Redman44: Many Nigerians won't return home from the UK because of the fear of being tagged failures by a good number of Nigerians ( In Nigeria ) who are very materialistic in their thinking and lifestyle. People feel you're successful once you can build one or two houses in Nigeria before returning home. These people who would tag you as a failure are the same set of people who have benefited from the money you sent home over the years, before you decided to return to Nigeria. Many Nigerians have a warped mentality . Instead of them to reason with you and assist you to get your business idea running in Nigeria, most them will be laughing at you, backbiting about your 'failure' or will even try to cheat you out of your hard earned money. How many Nigerians in Nigerians are really living a better life than those in the UK? It is in Nigeria that you see people driving jeeps and yet they don't have up to 20,000 Naira in their bank account. Why is it so hard for people to live simply and within their means in Nigeria? This is why Nigerians in the UK secretly enter Nigeria and return to Britain secretly these days because of the materialistic tendencies and unrealistic expectations of many Nigerians in our dear country.

How much money is being sent to Nigerians in the UK, compared to the hard currency that is being sent to Nigeria by UK based Nigerians? I was with a money transfer agent in London recently and I was amazed at the number of people that sent money to Nigeria with an hour that I spent at the store And that is just an outlet of the Money Transfer company. People choose to live in the UK, USA or Canada for different reasons. How many people actually pay PHCN or Water bills in Nigeria? Before you call someone who has returned from the UK a failure, please consider the bills he has to pay to live a good life in Britain. And the good thing is that with all the stress in the UK, I know Nigerians who still return home and perform better than their colleagues who stayed back in Nigeria. There is still an untapped market in the UK, USA and Canada and even in Europe. The Market of the Black African, Caribbean, Black British, African American and Mixed Raced people. Smart Entrepreneurs should start thinking deeply about catering to this MARKET. Stay Blessed.

Good points.

obadiah777: AND AND A HIGH CHANCE OF GETTING SHOT BY REDNECKS. I RATHER RELOCATE TO HELL THAN WICHITA KANSAS LOL

OMG!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah . I can't laugh oooooooo. Now that's a first choosing hell over Wichita hahahhahahahaha. It really not that bad. Although I really had to get the HELL outta there hehehe. It was killing my swagg

Patriotism aside, the vast majority of Nigerians are common hustlers.
Too few Nigerians enjoy the concept of 'success' as it is defined in the West. Though it has improved slightly in the last couple of years. But generally life, as we experience it down here, is shitty for the vast majority.

To some extent that is down to what we value as a people.

all i can say is if u have money u wud enjoy london if u don't then u wud suffer as in real suffer.....HACKNEY ALL DAY SAY NOTHING CUS

Meddler:


OMG!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah . I can't laugh oooooooo. Now that's a first choosing hell over Wichita hahahhahahahaha. It really not that bad. Although I really had to get the HELL outta there hehehe. It was killing my swagg

BETTER YOU GOT THE HELL OUT BEFORE IT KILLED SOMETHING MORE VALUABLE THAN YOUR SWAGG JAYHAWKS

YOU KNOW DURING THE 1800S A WHITE MAN NAMED JOHN BROWN WENT TO KANSAS TO KILL A BUNCH OF WHITE SLAVE TRADERS. OSSAWATOMIE, PATTAWATOMIE BROWN

oops double post

i don't like not working on statistics , if there are no then we would know. well different people with different problem there are some calling,while some are coming for opportunity. i know of someone with a Master in UK and job experiences both home and abroad came to naija , to look for job, could not find any for more than a yr , he wrote proposal to start a biz no financial support from any , after few months he changed him mind and left for UK, a month after got a job with recognised firm in UK and started his life back living average with his family. there might be opportunities but it might take time to come by. if you are a graduate in UK and have your papers you will definitely get something that will keep you going than a graduate in naija with nothing.

adaobi123:
thank you !!!! as if peckham is any better smh

Peckham has better facilities and amenities than some parts of Lekki

murtalaa:

source: http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/47835/2013/02/16/exodus_movement_britishborn_nigeriansback_nigeria.html

