arduino:

Akpan, is that you?

That's my surname, will have to change again. On this forum, I shouldn't be identified.


Thanks

That's my surname, will have to change again. On this forum, I shouldn't be identified.


Thanks

The guy has run away.

ChybuzzDD:


The guy has run away.

Akpan aka Barrytone done run

To those still leaving paying jobs to travel abroad on top harsh weather for greener pasture, may this pix not be your portion. This is France and Nigerians are hustling real hard. When they arrive naija with one convertible which is either stolen or bought with a decade long hustle, you that is living large here will feel oppressed. Be contented and increase your hustle. Most of us are better than them.

Are you sure?

Greenvaiper:


Akpan aka Barrytone done run

Why una come expose him identity na

DexterousOne:



Most of us are better than them (I.e. those abroad) IS A BIG LIE


There are four categories of people


Nigerians in Nigeria making some headway

Nigerians Abroad making some headway


Nigerians in Nigeria not making it


And

Nigerians abroad not making it


Of the four categories above
Nigerians in Nigeria NOT making it is the BIGGEST category

Nigeria as it is, is in a messed up state

And I'll estimate that with the current design

Over 80% will not make headway in Nigeria
Look around, and you will understand what I am saying


One who is level headed still have a fighting chance of at least making it to working class level abroad


Most Nigerians wont make big bucks

That's our collective cross as black men


The question then is...


Will you rather be a working class citizen abroad; or a working class citizen in Nigeria?

5m people applying for 30k Npower job that enough to tell us we have failed .....less than 75 dollars ....5m people =irish republic

ahiboilandgas:
5m people applying for 30k Npower job that enough to tell us we have failed .....less than 75 dollars ....5m people =irish republic

Well said

Come and see millions of Nigerians roaming aimlessly in Lagos here

Even in other states

ahiboilandgas:
5m people applying for 30k Npower job that enough to tell us we have failed .....less than 75 dollars ....5m people =irish republic

And this is yet another reason why eventually I just have to relocate

I dont feel comfortable having what I have (which by the way is not even billions o) living in the midst of so many who do not have.


Its psychologically draining

DexterousOne:


And this is yet another reason why eventually I just have to relocate

I dont feel comfortable having what I have (which by the way is not even billions o) living in the midst of so many who do not have.


Its psychologically draining

Meaning you have hundreds of millions already
Large men dem dey here ooohh...

Please has any one be paid the FGN 12.1493 JUL 2034 bond yet, due since 18th of July , this is quite rare, over 4 days yet hasn’t been paid

arduino:

Meaning you have hundreds of millions already
Large men dem dey here ooohh...

I never said anything that suggested that o


Let's just say I'm a top 20%er

Lets leave it as that

DexterousOne:


And this is yet another reason why eventually I just have to relocate

I dont feel comfortable having what I have (which by the way is not even billions o) living in the midst of so many who do not have.


Its psychologically draining

Me I'm relocating back to Nigeria. Good luck with your travel aspirations, hope you are still under 30

DexterousOne:


Well said

Come and see millions of Nigerians roaming aimlessly in Lagos here

Even in other states

i think 50 percent of people in Lagos have no business been here .....too much suffering

Nigsrdumb:


Me I'm relocating back to Nigeria. Good luck with your travel aspirations, hope you are still under 30

Relocating back ke?. Abeg, no come crowd the small space for us wen dey hustle for this place o. We no want make you come dey oppress us too o.

ahiboilandgas:
i think 50 percent of people in Lagos have no business been here .....too much suffering

True word but the issue is that such people find it difficult to go back because they will be made fun of as failures. So they stay hoping to one day hit the Lagos jackpot and na so dem go take reach 70 years without knowing.

Nigsrdumb:


Me I'm relocating back to Nigeria. Good luck with your travel aspirations, hope you are still under 30

Really.

How much do you think anyone who wants to relocate back to Nigeria should have in Investments in order to enjoy his stay

Nigsrdumb:


Me I'm relocating back to Nigeria. Good luck with your travel aspirations, hope you are still under 30

I never felt at home in Nigeria

And I dont think I ever will


The environment and mentality and thought process of the people here

I just cant deal with it


Everytime I return to Nigeria

I'm like again
I'm looking to make the move permanent

But this is the same thing Barrybone was always saying, why your change of position?

ahiboilandgas:
i think 50 percent of people in Lagos have no business been here .....too much suffering

DexterousOne:



I never felt at home in Nigeria

And I dont think I ever will


The environment and mentality and thought process of the people here

I just cant deal with it


Everytime I return to Nigeria

I'm like again
I'm looking to make the move permanent

Well those you are going to see the same. You're part of that group whether you like it or not and will be judged by it.

