MT:


I have learnt to stop warning people about the suffering in the UK because they will tag me enemy of progress.

I want them to go and see for themselves.

FreeStuffsNG:
Even the devil himself knows this is a big fat lie
They have a choice here in Nigeria if they can afford it over there. They should please enjoy UK and stop making anyone sorry for their decision.

Those of us they left Nigeria in our hands will not abandon Nigeria so they can take their time to stay overseas and come back wherever they want. Wailing is not allowed o.
Check my signature for free stuffs!

guobe:
thats just the plain truth.our Government should fix this country and make it conduceive because alot of Nigerians will like to relocate back if things are working well over here

Babssoo:
leave them na, if dem wan stay for their naija make dem do, I no even know those people wey dey complain say uk one thing, one thing… I have been here in London for 4years now, na so so thanks I dey give GOD every day… The best decision I ever made.

IbeOkehie:


Dear Sir, I have a relative that migrated to the UK in the past 1 year. Already employed, paying their own bills and sending money home to their parents. How many 24 year olds are achieving that in Nigeria right now?

I keep asking myself why people have to put out blatant LIES like this on a message board. You do realize that REAL PEOPLE travel to the UK and they can compare it with Nigeria?

Good Luck to Nigeria

Nahunger:


When are you coming back to Nigeria 🤠
So you can enjoy with us
Everything is free here, in fact we barely go out to work, there are free restaurants for daily 3 square meals, there is even a free spar, gym and free money shared here on daily basis.
You will love it here please come home 🥰

udede:
There is something I may never understand about you guys that travel for greener pastures abroad , this is because with $1000 i can easily make $100 daily here in Nigeria

Revolution2022:
There are jobs for UK citizens and there are work for immigrants.

guobe:
please do.Experience is the best teacher and I wish you well.I have alot of close ones in the UK and I wish all of them to succeed though the stories I am getting from them is not palatable.

guobe:
If you have made up your mind to travel out just note that nobody is stopping you and that nowhere is a safe heaven.

IbeOkehie:


Dear Sir, I have a relative that migrated to the UK in the past 1 year. Already employed, paying their own bills and sending money home to their parents. How many 24 year olds are achieving that in Nigeria right now?

I keep asking myself why people have to put out blatant LIES like this on a message board. You do realize that REAL PEOPLE travel to the UK and they can compare it with Nigeria?

Good Luck to Nigeria

guobe:
The white man is intelligent and will always make profit .Those menial jobs it's citizens refused to do they opened the floodgates for other citizens to come and do and still make profit off it.

guobe:
UK Japa is not what most people that have travelled to UK were expecting.

Things are really tough for most Nigerians in UK. Some of them that passed through the student route have to cough out several millions of naira to pay the school fees and will have to work extra hard to achieve this. You see them crying in the night that God please help me through.

Most goods and services have gone up times 5 in UK and with the recent increase in the interest rate over there it seems there won't be a breather yet.

On the flip side most Nigerians that migrated are doing it for their kids future and we hope things get better with time.

Nahunger:


You want to leave Nigeria and you didn't see better places to go you chose UK and I bet your second choice was USA, a place you will constantly suffer discrimination etc, what happened to china, Japan, Canada or Australia with better opportunities, long throat carry you go UK, if e too hard come back home and enjoy with us since you think life is better here compared to UK.

meetme01:
I don't understand why people believe students are suffering in the UK

Let me explain things to you. The only way you will suffer is if you are lazy, doing a course with no progression and those without plans.. A nurse, social worker etc will never suffer because immediately they become registered, Canada, Australia and US, will give them that edge in becoming same in their countries.

I know of nurses who are now registered in 4 countries..UK, US, Nigeria and Canada. They may decide to work in any of the continent. UK is the shortest route to achieve the registration. I also know know of social workers registered I'm UK, Canada and NIgeria due to their UK registration.

Also, go and check the salary of these profession in these countries. How much is the salary of a nurse or social worker compared to that of Nigeria. You pay taxes because that's a sane country. We are used free things and not paying taxes here and we complain the government is not doing anything. That's the difference. Poverty mentality.

Someone even brought politics to the discussion. When last did you read UK citizens compliant about an election and go to court. There politics differ from US. Politicians do there things and if you fail, you are removed. Can that happen in Nigeria? A country where the father is the governor. Son in Senate and daughter in house of rep. Other siblings in the house of Assembly. Can you complain? I dare you to. In saner climes, when you revolt, action is taken. Not here. You will shot and killed.

You think everyone like noise like others. Some of us are introverts, we love our space. The loneliness is all over the world especially in sane countries except you live around your country men. Mind your business is all around. In Nigeria, we pokenose too much. That's our way of life. Some are not used to that lifestyle at all but they have no choice.