Life is short, success favors the adventurous. Would encourage any young, ambitious, bushiness minded Nigerian to give Nigeria a try - if they have the opportunity. People interested shouldn't let the negative views discourage them'. Besides most of these posters arnt Nigerians while some are activist with political agenda.

wonlasewonimi:

Peckham has better facilities and amenities than some parts of Lekki

okay okay.....i don tire

Redman44: How many British-born Nigerians are actually moving back to Nigeria? We need facts and hard figures on this forum. The post only talked about 4 people who decided to go and try their luck in Nigeria. And from what I grasped from the stroy, the four of them still want to come and spend their summers in the UK . I know 2 brothers who were born in the UK and attended the same Secondary school in Nigeria with me. They moved to the UK in the late 90's while I moved to Britain in 2007. One of them is back in Nigeria and has been staying there for close to 2 years now. What I am trying to say is British-born Nigerians know they have the freedom of movement due to their British Passports. A good number of them also hold Nigerian Passports, which they use to travel back to Nigeria without the need to apply for visas. We can't compare them to Nigerians in the UK who are Students, Work Permit holders, overstayers or downright illegal immigrants. These are the set of Nigerians who remain in Britain because they want to achieve something before returning home.

And what is there to really return to in Nigeria? How many people in Nigeria can look at you and give you common 5,000 Naira without getting something back from you? Some people talk about Nigeria as if it has the same economy like Germany or Canada. Nigeria cannot even compare with the UK even in its worst state. Many so called big guys in Nigeria are pretenders. People will do anything to look 'successful' in Nigeria. In the UK, no one really cares what you are putting on because anyone can get good clothing if they can get a job that guarantees them at least £200 a week. The UK is not a perfect place but if you're ready to work, you will get a job even if it is not the kind of job you want. I was surprised to discover that some councils in the UK e.g London Borough of Newham, provides free meals in schools for pupils and students who come from disadvantaged homes. How many Local or State Governments in Nigeria do this? Those that returned to Nigeria and got good jobs are in the minority. Our competitive nature as Nigerians is destroying our moral compass and is putting undue pressure on youths to do the wrong things in order to become wealthy. All of the 4 returnees in the story have UK Passports. What does that tell us ? This means they can easily return to the UK if things do not work out for them in Nigeria. If they really want to maintain their stand that they love Nigeria, they should renounce their British Citizenship. Anyone can succeed in Britain. It is just a matter of patience and time. Cheers.

Yes, hard number not anecdotes.

How many are going back? ten thousand every year? One irrefutable fact: For every one returning, lots more are applying everyday for U.K.visas.

This article will only generates the usual Naija vs. abroad yabbis; nothing more. By tomorrow everyone retreats to their bunkers and keep hustling for dollars, pounds, francs or Naira

So many funny comments to read. Do Gambians, Ghanaians,or Egyptian have this kind of arguments? or is this a uniquely Naija thing

BTW

How many views did Christiane Amanpour solicit before undermining Goodluck's conviction that power supply had improved in Nigeria?

wonlasewonimi:

Peckham has better facilities and amenities than some parts of Lekki

DEAR FRIEND are u high or sumthing , a plot of land in lekki costs an average of 200 million naira dats half a million pounds which house or amenties in peckham was is worth a million pounds not to talk of some people house in lekki

AjanleKoko: Patriotism aside, the vast majority of Nigerians are common hustlers.
Too few Nigerians enjoy the concept of 'success' as it is defined in the West. Though it has improved slightly in the last couple of years. But generally life, as we experience it down here, is shitty for the vast majority.

To some extent that is down to what we value as a people.

Typical Nigerian definition of sucess is be very very rich,am talking the kind of rich where your Great great grandkids cannot finish the inheritance.If you dont have money forget whatever research you are conducting that might be a cure for Cancer in 10 years.Even our Academics want to Hammer .Me sef am guilty when i go to Nigeria and i see my friends whose husbands are ordinary special assistant(not adviser o) to governors balling with nannies,drivers,cooks and like 10 domestic staff and i am my own nanny and driver i think to myself chei see life .

