Until you leave US and come back to Nigeria and stay I will not believe you

immortalcrown:
Did you do basic Economics in secondary school? Cost of living is not higher in those countries because cost of living is measured in relation to per capita income. What is the wage per hour in those countries? Minimum wage in Nigeria is ₦30,000 per month, which is less than ₦145 per hour. Do you earn as low as this per hour in those countries? You are quick to say that ₦1,500 can get breakfast and lunch in Nigeria. But are you aware that it takes more than 10 hours to make that amount based on 30k as the minimum wage in Nigeria? So, how many hours will you work in a day in Nigeria to afford the third meal (dinner) for the same day and to settle other daily expenses?

Your comparison is wrong. Explain why a Nigerian who works as a driver in those countries affords the high cost of living in those countries and still affords to buy land and build houses in Nigeria but university lecturers in Nigeria struggle to pay rents in the same Nigeria. Many lecturers in America enjoy higher standards of living than lecturers in Nigeria. Many pensioners in Nigeria slump while struggling to get their pensions. Does it happen that way in those countries? A soldier's salary in Nigeria can't transport him to his village and back to his duty post within the same Nigeria. Does it happen in those countries? Explain these situations if you think your comparison is right. Have you also looked at the balance of payments in those countries and the countries' foreign reserves? Compare them to Nigeria's balance of payment and Nigeria's foreign reserve.

The countries you compare to Nigeria import almost every raw material they use in production. Nigeria has almost every raw material. Why can't Nigeria process the raw materials in Nigeria, make the finished products cheap for Nigerians and also export the finished products? Those other countries import raw materials from Nigeria and export the finished goods to the same Nigeria but you are too blind to understand the situation. The cost of living you praise in Nigeria is mediocrity. Cost of living can be way cheaper in Nigeria if Nigeria is as prudent as the countries you compare to Nigeria.

Don't compare countries that are not equal in terms of natural resources and population. Your logic is like using the price of cement in countries that import cement to justify the price of cement in Nigeria that is naturally blessed with cement. Nigeria has cement and the cement is this costly. Imagine what will happen if Nigeria doesn't have cement.

It is this your logic that some people used to justify increase in fuel price during Buhari's regime. Those people just said fuel was costlier in many other countries. But they didn't explain if those other countries export crude oil like Nigeria. Nigeria has crude oil and fuel is this costly. Imagine what will happen if Nigeria doesn't have fuel.

Even if cost of living is higher in those countries, have you considered lower availability of natural resources in those countries? Yet, those countries manage to build better roads, better hospitals and better schools for you. The leaders of those countries do not waste or embezzle their resources as much as Nigerian leaders do.

But in Nigeria, there are more natural resources, no good roads, not many good schools and not many good hospitals. Imagine what the cost of living in Nigeria will be if Nigeria doesn't have much natural resources and if Nigeria has good raods and steady power supply. Nigerian leaders waste or embezzle Nigerian resources.

In conclusion, Nigeria is worse than those countries. No good roads, steady electricity and water, but house rent is very high.

Well said. Stay in class, they are busy chasing girls. Common sense is not common anymore.

magoo10:
Let him come back to Nigeria and someone in Nigeria should replace him in the usa let's check something.
#1,500 cannot buy you breakfast and lunch in Nigeria so no need for the argument.

Are you living within your means?

This one does not know what he is saying. How long does it take you to make that one dollar in the US compared to how long it takes an average Nigerian to earn #1500?

There are Nigerians working as classroom teacher earning #20k per month. They hustle as extra lesson teachers going from home to home to add maybe an extra #30k. At the end the #50k is less than $50.

SojWORLDWIDE:


A Nigerian whose identity was not known x-rayed the living standard of Nigerians in Nigeria with what is obtainable in the United States.

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DON'T EVER CURSE YOUR COUNTRY
1. If you don't know how you are blessed, you will think your father's farm is worse than your friend father's farm.
2. $1 is ₦1.500 and so what?
3. Let me elucidate from my little experience. Can anyone in the US use $1 for breakfast? No!

