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Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by tzoracle: 11:04pm On Jan 21, 2015
When by chance you happen to make your way out of nigeria and start to make a living abroad some relatives of yours make life not one to be enjoyed here are some of the common ones

Letter of invitation: if you per chance become a full citizen you become inundated with lots of requests. Everyone wants a letter of invitation.

Finance: This is the most annoying. Everybody expects you to be super rich once you live abroad,you keep being asked for money for saundry things that could well have easily been taking care of without your knowledge. Take for instance if you live in america and you earn 700$ a week after paying all your bills and sending money home you have very little savings,you can't afford luxury things for yourself

Spiritual attacks (winch)
Like m.I says 'bad belle is allowed' but the one from people in the villa is too much. Most people won't live and let live they keep looking for whose life to destroy.once you go abroad even if your a janitor who barely makes a living they still send bullets to u

Gift: when during xmas period you see a black person carrying a lot of gifts in his/her trolley that person is probably a nigerian. You buy things for everybody ranging from your siblings to your father's nephew's cousin's sister's stepson's gateman. Everybody must get something or the person woulrd start to spew trash about you

These are some of the ones I know of if you have ever been in this position feel free to add yours

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by JEITO: 12:10am On Jan 22, 2015
I think the most common is the request for money. If only they knew that some of these family members abroad are not that better off....but trust naija guys; them no wan fall hand so even though hunger dey drill hole for their belle, dem must scrap something send down just to cover face.

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by tzoracle: 12:28am On Jan 22, 2015
JEITO:
I think the most common is the request for money. If only they knew that some of these family members abroad are not that better off....but trust naija guys; them no wan fall hand so even though hunger dey drill hole for their belle, dem must scrap something send down just to cover face.

The annoying part is that they make more money

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by veave(f): 12:34am On Jan 22, 2015
every tom dick and harry will ask for money.
even people who have never talked to you will email a list of things you should send to them.
relatives you never knew exist will tell you how they are entitled to some ridiculous amount of dollars from you monthly. why, "na dem train your papa for secondary school"
your immediate family nko? they will go and collect gbese to pose all in your name... "my broad dey yankee, e go soon send me dollars now now. no worry I go pay"






which way naija?

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by tzoracle: 12:39am On Jan 22, 2015
veave:
every tom dick and harry will ask for money.
even people who have never talked to you will email a list of things you should send to them.
relatives you never knew exist will tell you how they are entitled to some ridiculous amount of dollars from you monthly. why, "na dem train your papa for secondary school"
your immediate family nko? they will go and collect gbese to pose all in your name... "my broad dey yankee, e go soon send me dollars now now. no worry I go pay"






which way naija?

Then everyone would start to add u on fb,whatsapp etc and start to initiate marriage talks

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by KanwuliaJara: 5:56am On Jan 22, 2015
Too much BEGGING from the BOTTOMLESS PITS! angry
Like you are packing money abroad.

I dash one couple with 5 children under 12 years N650,000 2 years ago, last year dem ask for N1.2Million. shocked
I just delete dem #s sharp-sharp.
Na me say make dem open nyansh and blokos dey born-born like termites?
Mtcheeeeeeew!

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by Nutase: 11:02am On Jan 22, 2015
grin

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by pickabeau1: 11:19am On Jan 22, 2015
Another avenue to hate on the 'poor' folks left in Nigeria by those opportuned to have being on the boat

What of those who spend their life savings to put you on that boat

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by oge4real(f): 12:17pm On Jan 22, 2015
When you take out a personal loan from bank just to go home for a couple of weeks, what do you expect people to think.
I don't have such problem cos I'm almost invisible when I go home.

Have sketchy schedule and disappear as unannounced as you came in.

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by Barselonia(m): 12:55pm On Jan 22, 2015
Were are my France people...... is it true... Because here in ghana ,We don't experience such....

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by frodobee: 12:55pm On Jan 22, 2015
Na dem too dey form joor. Poor things.
Nobody force you to post those pics on facebook and IG,forgetting say you borrow plus Papa sold land for you to jand.

As for u guys from Ala-Igbo, kpoturum for that land or house for be-anyi. Onwe some sharp properties di kitaa ighota go? Don't wait for ndi ufu-anya to burn your biz under the pretext of election violence, before you do the needful. Kpoturum taata. Check my sig.

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by pekeyim: 12:55pm On Jan 22, 2015
Constantly asking for cash
Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by Prophessor(m): 12:55pm On Jan 22, 2015
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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by stonemind(f): 12:56pm On Jan 22, 2015
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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by efguy1(m): 12:56pm On Jan 22, 2015
Space booked. This FP se koko. Now let me go read and den comment.


Ryt, OP. The mindset of Nigerians is that, all people living abroad are rich and must provide for the people that they left behind.
Me nitemi, if i go abroad, Na only my parents go know how to contact me

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by noblealuu: 12:56pm On Jan 22, 2015
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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by hilary26(m): 12:56pm On Jan 22, 2015
It depends. You get what you give room for.

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by Tic4tac(m): 12:56pm On Jan 22, 2015
Lol...true
Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by niggi4life(m): 12:56pm On Jan 22, 2015
Sad but true, everyone excepts something(mostly money and gifts) from you, they don't care what you do over there, if u like make u be 419 or drug dealer, na ur palava be dat, sha send something come

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by bosun11(m): 12:58pm On Jan 22, 2015
TRUE
Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by tinacrl01(m): 12:58pm On Jan 22, 2015
lol na wa oooh
Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by tdayof(m): 12:58pm On Jan 22, 2015
Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by Nobody: 12:58pm On Jan 22, 2015
One thing I have come to understand about needy people is that they are generally good in receiving than giving . Ingratitude and sense of entitlement is their hallmark . More so , they are also insatiable . Meanwhile , to every giver out there , take solace in the fact that " the hand of a giver is always on top " ... To the both parties I say " it is good to be a cheerful giver and grateful receiver " .

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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by olas24u(f): 1:00pm On Jan 22, 2015
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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by Nobody: 1:01pm On Jan 22, 2015
Will be going soon, and my Mum will be my saving account here in Nigeria. So help me God.
Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by joshuaidibia(m): 1:02pm On Jan 22, 2015
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Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by Generalkorex(m): 1:02pm On Jan 22, 2015
Very well said
they dnt wanna knw what you are facing abroad.
Re: Common Problems Nigerians Living Abroad Face From Relatives by efguy1(m): 1:02pm On Jan 22, 2015
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