Ma_J_Blige:

LOL.
Look at the thinking of a human being. Sad.

I am thinking this one is not a Nigerian. or a "black british". or a JJC in the UK. You assume we havent stepped to where you are, gotten tired and left? Is it because you still have a cleaning job? LOL. For your information, I have houses and none of those things have ever happened, silly boy. Loud mouth for nothing. People who talk like you end up regretting their life.

The houses you pay 200,000 pounds and more for in the UK,  - 50 million naira - how can you compare them to the same property that 50million naira will build you in Nigeria where your family can inherit same? So, you want to buy houses in the UK where none of your family will ever inherit it when you are gone? LOL.

As per living overtime- dont worry about that. You are trying to be God, but the devil your master is behind you, hoping to hack you down before the end of this year.

MOBO444:

@ Cou_gar and so called Mary J Blige, both of you are just nothing but cheap animals, I bet you have both never left Nigeria for any other country, the Internet have given you dogs freedom to roam and construct.

What a useless thread. If you want to move over, MOVE! Who phucking cares how much you earn or want to??!!

cou-gar:

another tool walks in without any iota of wisdom in his empty head. just because your location reads england doesn't make it the truth. a tool like you could be posting from ojuelegba north local government. because you were lucky to be handed a students visa to come do your masters is the reason you have the effrontery to open your mouth unguarded. you are a disgrace to your entire community.

spikedcylinder:

Do you earn 2m a month in the UK? If yes, sit your behind there.

lagbaja20:

Are you serious?

lagbaja20:


What a senseless post!

Cougar, what say you?

cou-gar:

never been more serious. that tool got into the uk this year to do his masters in one obscure village in england and yet he won't stop flapping his lips.
empty barrels make the loudest fart.

home is where you make it. i cannot categorically tell anyone to stay or move out of nigeria. i can only speak for myself.

riyageh:

I have to say i am in stitches after reading every post on this topic. I will attempt to give my opinion to the OP without (hopefully) stepping on the toes of the overly westernized and sensitive individuals we have on this forum.

Income of 2 million naira monthly, gross or net income? Unfortunately the OP has not given enough information about his professional background beyond IT professional to determine if his professional experience can actually be valued at that amount. IT professional is too vague. After a quick Google search i found that in NYC an IT Auditor I earns an average of $63,277 + bonus; IT Auditor II earns an average of $82,435 + bonus; IT Auditor manager averages $138,164 + bonus; IT Director averages $213,404 + bonus annually. Even when i take a Director's annual income it still comes out to be less than 1 million naira monthly. Again these figures are average, there are exceptions based on many other factors and a person's bargaining power but to think for one moment that $13,050.57 (=N=2,000,000/mnth) passes as the norm is beyond ridiculous. A quick search on craigslist reveals a wide range in compensation for IT professionals from $40,000 to $120,000. Nothing over the top, none of which translate to that much money monthly, so why come up with such unrealistic figures?

Consciously or unconsciously, Nigerians propagate the notion that everyone earns a living wage out here, that is not necessarily true. Too many people work 3 or 4 jobs to make ends meet. With federal minimum wage set at $7.25/hr, the reality is that living wages do not exist in many professions. I am a nurse and remember while in university, i and other colleagues would meet other immigrant nurses who would say things like "i make more than doctors" what they failed to reveal was that they worked three jobs (120 hr/wk) to make that money as opposed to a 40 hr/wk. Again the OP leaves out important information about his professional level in the IT world. Experience is fine, but where exactly do you have said experience? If all your experience lies in programming or data entry, and none in management, developing, or running departments or businesses, do you honestly expect an entrepreneur to entrust his business to you and pay that much money? I wouldn't, would you?

"Working with large blue chip companies in the UK" does nothing to validate your feeling that you should make that much money, you may be a programmer or data entry clerk in one of the many cubicles. That does not make a person exceptional. To sell your value, you need to show what makes you exceptional, what you can contribute, and how your contribution will profit the company.

