Renouncing your Nigerian citizenship is like divorcing your ugly wife.

That's the way I feel since I did exactly that, Now, I feel a sight of relief, It still hurts adding Nigerian educational qualifications to your CV, employers in the West think it's 419.

And your point is ? should I be jumping up for Joy you renouncing your Nigerian Citizenship. If you feel Nigerian is such a horrible place, what are you doing to make it better. Talk is very cheap my friend.

aurevoir:

Renouncing your Nigerian citizenship is like divorcing your ugly wife.

That's the way I feel since I did exactly that, Now, I feel a sight of relief, It still hurts adding Nigerian educational qualifications to your CV, employers in the West think it's 419.

Congrats, I think the next step is to leave Nairaland , lol . Or are you missing Nigeria so soon? You renounced Nigerian last week and and you joined Nairaland this week, what's the point.

There are thousands of Nigerians with Jobs in the UK,US with only Nigerian degrees, so i guess employers have been rejecting you based on your person rather than on your nationality.
You might have to change again if this new nationality does not work for you.

Guess those who are actually hired FROM Nigeria to companies in the west are what? special?

@ OP:

good for you.  I'm sure Nigeria also heaved a collective sigh of relief at your exit.

If your Nigerian qualifications are embarassing you, then go back to school and get some British degrees.

ewu

aurevoir:

Renouncing your Nigerian citizenship is like divorcing your ugly wife.

That's the way I feel since I did exactly that, Now, I feel a sight of relief, It still hurts adding Nigerian educational qualifications to your CV, employers in the West think it's 419.

You are a big disgrace.
some of us proudly carry our Nigerian and American passports and have done so for years.
You think renouncing your fatherland for a British passport (of all things) and talking ill of Nigerian citizenship makes you better than Nigerians
It only makes you an insecure human being.
were you raised with no self worth?
They don't even call you a citizen over there, they tell you you have "stay"
How pathetic
Even dogs have a stay in their owners residence
and you're here opening your brown teeth

Accept my sincere sympathy!

jaquan:

ewu

aka ewure

Queenisha:

You are a big disgrace.
some of us proudly carry our Nigerian and American passports and have done so for years.
You think renouncing your fatherland for a British passport (of all things) and talking ill of Nigerian citizenship makes you better than Nigerians
It only makes you an insecure human being.
were you raised with no self worth?
They don't even call you a citizen over there, they tell you you have "stay"
How pathetic
Even dogs have a stay in their owners residence
and you're here opening your brown teeth

Accept my sincere sympathy!

Oh my God you hit below the belt, anyways he deserved it. I'm sure the bobo just got his citizenship yesterday and his just trying to brag like say we never see American or UK citizenship before.

Nigerian population is such that the Govt and UN has no idea of the population figures so, one person down makes no difference.

Go to one of the southern states and see how many children are on the street, accused by their families of withcraft. The parent are proud of their actions and what is the government doing to protect those children and prosecute those parents.

Like 419, Nigeria is now the capital for Child sales and women trafficking. Talk to the Nigerian Authority and they say, it's not their jurisdiction. They told me recently. So whose is it. UN?

The population is so high that no one counts, Even the Nigerian Embassies abroad don't have a count on the population of Nigerians in their respective countires and there are no support for them.

To prove Nigerians abroad don't count, they are disenfranchised in elections. They simply have no say in those elected to govern their country.

So who am I in Nigeria, of course I'm nobody. Let's be real. Well, I now owe allegiance to a country that counts me and recognises me as a citizen with my rights and children's future fully protected. Is that a problem than those faced by millions of children, aged, poor, homeless, sick, jobless people in Nigeria.

It's unfortunate that one has to let go, but I'd rather not be a dual citizen knowing that the original country will not defend me or my children when we are in need at home and abroad. That is the point.

I want to see those kids in the south (as young as 1year old) being accused by their families of witchcraft and abandoned in the market square as shown by the foreign media to receive proper protection by the Nigerian Government and parents prosecuted.

I want to see the govt take immediate action to stop child sales and women trafficking. For God's sake we are in the 21st century.

As a victim of Nigerian child sales, don't let me spill it all here as most of you will weep for Nigeria.

My daughter's son was sold for 490 USD by her grandmother (my ex-girlfriend) without my consent. The Boy is now about 7 years old, her grandmother is keeping my daughter hostage and all mobile phones disconnected. She has threatended to kill me if i step my foot in Nigeria.

The child sale involved a doctor and a barren woman. A contract took place and money was shared. Doctor took N40,000, the grandmother took 10,000N, I was made to believe that the child was being taken care of by a relative and when I wanted the children to unite with me abroad I was informed about the secret.

All attempt by UNICEF Geneva to rescue the child or get the Nigerian Govt to investigate the case has failed as the Govt is not willing to take action.

I have written to every officer in the Govt (president, ministers, ambassadors etc) and received only one reply from the police in Abuja saying it is not under their Jurisdiction. Case closed.

Well, case is not closed, it start by my renunciation and the rest is coming.

