Mizwisdom:




Good question, but you should be able to perceive lies from afar

Crixxx:
If I was the one there I'll never think Nigeria again

James4bright:


Now you South Africans are denying your actions? I've seen the [b]hate and aggression you South Africans show Nigerians. [/b]Stop trying to hide your negative actions, it was all over the media.

Antichristus:


The actions of Nigerian leaders who have shortchanged Nigerians’ future underpin Nigerians’ desperation to want to get out of that sh1th0le and banana republic. Gone are the days when the Nigerian currency was stronger than the US dollars, gone are the days when you completed your degrees in the UK, USA, Canada, and the next day, you hop on the plane with your British, American, Canadian spouse and return to Nigeria with jobs lined up for you. Desperate situations call for desperate actions. As a 19 year old, I was simultaneously offered admission into NDA Kaduna and fully funded degree at UCL in the UK - both purely on merit. I knew no one, had no connections but ‘smashed’ all sorts of aptitude tests GCE, A-Level, TOEFL, SAT, Oxford MAT, etc. However, I saw the way Nigeria was going and realised it was full speed on the highway to self destruction. I opted to travel abroad. Nigeria has since then monumentally declined as a country. The problem is, because some individuals personally feel secured (socially and economically), they think (because they don’t care to look at the total picture) that things are okay and Nigeria is the place to be. It is only when the majority of Nigerians have that sense of social and economic security and can confidently claim that it is the place to be that we can truly say Nigeria has grown, not when public officials’ pockets have ballooned whilst those of the common man is empty. So, do I blame those who seek students’ visa to escape Nigeria? No. Do I blame those travelling to US so children can be born there to claim citizenship? Not at all. Pay your hospital bills if you delivered babies there. Look Americans are in Africa for their self interests. European oil companies, for example, are plundering Africa’s wealth. However, when you get there seek legal and honest means of staying on. In my decades of living abroad, I’ve seen promising young men and women graduated with excellent degrees from world class universities rushing back home to achieve nothing in real terms. Nigeria wastes its talents. Don’t get wasted.

Crixxx:
what are Nigerians there coming back for..

Ftc tho. Let those whining in my mentions keep whining till eternity they haven't crossed their village boundary before..

omoiyamayor:
i disagree with you,young people dont need to be paid for not contributing to the economy,i say give them opportunity and people will not run.

EgunMogaji2:
Gentlemen.

One: That Nigeria is difficult for you doesn't mean that it is difficult for others. Some Nigerians, including me, are living our best lives right here in Nigeria. I say this after 33 years in the USA. I could have gone back to the USA on one of the many evacuation flights by our embassy but I didn't. I love Nigeria.

Two: Not everyone is an economic migrant. I have met some people in Nigeria that came on vacation with family to the USA but had to run back to Nigeria leaving family behind to continue holiday because of some new contract opportunity in Abuja. Some men are very uncomfortable leaving Nigeria because of "Awon Abeyin Bebo Je" in business world.

That you are particularly suffering in Nigeria without direction doesn't mean that others are like you too.

Celebrate your countrymen that believe in Nigeria, like me, and who yearn to come back home.

As always, may our blessings find us wherever we are at.

PS: And for Gods sake, if you desire to leave Nigeria then please do. We have an open border, embassies are giving visa (pre Covid), hundreds of thousands of Nigerias have emigrated. You can too. Stop whining and get on with it.

onoja12:
The canadian government is just been stupid.anybody in the airline industry knows that charter flight license can be used since it is not on commercial flight purpose.i highly suspect some tribal moves cooked up because i know we have strong footing when it comes to avaition and canada.the Minister is a sound technocrate.i advice the Minister of forgien affairs to engage him on this issue.

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Source:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/why-canada-denies-air-peace-right-to-evacuate-stranded-nigerians-onyeama/

EgunMogaji2:
Gentlemen.

One: That Nigeria is difficult for you doesn't mean that it is difficult for others. Some Nigerians, including me, are living our best lives right here in Nigeria. I say this after 33 years in the USA. I could have gone back to the USA on one of the many evacuation flights by our embassy but I didn't. I love Nigeria.

Two: Not everyone is an economic migrant. I have met some people that came on vacation with family to the USA but had to run back to Nigeria leaving family behind to continue holiday because of some new contract opportunity in Abuja. Some men are very uncomfortable leaving Nigeria because of "Awon Abeyin Bebo Je" in the business world (Awon Boys Fe Lo Ba Deal Mi Je).

That you are particularly suffering in Nigeria without direction doesn't mean that others are like you too. In that same USA/Canada/Australia/UK are homeless citizens.

Celebrate your countrymen that believe in Nigeria, like me, and who yearn to come back home.

As always, may our blessings find us wherever we are at.

