i have a wife and two children living in a flat i bought 4 years ago in London - i work as a Senior Linux/Unix admin and earn a good salary. However with the UK becoming aggressively expensive to live in i was wondering on relocating to Nigeria. I have lived here in London all my life (i think this has been a major disadvantage) and have visited Nigeria, to my shame with my mother.

Now, well to do people that i know have relocated to Nigeria because they are quite fed up with UK life. The major issue here is tax and your right to earn a decent salary that one can save without fear of the Government trying to re-tax it. The tax system here is quite socialistic in design and what i mean is is that you work simply to keep the "state" alive and receive nothing in return. Here in the UK you really do not own anything out right. For instance your property belongs to the bank if you have yet to pay off the mortgage and even then the land which the house sits on is owned by the Queen (hence how they were able to seize land from people to host the Olympics). In truth they can seize anybody's land and the only reason why they do not is because of public face. Its a hard pill to swallow but true.

Your car is not yours since without MOT you cannot drive your car on the roads and are in danger of having it seized by the bailiffs. Car insurance increased fro no good reason by 30% at least and is set to increase again by 30% by the end of this year. Again for no good reason.

VAT increased from 17 to 20 %. Fuel at 1.38 per litre. Council tax will increase and banks have increased the interest rate on home owners by +3.5%above the base rate.

Almost every road in London has parking restrictions and you end up having to pay £110 if you float the parking rule. If you do not pay the bailiffs are sent in to seize your property. The bill can escalate to 1000s of pounds. There are many cases where the council will hand parking tickets to drivers unlawfully just to rake in more cash.

The educational system here is a joke. FULLSTOP.

Is Nigeria a better option if you have a plan. I have prayed about this and i know God is saying to stay put for know

Has anyone got any suggestions.

With an annual income of 50,000 pounds give us an idea of what your tax comes to. Alot of people don't pay the correct tax in Nigeria but again the pay isn't much here too so it balances out. For the lucky few who earn above 200k monthly i guess life is very good.

Any reason why this topic was closed by the moderator??

perhaps because it got completely derailed with personal insults/tantrums and considering you were not making further enquiries you got the advice you wanted already from the more sensible comments