"But, I want like for like, before tax." In order to get this, then the two environments must be comparable. There is a stark difference between UK work environment and Nigeria work environment. Short of a company recruiting you to move to Nigeria, why should they compensate you for said inconveniences? You are making this decision consciously right? "Also I am not one to be too particular on comforts, security though is a must." If this is true, why the need to be compensated for the absence of said comforts? My point is this, you are obviously aware of the Nigerian environment, yet you set unrealistic goals. Are you truly ready to relocate to Nigeria, or are you trying to find a reason not to relocate? If you really are ready, do your research, find out what the pay scale is in your profession in NIGERIA , not based on what you earn right now in a country with established labor laws.

frosbel:

What utter rubbish.

There are IT Telecom Jobs in the UK that pay between £55k to £70k for senior engineering/project positions before tax , and these are permanent positions  not contracting.

When you add the benefits, plus salary and bonuses , can you imagine how much it all translates to in Naira.

Moreover the OP might be returning as a Nigerian Expat with dual nationality,  and so will demand a higher wage based on the conveniences of life.

Who in his right mind will return 'home' without adequate accommodation, security and water. Madness if they do.

As   cou-gar rightly said, the security in Nigeria is in shambles, there is absolutely none, except of course you can pay for personal protection.

And what about school fees if the OP is married for instance ? In the UK it is free, in Nigeria it costs millions of Naira a year. Should this not be taken into account ?

Summary is this, do not expect a Nigerian expat who earns lets say £30,000 a year in the UK to ask for the same in Nigeria, he MUST obviously ask for more because the risks, stress and inconveniences are just too many.

blacksta:

Page 11

U don relocate yet.

invisible!:

Even at page 111, the guy wont relocate, this thread is not about relocating, its about some people who thinks they can gain some brownie points just because they just started feeding themselves properly, boasting to the world how much they think they are worth! We dont need them relocating either, with that kind of attitude, they will probably be peeping from a kidnappers outpost before long.

marvel10:

Blige, I don't live in Peckham, mix with ppl who rob others for a living. You really need to get some help for your trust and anger issues. You read like an angry, embittered person. I visited Peckham a few months ago after about 10 years. I do not have friends who live there nor aspire to live there. In Nigeria, I don't know anybody who lives in Ajegunle nor aspires to live there. Does that mean I am a millionaire? No! That said, I am aware that Ajegunle is responsible for a high percentage of talent in the Nigerian media, music and creative industries. Try and be happy. Life is not that bad.

fuckmedown:

ummm , why are nigerians @ disporal "bold-faced liar", the truth is tht, if any nigerians makes in aborad it boils down to to these reason
first, drugs.
second,yahoo .
third,scam,
lastly,animalistic living (5-6 pple sharing 2bed room flats,eating twince aday,).
men! we should stop all dis lies and say truth to de pple bck home,not telling truth makes it hard 4 pple to understand tht abroad is not "bed of roses"
plz 9ja men, make we de patriotic cause "A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle"

fuckmedown:

[b]ummm , why are nigerians @ disporal "bold-faced liar", the truth is tht, if any nigerians makes in aborad it boils down to to these reason
first, drugs.
second,yahoo .
third,scam,
lastly,animalistic living (5-6 pple sharing 2bed room flats,eating twince aday,).
men! we should stop all dis lies and say truth to de pple bck home,not telling truth makes it hard 4 pple to understand tht abroad is not "bed of roses"
plz 9ja men, make we de patriotic cause "A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle"

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bidemi12:

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Holy crap!!! I swear I did not know this. Can you imagine, I have been slaving away all these years for nothing. I’d better hang my SGT stripes and begin a new life. Yahoo, you said right? Thanks so much.

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bidemi12:

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fuckmedown:

cou-gar,
i bow 4  u ohhh, but tht is truth, i swwear with de last breath on my chest, i have nver felt diponted till de day i saw de  ways our 9ja men and women lives arrnd de world, hommie, most 9ja in greece lives under asylum seekers,turkey-drugs-uk,men-scams,women ashawo,italy same as uk,eastern europeans , nothing, just trying to c if dey go fit marry white mammy and get de pali, guy eno easy, no be only 9ja pple de dis forum, i been no wan open our yarnsh but i had to, safe .