okeysoninv:
this is not true. who will call you a failure when everyone is struggling to survive. Our countrymen living abroad are very evil you have to believe , I am speaking base on experience.

Jaqenhghar:

I took a look at her profile and according to it she started out as an intern then worked her way up

Jaqenhghar:


Im not saying its impossible. It is not the general rule. Did she tell you the process she went through?
I also know of a bank manager in naija who when he relocated to UK couldn't find a job as a banker.

damosky12:


abobi. No be so o. Someone without foreign education or UK work experience or connection land banking job there? Fear God na...

GogetterMD:

Given her? They don't "give" jobs. It's tough for an immigrant (even a legal one) to get skilled jobs in the first two years of relocating

somehow:


So because you came and nobody called you names automatically means it's the same for everyone?

Do you understand the world doesn't evolve around you alone?

Enumerator:
For your mind

I'm sure you are below 20 with this your comment which tells you know nothing about abroad

Navalsadiq:
stop misleading people.you don't need 5m to 10m.some schools in the UK and other European countries accept installemental payment. you can afford to go with three thousand pounds and in your first and second week get a good paying job while you school and make installemental payment.

airsaylongcome:


Lol! Road sweepers probably earn minimum wage abroad. You think $2k to $3k per month is big money living abroad?

krissconnect:
These past weeks, I've been reaching out to my friends who are abroad to help me with links or advices to move abroad too. But I discovered that none of them decided to help, instead they discouraged me either by saying, "it's difficult to move now or the country isn't issuing visa now".

One of my guy in CANADA defiantly ignored my text when I asked him for links or the route he used to move, the other in Korea said the country isn't issuing visa now but he recently moved back and another directly said that it's very hard to get visas now to travel. But one Asian American in the States gave me lots of links to move to the State and even encouraged me to move.

But then I don't understand why our African brothers over there will never encourage or advice someone willing to move. Is it envy or greediness or what? I've never had any of my guy abroad encourage me to move when I asked for advice. If things are difficult over there, why not come home?

NB: I never asked them for fund cos the money is available.

krissconnect:
These past weeks, I've been reaching out to my friends who are abroad to help me with links or advices to move abroad too. But I discovered that none of them decided to help, instead they discouraged me either by saying, "it's difficult to move now or the country isn't issuing visa now".

One of my guy in CANADA defiantly ignored my text when I asked him for links or the route he used to move, the other in Korea said the country isn't issuing visa now but he recently moved back and another directly said that it's very hard to get visas now to travel. But one Asian American in the States gave me lots of links to move to the State and even encouraged me to move.

But then I don't understand why our African brothers over there will never encourage or advice someone willing to move. Is it envy or greediness or what? I've never had any of my guy abroad encourage me to move when I asked for advice. If things are difficult over there, why not come home?

NB: I never asked them for fund cos the money is available.

fredoooooo:

Nigeria is better if yiu have the money and you're in the system.
If youve lived abroad( Germany, swiss ,Scandinavians,Russia, Uk , Us , canada , Australia, etc) for years and not italy or france( advance Africa) and those useless european countries o . You will find it very difficult to integrate back into the African system because of the mindsets...

krissconnect:
These past weeks, I've been reaching out to my friends who are abroad to help me with links or advices to move abroad too. But I discovered that none of them decided to help, instead they discouraged me either by saying, "it's difficult to move now or the country isn't issuing visa now".

One of my guy in CANADA defiantly ignored my text when I asked him for links or the route he used to move, the other in Korea said the country isn't issuing visa now but he recently moved back and another directly said that it's very hard to get visas now to travel. But one Asian American in the States gave me lots of links to move to the State and even encouraged me to move.

But then I don't understand why our African brothers over there will never encourage or advice someone willing to move. Is it envy or greediness or what? I've never had any of my guy abroad encourage me to move when I asked for advice. If things are difficult over there, why not come home?

NB: I never asked them for fund cos the money is available.

AnthonyAk:


She did an MBA in US, that was the key thing. She's always been a go getter from time sha.

jesmond3945:
because they dont want you to come and share jobs with them or become a burden to them. Thats the problem with Nigerian community in abroad. Look at the uk skilled thread, they dont even give people links when they land a job.

krissconnect:
These past weeks, I've been reaching out to my friends who are abroad to help me with links or advices to move abroad too. But I discovered that none of them decided to help, instead they discouraged me either by saying, "it's difficult to move now or the country isn't issuing visa now".

One of my guy in CANADA defiantly ignored my text when I asked him for links or the route he used to move, the other in Korea said the country isn't issuing visa now but he recently moved back and another directly said that it's very hard to get visas now to travel. But one Asian American in the States gave me lots of links to move to the State and even encouraged me to move.

