Nigerians In The UK Are So Stingy

This comes down to the perception and value of money. Many Nigerians in Nigeria have never really worked and witnessed how difficult it is to make money. Primary school is free - thank God. Secondary school is a free ride. University is virtually free - 98% of students do not work while in school. NYSC is becoming a joke. Then they get a job with a bank and start making some money - they now see how difficult it is to work and pay your way through life.

In the United States, students take jobs as waiters/waitresses; custodians (or janitors); sales girls in the malls, box offices, etc; attendants at stores like Wal-Mart, Circuit City, and Best Buy; taxi drivers; etc, etc. Go suggest to a Nigerian chick to work in Mr. Biggs, she will form serious big babe for you! Pathetic! Many Nigerians do not value money, hence they don't appreciate working for it. Even the private sector that should know better (the public sector is a write off) do not value their customers (the very source of their income) and talk rudely to customers. The customers have been beaten to submission and have no clue of their options, if any! This lack of appreciation of the value of money makes them more likely to spend it than work for it. It makes them unable to comprehend the magnitude and value of a figure like 1,000,000 Naira. When you've not worked to save 100,000 Naira of your own, there is no way you can comprehend the value of one million Naira! so, when politicians embezzle millions, to them it's just "some" money - no outrage, no riots, no huge calls for the removal and prompt prosecution of the thief, even if in a flawed but thriving judiciary.

When you "dash" a Nigerian at home 1,500 Naira, the guy would look at you as if you just committed murder - "You see me finish so, you way just land from Yankee na isha one-five you see give me so, haba. Wetin pesin go do with this one. Ordinary transport to come your place pass this one sef!". But when you "donate" 10 dollars (less than 1,500 Naira) to an American or a Nigerian who has lived State side for some time, the expressions of appreciation is well noted.

Many Nigerians living in Nigeria, especially those that have not worked for up to six months consistently in the private sector (government work is laughable), have a warped view of money. I was chatting with a Nigerian who was intimating me of a business proposal. Someone with less than 100 Naira in the bank is expecting to go into a business that requires 24 million Naira to start. I laugh taya  . It didn't take a month for the person to see the folly of such a venture. These Nigerians are boastful about money, but cannot make 1,000 Naira a day.

Stranger ke? who you been hanging with? I wouldn't put up no stranger at my house

From my little experience, it depends on the person coming to your house.
I normally allow my former colleagues to stay with me
whenever they are around and i never asked them for a dime.

People back home too needs to change their orientation concerning people in the UK
There are lots of things i use to do then that i cannot afford to do again
People just have to change and adapt to their new environment.
As per UK people been stingy, i believe you can only give what you have

i made £30,000 within 6 months eventhough i never stepped my foot on the UK soil 

FOr those in naija

Hmmmm na wa ooooo,  I don't know why some peeps in naija would be expecting som1 to send the money, for what? Dont u have hands? Dont u have brains to think? When your friend was travelling, did he say he would be sending you meal tickets, ? Meenn go get a life. We are enjoying more than those abroad in terms of money making ooooo. The only think we are lacking is the experience and exposure they have,   If you work hard here, make yourself relevant to the system and u prove that you are good at what u do with a few connections here and there,  u no get wahala,

I'm a programmer here and all the time, i kep getting mails from my friends that I should come over with promises like,  "Lukman if u were here,  u would be earning double, ",  -  - - - for where . . . . .  e easy? Its funny to me but aw we go do,

There was even a time a pal of mine neede to give some of his siblings some money here, like 45k sha and told me to help me give 'em and that he would re-emburse me, i did and never asked him for it, When he offered to payback after almost 2 months, i told him to forget it saying what are friends for,  I understand how life is there and I hope some nigerians share the same. Its not that easy, UK is just a glorifies Nigeria to me (lol). When any of them comes back, I even offer to pay the bills when we go out  - - -  "Una no dey base here, when we come over na una turn to make us feel comfortable", They would laugh and its all fun sha . .

Nigerians, should also buy respect for themselves buy not calling to beg all the time. Lets be considerate when someone says "I would sort u later",we should be patient, kpoun yi ko easyy ooo


To those abroad

How una dey, ? We know its not easy but the part that annoys me is when I call, not aking for money and not sounding in a way that i'm begging either, then someone tells me . . . "Ma worry Lukman, things no dey easy but i go c u soon". Do u guys think everyone calling from Naija is calling to beg? When they come hoe gaann kpa kpa, to come greet us go be wahala because of fear of "begging",  Ko da ooooo. Make una sef try change una orientation oooo. I'm sure its easier to make calls from Naija to UK and some of us go out of our to do that. Abeg make una respect us too and there are peeps here who are making doe more than those in UK (i didnt say yankee ooo),

HI guys,just to contribute to this thread,calling card cost£4 for nearly 500 mins Cobra card, you can't dare making a call from your mobile or landline,secondly we guys and girls abroad tend to get more request calls than those in Nigeria,thirdly for the guy who said we all dey wash plate here shame on you, what gives you that Idea, I can confortably say we Nigerians here in the UK have done well more than Nigerians in any other part of the world, USA,Germany etc, come over here you will see Nigerians as Doctors,Lawyers,Policemen,Social workers having good homes  cars family and kids.
One of my mate rings me anytime he likes, like rings my house phone 10Pm at night, wakes up my 1yr old then we can't sleep at night because we are all awake,one even told me I no dey make am feel me like others  dey feel their friend when dey abroad  lol
The  bottom of the matter B say, if I call you all D time you no dey call back,I go stop calling, we in the UK or anywhere no dey flash Nigeria,so if your guy here in the Uk decide say your friendship no tight reach and stop calling take hearth, make new friends for there in Nigeria as he has made new friends here and moved on or better still, call POLICE.

this thread still dey?