Britain is too socialist for a typical typical Nigerian.No one send you.

babaskool:
DEAR FRIEND are u high or sumthing , a plot of land in lekki costs an average of 200 million naira dats half a million pounds which house or amenties in peckham was is worth a million pounds not to talk of some people house in lekki

That means nothing, people give prices, that doesn't mean that that plot of land worth millions. In Nigeria out value system is so wrong, we know how to quote figures even when the item is worthless.

babaskool:
DEAR FRIEND are u high or sumthing , a plot of land in lekki costs an average of 200 million naira dats half a million pounds which house or amenties in peckham was is worth a million pounds not to talk of some people house in lekki

Yea right

wonlasewonimi:

Peckham has better facilities and amenities than some parts of Lekki

Most parts of Lekki don't have good roads or electricity.

babaskool:
DEAR FRIEND are u high or sumthing , a plot of land in lekki costs an average of 200 million naira dats half a million pounds which house or amenties in peckham was is worth a million pounds not to talk of some people house in lekki

Why bother, let them stay in peckham, enjoying electricity and fat rats along rhy-lane while guys enjoy mansions and speed boats in leki without electricity. To each their own

Litmus:


Why bother, let them stay in peckham, enjoying electricity and fat rats along rhy-lane while guys enjoy mansions and speed boats in leki without electricity. To each their own

You dey enjoy mansion and speed boat?
Oya try to lie there, lemme catch you

AjanleKoko:

You dey enjoy mansion and speed boat?
Oya try to lie there, lemme catch you

The Asians in rhy-lane buy festering meat wholsale and flog it to peckham indigence for pittance thats for true. The result is that lots of blacks walk around looking swollen like drowned lizard and that's another truth.

babaskool:
DEAR FRIEND are u high or sumthing , a plot of land in lekki costs an average of 200 million naira dats half a million pounds which house or amenties in peckham was is worth a million pounds not to talk of some people house in lekki

Anyone paying that is brain dead. With that money (800,000 pounds) you can buy 2 houses in the U.K and lease it for monthly income (2,000 pounds each house, every month)

Litmus:


The Asians in rhy-lane buy festering meat wholsale and flog it to peckham indigence for pittance thats for true. The result is that lots of blacks walk around looking swollen like drowned lizard and that's another truth.

I don't give a crap about what the Peckham indigenes are doing. That was not my question to you.
You get mansion for Lekki?

Litmus:
The Asians in rhy-lane buy festering meat wholsale and flog it to peckham indigence for pittance thats for true. The result is that lots of blacks walk around looking swollen like drowned lizard and that's another truth.

AjanleKoko:
I don't give a crap about what the Peckham indigenes are doing. That was not my question to you.
You get mansion for Lekki?

He has a mansion but it is only owned in his dreams!
I wont be surprised if he's on his last card in a dirty cybercafe, sweating profusely because his airtime is about to lapse!

AjanleKoko:

I don't give a crap about what the Peckham indigenes are doing. That was not my question to you.
You get mansion for Lekki?

AjanleKoko:

I don't give a crap about what the Peckham indigenes are doing. That was not my question to you.
You get mansion for Lekki?

Thats a bit harsh na?

AjanleKoko:

I don't give a crap about what the Peckham indigenes are doing. That was not my question to you.
You get mansion for Lekki?

I have a mansion in Port-harcourt, two Mansions in Warri and several bungalows, a mansion in Benin, a good house in the Caribbean


are you happy, mr Peckham

Everyone in Lagos lives in Lekki,(sebi addo langbasa too is lekki abi),magodo,bannana island,parkview,osborne etc.

Litmus:


I have a mansion in Port-harcourt, two Mansions in Warri and several bungalows, a mansion in Benin, a good house in the Caribbean


are you happy, mr Peckham

I don't live in England at all, unfortunately for you.
But keep lying to yourself. All your mansions exist in your head and your tummy, more likely.

AjanleKoko:

I don't live in England at all, unfortunately for you.
But keep lying to yourself. All your mansions exist in your head and your tummy, more likely.

actually have more than i mentioned if i include family property

Litmus:

actually have more than i mentioned if i include family property

In fact, add your town properties. Mumu.

I own no 1 Hyde Park and The Shard.(should i include buckingham palace.no dont let me oppress those who live in peckham)

AjanleKoko:

In fact, add your town properties. Mumu.

you asked