Better to fix the country. I know I'm just dreaming.

Nigsrdumb:


Well those you are going to see the same. You're part of that group whether you like it or not and will be judged by it.

Better to fix the country. I know I'm just dreaming.

I dont understand what you are saying though

emmanuelewumi:



Really.

How much do you think anyone who wants to relocate back to Nigeria should have in Investments in order to enjoy his stay

All of my family members have returned from abroad.

All doing well. Our youngest just returned, couldn't be happier.

DexterousOne:



I dont understand what you are saying though

Yep it's coded, cos people get heated up over this abroad thing. Let's leave it there.

Ill use this pic to illustrate

Nigsrdumb:

Yep it's coded, cos people get heated up over this abroad thing. Let's leave it there.

Ill use this pic to illustrate

Owww

I get what you are trying to say


But then

I'm a very different kind of person

I wish you all the best in your return.

But as for me

Once I hit my financial target

And put some things in place

I'M OUT

But you can always exit at anytime if you invest 100m

Donbrig:
9.8% is very poor for 25yrs bid, no wonder DMO didn't highlight the rate on their website as they normally do. We were saying 11.2% is hardly manageable for 7yrs, but 9.8% for 25yrs is a bad deal. Thank God I didn't subscribe for this bond, not encouraging at all.

Nigsrdumb:

Yep it's coded, cos people get heated up over this abroad thing. Let's leave it there.

Ill use this pic to illustrate

And btw


I dont see many countries in Africa developing anytime soon


The mentality is wrong

The cultural perspective is wrong


Short term thinking is rife


And religiosity is blocking the brain of so many


This is me just talking based on my observation


So you have a largely illiterate and ignorant unskilled populace


Failed governments

An exploding population growth rate

Etc

How are we gonna reconcile all that to have a developed country?


And we always get it wrong

You dont "fix" a country

You build it

Its built


I wish Nigeria all the best sha
If it gets better in 20 years
It's all good

I'll congratulate you guys

From outside




EDIT

The way I also see it
The best returnees can do is to make something out of themselves here
Like a fledgling business or something of that sort


That is where it ends

As for development of the country cos you are a returnee

Let's ask Aroms and many before him how that went

emmanuelewumi:



Really.

How much do you think anyone who wants to relocate back to Nigeria should have in Investments in order to enjoy his stay

I think this is relative

And depends on the person

Nigsrdumb:


All of my family members have returned from abroad.

All doing well. Our youngest just returned, couldn't be happier.

Can you share your definition of doing well?

ojesymsym:
But this is the same thing Barrybone was always saying, why your change of position?

it must not be Lagos ...Lagos is not the only town in Nigeria there kano,kaduna ,jos ,oyo,enugu,abuja,keffi etc

emmanuelewumi:



Can you share your definition of doing well?

Like having everything you can get abroad on a good salary plus more.

One has a job in a big firm, one is a designer , last one is into start ups.

Two are are popular in Lagos. I won't mention their names for privacy reasons.

All of them lived abroad. Let's leave it there before they eat me alive.

I honestly think Nigeria as presently constituted is unfixable.

Nigsrdumb:


Like having everything you can get abroad on a good salary plus more.

One has a job in a big firm, one is a designer , last one is into start ups.

Two are are popular in Lagos. I won't mention their names for privacy reasons.

All of them lived abroad. Let's leave it there before they eat me alive.

Naa
This is not the thread for that

I believe we are all mature here

Not to be at daggers drawn


Everyone knows what he wants

And at the end
It's our choice to make


I wont criticise anyone who wants to move back to Nigeria

And at the same time I wont discourage whoever's want to leave the country

Everyone has his reasons

Avoid lagos by all means. You can try abuja. Once I hit my money target financially I will relocate back to Nigeria.

Nigsrdumb:


Me I'm relocating back to Nigeria. Good luck with your travel aspirations, hope you are still under 30