mercydrops:

O lo school oh ko loo school oh , it your luck even the ones that are not even gradutes here are making it big my brother its not a matter of school or being a graduate the ponit is they are lucky to get their visa , i like American they don't discriminate , i may be wrong all i know there is level playing ground and my OBAMA is a black man that jinx is broken forever, how many spanish here are really educated come off it though education is a big advantage but my brother oppourtunity BOKUUUUUU both the learned and un learned

eghost247:

Lawjay is right people think foreign countries are
paradise
but u would suprise
yes
u have all u need to make it there
but at the end of the day u will ask yourself if its worth it

kazey:
I guess what he meant was odd jobs such as cleaning toilets, streets or even the worse of all a security guard is not stressful in America. Because is the whitemans soil

Well the fact is all those struggler's in the USA are just suffering !!!. Its an interesting routine. They work day and night, eat burgers (thinking its good food, some people in Nigeria envy them stupidly), pay their fees thats if they happen to be furthering their studies (which is quite rare, most of the time they lie), save some money, come back to Nigeria for holidays(if possible), spend the whole money extravagantly to show they are rich (which apparently they are not), Go broke, fly back to the USA and start back from square one.

Now many emphasized greener pastures, may i know the cost of living in the USA please? compare to even income an average School Cert Holder would get. From what i know its pittance and you really work day and night trying to earn a few thousands.

If you are going to the USA to futher your studies, and you can afford it, that is cool,

Why not stay in Nigeria and invest the money spent for getting the visa and undertaking the trip into a business or something worth doing. The business does not have to earn you dollars at the beginning, you might lose everything too, that is if the business doesn't go well, but the point is you have learned something, and you can become a better person in your own country. But even going bankrupt or penniless from a business is really rare in Nigeria !!. We are heavy consumers to goods and services, and i am sure there are a lot of things yet to be explored.

All i have to say is stay at home, and you would be glad you did.My friends would say leave home for greener pastures so that i can have more opportunities to explore at home

Adetola:
This may be casued by so many reasons, some of which are highlighted below:
[list][li]Not being content with what they have.[/li]
[li]Just want to be known as 'Americana'[/li]
[li]Sufferhead! [suffering] Some people say there are better chances of survival abroad.[/li]
[li]Some just want to be there for the sake of being there.[/li][/list]

Whatever the reason may be, I still think there are many more 'virgin' business ideas in Nigeria - ideas that are yet to be discovered and explored. Even the already existing avenues are yet to be optimally utilised. We are yet to reach a state of "Parento Optimality" (an economic term) in Nigeria.

As for me, I'm not in a haste to travel. But if the oppurtunity comes, I will definitely be sure of what I am going there to do, not to start running helter-skelter and dodging the law enforcement agents "because I dont have papers."

That's my own stand.

mosiate:
Why are Most Young Nigerian Men Crazy About Going to the US?

If you ask guys between the ages of 16-25 the plans they have ahead in their lives, at least 80% of them will tell you they want to go to 'Yankee' and I still wonder why. Could someone tell me why?

ttmacoy:
Interesting how 10 years later we are still having this discussion.

The desire for greener pastures is not subject to the passage of time

joftech:
If America is a bed of roses i think all the people that have travelled down there would have become billionaires by now; but what percentage are even in the 5 million dollar bracket.



That's a misguided quote. People are making it in Nigeria big time. Dangote, Akindele (Aramed), Sonny Okogwu, Coscharis, Subomi Balogun etc all started their business empires in Nigeria and they are making it big.

Those that come down here to do "owambe" show off are those that are really doing badly over there.

I can only go overthere to study. If people around here have the same mindset with me am sure we can become one of the very best country in 3 years.

One reason why some people thing oyinbo land is better than Nigeria is because of the way we have all been brought up, we see ourselves as second class citizens to the whites.

My advice for any intending migrants, when you go there know you will have to deal with 2 sets of racisim, 1 from the whites and the second from the black-americans.

Originalsly:
Youths are obsessed with going to Yankee mainly because of ignorance...they don't know the reality of life there. They relate life there to be as seen on TV along with the wrong impression given by most returning home who appear to be living a life of luxury abroad. The youths are misguided and basically believe all they need to do...is set foot in Yankee , be willing to work hard and they would make it. Like someone said earlier, just be prepared to start with small menial jobs like being a street sweeper....as if the cities employ men with brooms to go sweep the streets and that's a job just for the taking when the fact is there is absolutely no job period in Yankee that is easily available. Youths need to realise that rushing to Yankee is very much the same as a youth leaving his little village and rushing to Lagos with the hope of starting off even as a gate man at one of the tall shiny corporate office buildings and working his way up from there...what are his chances of making his plan a reality?...what are his chances of ending up trapped in abject poverty and misery?.... Same As Rushing Off To Yankee.

Sasorah:


Just imagine how life is. You're there now