Is that my kind of Nigeria or whose, well not mine though,

Ghana TV and Ghana newspapers carried the News all days/weeks and yet none of the Nigerian media we contacted accpeted to air it even when the case was referred to them by UNICEF branch in Abuja.

See Ghana TV photos attached

More stories at www.thechildalert.com (Ghana Newspaper)

A disguised photos of the victim (my daughter attached).

Any help by the public will be appreciated. If you live in Owerri Capital, Imo State you'd probably will know her or may have seen her. Please, PM me or call the police to rescue her. She is a little bit depressed due to these events.

Under UN laws, we cannot reveal full identity of the victims for the protection of mother and child's privacy and protection as victims of a trafficking crime.

However, we are allowed by UNICEF Geneva/Zurich to use every media outlet including the Internet to bring the matter to the attention of the public, so please help in any little way to put the mesaage across in other forums and social networks.

God Bless you all.

The only Letter received from Nigerian Authority (below)


Subject:   RE: Boy sold for 50,000 NGN (214 GBP) in Nigeria
From:   "Division, Criminal" <Criminal.Division@usdoj.gov>
Date:   Wed, May 28, 2008 11:47 am
To:   <PRIVACY>
Priority:   Normal 


Dear Mr. <PRIVACY>:

Thank you for your recent letter to the Department of Justice. Please understand
that the Department can assume jurisdiction only when there has been a violation of
a federal criminal statute. While we appreciate your interest in obtaining federal
assistance, it appears from the information you have provided that this matter is an
issue of  International jurisdiction. According to the Constitution, federal
officials may intervene only in matters in which a violation of federal law may have
occurred.

Absent jurisdiction by this Department, some options you may have are that you: (1)
retain the services of a private attorney; (2) seek guidance from your local legal
aid organization.

----------------------------------------------
Note: No signature in the message
(a clear sign that the Govt is not taking responsiblility for a sold child under it's territory).

I never knew that a child sold in Nigeria is an issue of  International jurisdiction and one that a Nigerian victim (my daughter) requires a foreign Lawyer not the Nigerian police.

I hope U find your daughter. I pray she is in a good condition with a good mentality.

Good job on getting your British citizenship. Hope U well!!

A Letter sent by UNICEF Abuja to a top Newspaper in Nigeria (below)

---------------------------
> Dear <privacy>,
> I forwarding to you one of the most pathetic stories I have ever heard.
> And
> it is right here in Nigeria. The gentleman here copied has tried to get
> media attention in Nigeria and failed so he went to Ghana. Ghana has
> flagged it off. I am sure your paper would be interested in the story
> being
> as it were child rights focussed. I have also asked NAPTIP  to look into
> it. Their Director of Investigations is already aware. His name is
> <privacy>You could get more info from the gentleman
> (grandfather of the baby sold) who is copied here.
>
> <privacy>,
> Communication Specialist
> Media & External Relations
> UNICEF Nigeria Country Office
> United Nations House
> Central Area District, Diplomatic Zone
> P.M.B. 2851, Garki, Abuja
> Tel Office: + 234 (0) 9 - 461 6403
> Mobile: + 234 (0) 803 525 0288
> E- mail   <privacy>
> Web:   www.unicef.org

-------------------------------------------
The newspaper firm did not acknowledge, investigate or publish the story

So why will this person not be happy to have renounced her Nigerian citizenship? If the child is a Briton or an American it would have been in all TV stations in Nigeria. Who will not gladly accept citizenship of a country who treats one like a real human and responds to one's aid when needed. Well, i love my Nigerian citizenship sha and hopefully things will turn around for good. Its important to pray everyday not to have (emergency) reason to need Nigeria Govt's assistance because they are not ready to offer any too busy sharing their loot. Was it not announced recently that some Nigerians were left in a desert somewhere? I am sure they would read the news and jist over it while thinking of how to 'import' their stolen money, imagine what would have happened to that desert if the news was that 'an American/Briton dropped and left in a desert'

I pray you find your child by the grace of God.

aurevoir:

Renouncing your Nigerian citizenship is like divorcing your ugly wife.

That's the way I feel since I did exactly that, Now, I feel a sight of relief, It still hurts adding Nigerian educational qualifications to your CV, employers in the West think it's 419.

aurevoir:
Nigerian population is such that the Govt and UN has no idea of the population figures so, one person down makes no difference.

Go to one of the southern states and see how many children are on the street, accused by their families of withcraft. The parent are proud of their actions and what is the government doing to protect those children and prosecute those parents.

Like 419, Nigeria is now the capital for Child sales and women trafficking. Talk to the Nigerian Authority and they say, it's not their jurisdiction. They told me recently. So whose is it. UN?

The population is so high that no one counts, Even the Nigerian Embassies abroad don't have a count on the population of Nigerians in their respective countires and there are no support for them.

To prove Nigerians abroad don't count, they are disenfranchised in elections. They simply have no say in those elected to govern their country.

I want to see those kids in the south (as young as 1year old) being accused by their families of witchcraft and abandoned in the market square as shown by the foreign media to receive proper protection by the Nigerian Government and parents prosecuted.

