, moreso in America----LAND OF THE FREE.

bidemi12:

@Cicero  Another wonderful post. you are right, many Nigerians when a they get here they want to live the same lawless way but the culture shock is sometimes too hard to bear. For all those screaming with envy, my response is ''ignorance is bliss''. If you have never been to a region of the world where everything works then how can you make rational and informed comparisons? It is not all silver and gold, but it there for the taking. All you need to do is walk the walk and talk the talk. Here no be for lazy/planless/lawless man.

bidemi12:

You dont have to spend 5 years to get your citizenship you know. You can get it under a year with some level of risks.

bidemi12:

@princek12   You must leave whatever job you doing and take up comedy. As i am typing i am laughing so hard i can hardly see the screen.

bidemi12:

@Alanbolo  You've lost me. I thought you were talking of your life as a soldier. That's why i said 6 years and counting. You've really lost me.