yorubadelta:


This may be true for some.. what I see Nigerians do when they first arrive is to limit themselves and limit their circle, listening to advise from fellow Nigerians who have been here so long with nothing to show for it.

If that qualified banker rolls with the right people who know what they are doing, he would secure a great job without much struggle.

A very close friend of mine became a senior drug safety scientist within 3yrs of arriving the UK.. dude has a 2.2 in microbiology from Onabisi Onabanjo Uni.. no masters, no previous work experience. It was a lady he met in the industry that put him through how to package his cv to get the job.

So you see it not that Nigerian qualifications is looked down upon here.

dechandel:
@bolded!!
Be realistic!! Truth is, its not easy in any part of the world but its much more better living in a saner society where you are guranteed fresh air

tai2:
-- Copyright (c) 2015 tai on Nairaland. All rights reserved --

This piece is for potential travellers in the foreign section. All those looking to leave the shores of Nigeria to make it to foreign lands (obodo oyibo) at all and any cost in order to leave behind what they perceive to be the frustration and lack of progress in Nigeria. Only to land in strange destinations and find out all is not as it seems, with no means of return or imprisonment for crime or debt or even suicide and death. Read and be warned.

1. Cost

This is the number one disadvantage with obodo oyibo. That mouth watering salary you were told you would earn abroad i.e. anywhere from $2000 to $10,000 a month and you were converting its equivalent to Naira, lol, better throw away those calculations.

Getting the job or the money is one thing in the first place. Saving enough is another. Everything is expensive. So don’t think you will “manage” on $200 a month and then send the rest to Nigeria and build a palace to rival that of the richest man in your village.

In obodo oyibo, you must pay for everything, electricity, water, tax, food, plumbers, and carpenters. There is no Nigerian “oga abeg them never pay me, I dey wait for money”. Fail to pay your bills and your electricity will be cut off. If you live in a land of cold, the cold may kill you or if you live in a hot country, you may die of heat stroke and people may not find you until the smell of your body disturbs your neighbors or your landlord remembers you haven’t paid rent.

It is not Nigeria, where you squat for free in one brother or friends house and eat free food, with nobody ever wondering when you are going to get a job or get your own house. In obodo oyibo, your blood brother will throw you out if you are not contributing to the bills.

The more savings you come with while you do whatever you intend to do to make money (school, find a job etc.), the better off you are. Otherwise be prepared to suffer when your money runs out, as it will. Two million naira is nothing. Obodo oyibo will swallow that money in one month or three days if you are not careful and spit you out like orange seeds.

erico2k2:

whatever course you end up doing make sure you end up in 1 the Uk, 2 the US 3 Canada, any other country out of these three you are on your own.

AlphaMoi:
This is rubbish.if this is what you are going through,then wahala dey..altho not so 100°/ . but it isnt as bad as you put it.. But true true job matter no easy

erico2k2:

nah teh made in china own you wack, come presidential Suya at Old kent rd

AlphaMoi:
No suya shaa..i miss that

sunnydayasaba:
No matter ur visa status, Ur still a third class citizen..even if u have residency...People still look at u as not part of them.

Gerrard59:
What I see here is someone with an African mentality.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with paying bills, as long as everything works accurately.

You pay NEPA bills, yet no light.
You pay water bills, yet no water ( how possible sef, when no light)
Pay security taxes, yet Boko Haram everywhere.

If I get into government, preferably at the state level, in Nigeria, it must be turned around, into better still the African Singapore.

You're simply exhibiting a suffering and smiling attitude.

tai2:


In Nigeria you can get favours done when you don't have any money. You can ask the taxi guy to reduce his fare based on you don't have too much. In obodo oyibo, taxi guy will point to the metre. I hope you know even with sporadic power supply not everyone pays their light bills in Nigeria, PHCN cuts the power in the afternoon, you go and reconnect them later during the day. Lol.

gabby227:
Today is my birthday pls i need 1 more like to complete my birth age

tai2:
5. Nothing is Free

Nothing is free in Obodo Oyibo. In several places if you decide to sit down, you must pay. You cannot sit in a restaurant gisting with your friend for two hours buying nothing. Or go to a bar and watch free football without buying booze. If somebody offers you something for free, check closely, there’s a price hidden somewhere.

Your Nigerian countrymen will hide food under their bed if you’re coming to visit. Nobody is in the business of “come and eat”. Some will see you through keyhole and not even open the door.

Bus will be paid for, taxi will not carry you for free. You will account for the water you bathe with, the electricity you use to toast bread, even the one you use to watch TV. Some people even put off all the lights in their house and operate in semi-darkness just to cope with the bills.

Except your friends are Yahoo Yahoo men. Nobody will carry you to bar and buy booze for everybody. You will pay for your own alcohol or at least contribute to the bill. That Nigerian pattern of following one big boy up and down to eat and drink free does not exist here. People who start it abroad never end up well.

If you’re lucky you will find a girlfriend to ease tension. But even girlfriends are expensive sef especially when it’s a Nigerian babe. Many young men are forced to find “Milan” aka ashewo just to deposit something somewhere.

This is why many Obodo Oyibo guys go and import babes from Nigeria in the name of marriage so they can have somebody to be doing all the doables in the cold of Obodo Oyibo.


I might have forgotten to add one or two other things. The summary of the matter however is that obodo oyibo is great when you have money, foreign qualifications, obodo oyibo experience and a job in a proper company.

Without these things, you are very likely to suffer. This is why you see so many obodo oyibo people building houses in Nigeria and saying “East or West, home is best”, because at the end of the day, while 2 million naira will not build a cubicle to live in obodo oyibo, in Nigeria it can get you a house you can live for free without bothering about eviction. In Nigeria all you have to do is have a house you own. Food will come from anywhere and everywhere. In obodo oyibo, so many people pay one form of modern slavery every month for 30 years called mortgage, just to have a house that is their own in old age and survive on pension.

nwadiuko1:
dats a biz idea....start it in your locality abroad na

ydass:


Are you still in Nigeria or have you relocated already? Every point in the OP's writing is confirm and true.

kliq:
No place like home

AlphaMoi:
No suya shaa..i miss that

DanjaNinja:


Seriously! You took the words right out of my mouth. Nigerians don't like paying bills yet we wonder why nothing works.

AlphaMoi:
u smart oo but i dnt know hw or who can or will.

raayah:


I buy 2L of walmart coke for 87cents.
Depends on where you buy your drinks
Besides, I have never set my eyes on 30cl containers. Are you sure you live in the west?

seunny4lif:
I only miss the food too nothing else.....Wetin be better thing,Person fit miss for Naija?

No light but u go dey pay bill
Transportation na zero
No road but I dey pay taxes
Zero security
No better network Becos,I no dey enter front page

Nothing.......



I miss my mother sha

doncaster:
Which one be made in china again. Presidential is better than obalande but all get smoke taste.

DanjaNinja:


Emm, i think you meant the reverse - 1)Canada 2) US 3)Uk. The Uk is the least immigration friendly country on your list.

Gerrard59:
What I see here is someone with an African mentality.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with paying bills, as long as everything works accurately.

You pay NEPA bills, yet no light.
You pay water bills, yet no water ( how possible sef, when no light)
Pay security taxes, yet Boko Haram everywhere.

If I get into government, preferably at the state level, in Nigeria, it must be turned around, into better still the African Singapore.



You're simply exhibiting a suffering and smiling attitude.