My daughter's son was sold for 490 USD by[b] her grandmother (my ex-girlfriend)[/b] without my consent. The Boy is now about 7 years old, her grandmother is keeping my daughter hostage and all mobile phones disconnected. She has threatended to kill me if i step my foot in Nigeria.

The child sale involved a doctor and a barren woman. A contract took place and money was shared. Doctor took N40,000, the grandmother took 10,000N, I was made to believe that the child was being taken care of by a relative and when I wanted the children to unite with me abroad I was informed about the secret.

All attempt by UNICEF Geneva to rescue the child or get the Nigerian Govt to investigate the case has failed as the Govt is not willing to take action.

I have written to every officer in the Govt (president, ministers, ambassadors etc) and received only one reply from the police in Abuja saying it is not under their Jurisdiction. Case closed.

Considering the fact that your original reason for starting the thread was to rejoice over your citizenship of wherever, may I ask why you didnt post your story before now.

The order in which you stated your claims is very suspect.

And you said you contacted officials in the federal government. Have you also contacted the officials in YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT .   I believe each state has a police force, and that's where you were supposed to start from?






You've never read stories like this in the media?

http://allafrica.com/stories/200806180122.html

On June 9 a man identified as a medical doctor was arrested by the officials of the of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly converting his maternity hospital along Zik Avenue, Enugu, Enugu State into a home for breeding of babies for sale. Also arrested at the hospital were 22 pregnant girls aged between 15 and 18 ostensibly waiting to be delivered of babies who would be displayed for sale. A woman who allegedly bought a baby from the hospital for the sum of N340, 000 was also arrested.





Baby Sale Is Wicked And Criminal

http://thenewsng.com/article/712

Arinze Orakwue, Head, Media and Communications in the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP, speaks on the menace of the booming sale of babies and trafficking. He spoke with OLUOKUN AYORINDE and DESMOND UTOMWEN in Abuja.


Q: How big is the racket of selling babies?

A: [b]Sale of babies is big. You recently heard about one in Lagos, where teenage pregnant girls were picked up, kept in a home and when they delivered their babies, the babies were used for rituals. What is surprising is that we don’t know what happened to the case and the woman that ran the home in Lagos. As if that was not enough, some other bigger tragic things are coming up. We had actually alerted the nation long ago that babies are being sold. This vice is booming because the units and agencies responsible for the control of these acts are not doing their job. What happened to the child adoption unit and the laws? What about the Health Ministry which gives licences for the operation of clinics, maternity homes and hospitals? They are not monitoring the operations of these companies. There is no place in the world where you give licence and allow it to run for eternity without regulations, checks or monitoring. Many illicit things happen in these hospitals, clinics as well as the orphanage homes just because they are not being checked. It is wicked and criminal for doctors who are sworn to an oath to take care of these children to turn around and use them for all sorts of unimaginable things. I must tell you that as much as we would like to fight the hydra-headed menace head on, we are limited by some sections of the law which place some of the responsibilities under other agencies and departments. So, we don’t have the right to prosecute some cases and what we do is transfer some of these cases to other bodies with the right and power to do so. However, we are going to handle this case of sale of babies in Abia because it involves the sale and sexual exploitation by the doctor. That is why we are still seeking for amendment in our laws.[/b]


Q: Is the trend a reflection of the poverty level or sheer moral decadence in our society?

A: Some people have tried to adduce poverty as reason but I don’t believe this is really poverty-related because it has to do with value for human life. It appears we have lost shame and guilt in our society, and that is a big problem. There is actually another dimension that is rampant in the Akwa Ibom and Cross River axis and that is the mindless collaboration of churches, individuals and families to brand children as witches. These children are then cast away and in their homeless state, become willing tools in the hands of the traffickers. And when you look at it deeply, you will find out that these are wicked acts and norms being meted out on children who don’t have the instruments to defend themselves. As I am talking to you now, Nigerian children are endangered. This runs counter to the African norm of loving your neighbour as yourself. This is inhuman. Even animals protect the weak and young among them, why are humans now losing value for life? If these vices are not tackled via concerted efforts, we will be in great danger. Tell me, what else is crime if the traffic in humans, sexual exploitation and sale of babies are not criminal? For now I can tell you that this case of sale of babies must be prosecuted and NAPTIP will not relent.

Your daughter's grandmother sold her grandson, according to you.  If she is threatening to kill you if you ever set foot in Nigeria, then have your relations file an official complaint with the police.

Assuming the grandmother actually sold her grandson and its not that she's hiding the child from you. There's obviously far much more to the story than you're revealing here.


Neither is it clear why people as individuals are given a free pass to do all kinds of degrading things ( eg prostitution, selling babies, etc), and then Nigeria as a whole is then forced to take the rap.  Are the community leaders not aware of what goes in in their towns and villages, and what are they doing to stop it?

Now we know the poster has bigger issues and stories to tell.
Then say so rather than tell us about your British passport.

@Poster

Just like your name says - aurevoir

Meaning goodbye - may your likes never come near Nigeria anymore.

Super story !