PS: And for Gods sake, if you desire to leave Nigeria then please do. We have an open border, embassies are giving visa (pre Covid), hundreds of thousands of Nigerias have emigrated. You can too. Stop whining and get on with it. Delta and United used to have 2 wide body jets filled with Nigerians going to the USA nightly. Alitalia, Virgin, Arik (if you're brave), KLm, Air France also fly to Europe nightly, even the Arabs ands East Africans have fully filled airplanes.

Farki:


What do you think I'm saying?

Can you underpay skilled workers where they spend most of their wages just to stay alive while expecting them to both remain in Nigeria and contribute to the economy?

If I'm seeing a better deal somewhere else why would I stay within Nigeria?

Why do you think some graduates are busy selling clothes, driving public transport or doing something else completely unrelated to their field of study?

It's the money that people earn that they in turn spend that drives the economy. If nobody has money or money is in the hands of just a few people businesses won't thrive and the economy will stagnate.

onoja12:
All you have listed is called requirement and those are request by the countries civil avation.all those should have been done before rejecting a request.so that cant be the issue

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We discussed this previously on an aviation forum. Not saying mine opinion is more valid than yours.

They look at the totality of the flight plan.

Is the airline licensed to operate in Canadian airspace?
Did they file a flight plan that will take them over continental Canada or just one the sea to the airport?
Where is the aircraft coming from?
Who are the crew on board?
Is it a turnaround, no touching the ground flight by the crew?
What are the plans to pay for the fuel and service?

Fhemmmy:
Do the Nigerian government expect that Canadian government to allow an airline without license into that nation and airspace to land?
The minister that gave a contract to such airline should be fired and dealt with, this is what happened when you give power and post to people that has no idea how the rule works

salford1:

This is common abroad too nah. Graduates driving Uber or working at McDonald's making burgers/fries.

EgunMogaji2:


Right.

Most Nigerians are not used to operating under rule of law.

dontro:
Let me guess, they want some Canadian airline to do the job and get the pay?

Farki:


What do you think I'm saying?

Can you underpay skilled workers where they spend most of their wages just to stay alive while expecting them to both remain in Nigeria and contribute to the economy?

If I'm seeing a better deal somewhere else why would I stay within Nigeria?

Why do you think some graduates are busy selling clothes, driving public transport or doing something else completely unrelated to their field of study?

It's the money that people earn that they in turn spend that drives the economy. If nobody has money or money is in the hands of just a few people businesses won't thrive and the economy will stagnate.

jawalis:

Why not face your front.
How many death has Canadian reported attributed to hunger? Use your upstairs well.

salford1:

This is common abroad too nah. Graduates driving Uber or working at McDonald's making burgers/fries.

omoiyamayor:
i understand what you are trying to derive,but opportunity is the best anybody can get,anybody that flee from Nigeria is going to seek opportunity wherever he wishes to go,and wherever they find themselves most dont work for the government there,they work for the companies to get paid, this companies were not established by the government over there,individuals or group of people owns companies. You dont have to be a graduate to get opportunities in life,just be ready and open your mind and reasoning. Opportunities is all over Nigeria but people ignored them,when the president closed the land border,that was the biggest ever opportunity any Nigerian president could give to the people but instead people are crying, since then nobody have died of rice or tomato paste craving.

Farki:


A lot them do that because they take on massive amounts of debt to go to college so it's better to take any job while they pay off the debt so they don't end up broke upon reaching acceptable employment and the debt doesn't pile up. Here we don't have that same debt culture.

Even those minimum wage jobs pay more than most skilled work in Nigeria considering the exchange rate.
If I worked 1 year for McDonalds in the US while still living with my parents I would make more in 10 years
than I would working for the Nigerian government under the same conditions.

Crixxx:
If I was the one there I'll never think Nigeria again

Nduzeal:
Boss I don't know you but you have been making sense since I started reading your post in this forum keep it up bro but our people should understand that over 80%
Of we staying abroad are finding it difficult in our host countries due to the crazy life styles some of us are leaving

slerry:
my advice to those my friends and brothers who want to come back to Nigeria is to have a RETHINK.
it's far better to remain in Canada than coming back to Nigeria.
it's far better to die in Canada(not ur portion) than in Nigeria.
if am lying, ask ur colleagues who were evacuated from Dubai to nigeria about what the situation of things in the country.
many of them will be regretting of coming back to Nigeria.
while many of us are looking for a way to leave the country, u that's already out is planning of coming back.
Canada is FAR better than Nigeria in everything u can think of except Corruption.
plz have a rethink before jumping from Grace to grass.

tot:


Having done all this - which is commendable by the way, why would you then rather die in Canada?

EgunMogaji2:


Don’t mind him.

And who is stopping him from leaving Nigeria?