Even on Nairaland, there was the same attitude of outright cold shoulder on the thread about the Lagos Dump hustler (Vocal Slender) whom by fate and goodwill is currently in the UK for some shows. right on that thread it seems the permanent residency Nigerians in UK are getting so worked up that they couldn't hide their envy  about this guy's visit.

hatch#:

This has been on my mind for quite some time but i personally thought that it was just me that noticed this trend anytime i am in the Uk for a visit,but recently some of my friends who also got first hand cold shoulder treatment from these so called "Permanent Resident" Nigerians in UK who often act in ways that suggest that they are envious of we Nigerians who can afford to just come over for visits in the Uk rather that come and join them in the hustle over there.

My second cousins who live in Liverpool always try as much as possible to avoid me visiting them anytime i am in town and sometimes i want to believe that probably it is their conservative nature at work but when the tables turned around and they were the ones visiting us at our family house in Nigeria, the youngest of my 3 cousins confessed that it seemed that the other 2 had issues or just outrightly jealous that i could afford to come over to UK  like 2wice a year .As funny as it may seem this has always been the case with some of my old school mates who decided to make UK was their final destination. They are always obtaining their visiting counterparts who come for holiday.

Even on Nairaland, there was the same attitude of outright cold shoulder on the thread about the Lagos Dump hustler (Vocal Slender) whom by fate and goodwill is currently in the UK for some shows. right on that thread it seems the permanent residency Nigerians in UK are getting so worked up that they couldn't hide their envy  about this guy's visit.     

~Sauron~:

U must keep hundreds of tramps as friends.
Watch who you roll with. . . . . .


What you spend coming TWICE to the UK every year is what MAJORITY spend on their council tax without blinking.

hatch#:

Contrary to your outright conclusion that i am taking the issue personal. No i am not taking it personal,even if you care to go through the entire thread you will notice that i did not bother to comment on that thread but rather play the spectator.

Back to the issue i have raised,i only gave my own honest opinion of what i felt was gradually being displayed on that thread in comparison with the issue and attitude of Permanent Nigerians Residents in the UK. It is now left for you to debunk my claims rather than clinching on to that thread.

hatch#:

ROFLMOA ! Yep i agree on that, may be i need to roll more with people like ~Sauron~ who spend more on their council tax without blinking.

Kpele my bros ! Life ain't also easy in the UK but i admit that life could be by a far chance better over there.

~Sauron~:

Life ain't easy ANYWHERE. . . .
To live a life of luxury, you must pay for it. . . . .
There's nothing to even suggest you fare better than your friends over here. . . . .What they lack in their pockets, they have in the quality of life.
Whereas, men like you have traded the quality of life(no light, no water, pollution, mosquitoes and security) for cash in your pockets.

~Sauron~:

There's nothing to even suggest you fare better than your friends over here. . . . .What they lack in their pockets, they have in the quality of life.
Whereas, men like you have traded the quality of life(no light, no water, pollution, mosquitoes and security) for cash in your pockets.

silentc:

Well said Sauron.

A lot (not all) of visitors in the UK from naija stay with friends or family. So they pay no hotel or accomodation costs.

They should try going on a 2 weeks holiday to the Seychelles where you pay for flights, hotel and meals etc. I dont think they would be travelling "twice" a year in that case.

~Sauron~:

Life ain't easy ANYWHERE. . . .
To live a life of luxury, you must pay for it. . . . .
There's nothing to even suggest you fare better than your friends over here. . . . .What they lack in their pockets, they have in the quality of life.
Whereas, men like you have traded the quality of life(no light, no water, pollution, mosquitoes and security) for cash in your pockets.

hatch#:

Like kobojunkie had earlier said, Well put.
i agree with your points and accept that yes we may still lack in quality of life but you and i know that most of the "runway soldiers" who prefer to call Diaspora home usually the ones that are just not man enough to face the realities of life and take the bull by his horns.

hatch#:

You complain about the council taxes earlier,what you pay for in taxes i also pay in the form of money i spend to fuel my generators, service it, install my pumping machine and service my cars due to the bad roads.

hatch#:

So you see that what goes around comes around only that in this case it is in different forms. I love my freedom and i guess that is why i will rather call Nigeria home and try to be part of the success story once Nigeria is great again. Someday even if its going to take a while. 

hatch#:

Like kobojunkie had earlier said, Well put.
i agree with your points and accept that yes we may still lack in quality of life but you and i know that most of the "runway soldiers" who prefer to call Diaspora home usually the ones that are just not man enough to face the realities of life and take the bull by his horns.

You complain about the council taxes earlier,what you pay for in taxes i also pay in the form of money i spend to fuel my generators, service it, install my pumping machine and service my cars due to the bad roads.

So you see that what goes around comes around only that in this case it is in different forms. I love my freedom and i guess that is why i will rather call Nigeria home and try to be part of the success story once Nigeria is great again. Someday even if its going to take a while.  

hatch#:

^^^ kobo feel free and be my guest
When can i pay you a visit in the states please. I also hope to be a bother to your household in the US just as your friend who had to endure such in UK
But to come to think of it, I mean it when i say i prefer to hustle the hustle over here in Nigeria,
Despite what the paranoid and pessimist like kobo think, Hoping Nigeria will end up in shreds    

It's not as easy as you think.
The so called "runaway soldiers" work TWICE as hard. They manage to maintain a comfortable life abroad while they still send money home to their parents and relatives. Who do you send money to from Nigeria?

spikedcylinder:

Me I can sha say that we Nigerians living in agaracha are seriously jealous of those living in obodoyibo. Chai, see beef in my eyes.

tkb417:

why? im not one of those Nigerians
i chose to live here

We have a movement. Berra join us.

tkb417:

@Hatch
i live in Nigeria and i dont have relatives who feel uneasy when relatives come visiting

i dont understand that part?

those in Nigeria dont give money to people? im sure i cater for my extended fam more than my cousins abroad

~Sauron~:

Y'all give money to people but you don't get constantly harassed like Nigerians living abroad.
The expectations are high for the ones abroad to constantly meet every demand - unlike you wey nor too send.
FFS, tkb. . . . .when was the last time you paid rent? . . . . . . .Abi Nor be your parents dey sort your bills?