But then I don't understand why our African brothers over there will never encourage or advice someone willing to move. Is it envy or greediness or what? I've never had any of my guy abroad encourage me to move when I asked for advice. If things are difficult over there, why not come home?

NB: I never asked them for fund cos the money is available.

okeysoninv:
ask them to come back, they will abruptly refuse

kunkelhanspeter:

The amount is nothing there bro after paying your bills you will be living pay check to pay check
Living to survive not to be financially free.
I have a good friend in Germany Bro e no easy for them I wanted to travel but I don’t see myself staying there 5-10 years before coming back because you will need paper to come back.
Many will advise born first before traveling because you might never have the opportunity to do that in Nigeria in 5-10 years imagine if you are 31 like me and travel just for get about kids .

Raregem9000:
Find his own way? Remember, we rise by lifting others up. I experienced same thing the poster was saying three years ago. I have a cousin who lives abroad. He has been there for a decade now and i only asked him to just help with an invite while i pay for every money that will be spent and i will work things out when i get there. Note: I'm paying for everything. This my cousin kept on giving me stories like it's not easy there that i shouldn't come. He even said i should use the money i had with me to start a business in Nigeria instead of coming there. I was like why are you still there if it's not easy? I just bone him and block him on every social platforms. A year after, i went to an agent to help on a Canadian Visa but i was duped. I'm looking forward to doing all by myself when i'm ready to go on the adventure again without involving any agent and when the soup is done, i would unblock that my cousin, so that he can see that what he failed to help me with has been achieved.

krissconnect:

And I said no, I don't live in lagos

Jaqenhghar:

True. Once you are go getter with a solid plan you'll get there. It may not be easy at first but you will get there.

kiddkash:

they have been in the suffering long, they have become accustomed to it,
they don't want someone that will come there and spoil show.
e.g when things were bad for me abroad, a friend wouldn't let me be kept saying anything at all
he will do when he comes abroad. I tried everything to stop him that Nigeria is better, but he won't take no
for an answer. when he sold huge piece of land to fund his trip. and then arriving, he started disturbing
my peace about how things are hard. which I told him clearly.
that we try to eat only once a day. the hunger was severe, that it made him to steal from my employer.
and the both of us were fired, because I was the one that brought him. he refused to listen to me and kept acting wild.
like offing his shirt in the public like a tout, and keep drawing attention to ourselves. like screaming so loud
and doing warri no dey carry last. I had to discharge because this friend would get me deported.

when he was deported, he came and told people in Nigeria that i am wicked, I only gave him food once a day
and I act small instead of fighting people who wanna mess with me and I left him to get deported.

He tainted my reputation and integrity back home

fredoooooo:

Nigeria is better if yiu have the money and you're in the system.
If youve lived abroad( Germany, swiss ,Scandinavians,Russia, Uk , Us , canada , Australia, etc) for years and not italy or france( advance Africa) and those useless european countries o . You will find it very difficult to integrate back into the African system because of the mindsets...

Originalsly:
@ OP.... if you live in Lagos.... what advice would you give someone who is doing pretty good in the village but wants to sell out and move to Lagos? .... someone who has never been to Lagos before?

faceland:
They are secured over there and don't want problem. If you go, you become a dependent and LINKED to them.

They also know it's not as easy as you think. If condition makes you to commit crime, they would LINK you to them.

Go on your own and when you get there, you too would tell others to stay behind and build Nigeria.

Raregem9000:
Find his own way? Remember, we rise by lifting others up. I experienced same thing the poster was saying three years ago. I have a cousin who lives abroad. He has been there for a decade now and i only asked him to just help with an invite while i pay for every money that will be spent and i will work things out when i get there. Note: I'm paying for everything. This my cousin kept on giving me stories like it's not easy there that i shouldn't come. He even said i should use the money i had with me to start a business in Nigeria instead of coming there. I was like why are you still there if it's not easy? I just bone him and block him on every social platforms. A year after, i went to an agent to help on a Canadian Visa but i was duped. I'm looking forward to doing all by myself when i'm ready to go on the adventure again without involving any agent and when the soup is done, i would unblock that my cousin, so that he can see that what he failed to help me with has been achieved.

xandy84:
Prerequisite of being a Nigerian is an attitude of entitlement. I hand a street bro 100k 5 years ago for traveling runz, He called 2 months later to let me know the runz did not click but the agent has a sure one for 1 million naira. This is someone I did not even know his last name.... I reconnect with an secondary school friend that I had not seen for 20 years, after talking for a week, he told me he just lost his job. I grab a phone, call him to sympathize with him and only for him to ask me some send him a car that he will find money for clearing....wow...

Originalsly:
@ OP.... if you live in Lagos.... what advice would you give someone who is doing pretty good in the village but wants to sell out and move to Lagos? .... someone who has never been to Lagos before?