Don't just assume. You don't expect to start big when you get to a country. You learn through the ropes. Here, you will be at denial stage. As soon as you get your certificate, you smile to work and bank. You start enjoying life.

Even the work in Nigeria are given to their children and spouses while the poor continue to use SSCE to apply for jobs despite having Masters. See, Nigeria is not working at the moment and leaving the country for a better life should not be anyone's concern. If anyone decides to sell their property, so be it. They worked hard for it and if they ain't lazy in their new destination, they will build a better one. I have season level 13 and 15 officer leave the shores of the country.

Imagine a level 15 officer earning less than 250K. Having P.hD and cannot use it for career progression at the Agency. Does that make sense to you. Which is downgrading - working in your country with meagre salary and having highest educational qualification which cannot be used and working in a another country where the salary is worth your highest certificate and pay taxes while you enjoy benefits of the taxes?

Don't envy.

We too like awoof in Nigeria, once we have small change we start forming "Oga", Landlord travel and see, those that are against travelling are either afraid of the unknown or plain lazy. People you hear complaining are usually those that just arrived and are learning the "system".
Developed worlds have no African time, 10 o'clock means 10 minutes to 10, 12 hours work is 12 hours work, no mago mago Just check the salary of bankers in Nigeria, over 70% of the work force are below 600k, and they usually work 8am to 7am. Working like that in developed economics means you are "greedy" because money will be running after you.

People are complaining about taxes but here we pay VAT and all our roads are in terrible state, no pipe borne water, electricity we provide for ourselves. If you are sick with certain illness in Nigeria is almost death sentence, if you have small change, you start moving around with escorts, "oppressing" your fellow country men with imported guns and cars. If you are 40 years old and never travelled in developed world, you are lacking critical insight to life. Our life is all about money, we careless about quality of life.

SangoOlukosoOba:


It’s more like a point of no return.

Go back home to do what? What will they have to show? They will rather remain stucked there.

Very few do. Pray you never find yourself in such condition where you can only go forward. Going back is not an option.

Imagine someone who sold his house to travel, and you want him to return to Nigeria into a rented apartment. It can never happen.

musicwriter:



But it's not as if someone didn't foresee all these. Once the UK began nursing the idea of exiting the European Union, I set off an alarm bell warning Africans right here on Nairaland on what to expect. And that's exactly what's happening in the UK today.

MT:


I have learnt to stop warning people about the suffering in the UK because they will tag me enemy of progress.

I want them to go and see for themselves.

guobe:
The white man is intelligent and will always make profit .Those menial jobs it's citizens refused to do they opened the floodgates for other citizens to come and do and still make profit off it.

teewhydope:

I also have a lot of friends doing well over here too and don't have plans travelling out soon except it comes with a job offer. though 90% are into tech though

guobe:
why are you wealth conscious. Guy there is more to life than wealth.Yahoo guys are presently leaving large but that large Ness is temporary.I have very close ones over there and even want them to do better off than me.peace.

IbeOkehie:


How many? What percentage of your university classmates have jobs or businesses that afford them the world recognized middle class standard of living?

I've said this over and over, I've seen paychecks for Nigerian oil & gas field engineers....monthly paychecks from $30K up to $70K. So I'm not going to EVER tell you that there's no Nigerians living well in Nigeria. I think the more relevant issue is HOW MANY Nigerians live a middle class standard? Can you PLEASE give us a guess? It's not about YOU and ME, it's about the GENERAL state of things.

The stats are clear -

Less than 0.4% of Nigerians earn over ₦200K per month,
less than 7% of households have flush toilets,
no single Nigerian has LEGAL OWNERSHIP of any lands.
99% of bank accounts contain less than ₦500K,
unemployment is over 30%,
interest rates are over 25%
and on and on and on.

Middle class standard of living -

own a car or have access to clean efficient public transport - how many Nigerians have it?
Access to stable electricity supply - how many Nigerians have it?

The biggest university system in Nigeria shut down for almost one year, people queueing for petrol in the 6th largest exporter of crude oil?

Look, I have friends that have been restaurant cooks, taxi drivers and care workers for over 30 years and they own homes, ALL their teenage children drive their own cars and some of the kids have gone on to own their own homes in at age 25, 26. How many taxi drivers or cooks can do that in Nigeria?

Abeg carry that nonsense commot here. Nairaland, the home of Nigerian REMOTE WORKERS and billionaires, non of whom can give us their real name or job. We know, Nigeria favors you and your family....leave those in the UK to suffer in peace.

Carry go jor! Welcome to Next Level!

Raalsalghul:


So basis current events, what's your prediction for the next say 5, 10, 20 years?

terrymason:
I dey come london. What's the update... I nor like suffer ooO. Lol.

Babssoo:
try do one or two IT courses before coming… No tell anybody ooo … cheers

guobe:
yes they did even this morning and the person told me point blank that they are suffering and it will be worse with this recent interest rate increase.