4. But in Nigeria, ₦1.500 will give you breakfast and lunch.
5.Majority of people's monthly house rent (self contained apartment) in the USA is $1,000 and above... and that is your own 2 year's rent!
6. Have you ever paid for insurance before? Insurance in the US is $280 and that is almost ₦100,000 monthly.
7. When last did you pay monthly phone bills? I pay almost ₦40,000 monthly and if I don't, they are going to block my SIM. Your own MTN can be there for months without recharge.
8. When last did you work on Saturday and Sunday?
9. This I do compulsorily and on regular basis.
10. Don't get me wrong, the US is better than Nigeria, depending on which angle you are viewing it.
11. Do you want to hear the truth?
12. Many people in Nigeria live a more fulfilling life compared to their counterparts abroad.


13. Forget about all the packaging on social media and give credit to the good life you are living.
14. Do you know why Nigerians living in the US always rush back quickly whenever they come home visiting?
15. Because bills are counting and elongated absence (freedom) will put their lives in jeopardy.
16. If you, as a black person, attempt to emulate the whites, they will kneel on your neck.
17. Apart from Congo, no citizens in the entire universe enjoy life to the fullest than Nigerians.

18. You are abundantly blessed but you don't know until you get visa and relocate abroad, that is when you will know that your 8-hour job in Nigeria with free weekend is awoof.
19. With 11-hour job abroad, you can only pay bills, you need other 6 to 8 hours jobs to save for the future and plan your life.
20. The truth is that the grass is green everywhere, it's lack of vision greed of our leaders/politicians and the skewed religious practices (which placed emphasis on miracles) that ascended Nigeria onto a myopic tentacle of complete standstill.
21. Always thank God wherever you may find yourself. Nigeria is good and will be better.
22. God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Comeback home and join us so you can also be doing breakfast and lunch with 1k5. Oshi!

Can you just please relocate or better still make we pray for you to be deported back to your beloved country and start to enjoy low prices

Low prices kee you there

You guys think all that's to life is food, what about security, you fit dey fear for 7pm for US?

Businesses wey government dey support over there, na same here?

Una go just open mouth begin see rubbish from anus

Thank u for such insightful & objective REBUTTAL. This one na mini-RENO!

immortalcrown:
Did you do basic Economics in secondary school? Cost of living is not higher in those countries because cost of living is measured in relation to tper capita income. What is the wage per hour in those countries? Minimum wage in Nigeria is ₦30,000 per month, which is less than ₦145 per hour. Do you earn as low as this per hour in those countries? You are quick to say that ₦1,500 can get breakfast and lunch in Nigeria. But are you aware that it takes more than 10 hours to make that amount based on 30k as the minimum wage in Nigeria? So, how many hours will you work in a day in Nigeria to afford the third meal (dinner) for the same day and to settle other daily expenses?

Your comparison is wrong. Explain why a Nigerian who works as a driver in those countries affords the high cost of living in those countries and still affords to buy land and build houses in Nigeria but university lecturers in Nigeria struggle to pay rents in the same Nigeria. Many lecturers in America enjoy higher standards of living than lecturers in Nigeria. Many pensioners in Nigeria slump while struggling to get their pensions. Does it happen that way in those countries? A soldier's salary in Nigeria can't transport him to his village and back to his duty post within the same Nigeria. Does it happen in those countries? Explain these situations if you think your comparison is right. Have you also looked at the balance of payments in those countries and the countries' foreign reserves? Compare them to Nigeria's balance of payment and Nigeria's foreign reserve.

The countries you compare to Nigeria import almost every raw material they use in production. Nigeria has almost every raw material. Why can't Nigeria process the raw materials in Nigeria, make the finished products cheap for Nigerians and also export the finished products? Those other countries import raw materials from Nigeria and export the finished goods to the same Nigeria but you are too blind to understand the situation. The cost of living you praise in Nigeria is mediocrity. Cost of living can be way cheaper in Nigeria if Nigeria is as prudent as the countries you compare to Nigeria.

Don't compare countries that are not equal in terms of natural resources and population. Your logic is like using the price of cement in countries that import cement to justify the price of cement in Nigeria that is naturally blessed with cement. Nigeria has cement and the cement is this costly. Imagine what will happen if Nigeria doesn't have cement.

It is this your logic that some people used to justify increase in fuel price during Buhari's regime. Those people just said fuel was costlier in many other countries. But they didn't explain if those other countries export crude oil like Nigeria. Nigeria has crude oil and fuel is this costly. Imagine what will happen if Nigeria doesn't have fuel.

Even if cost of living is higher in those countries, have you considered lower availability of natural resources in those countries? Yet, those countries manage to build better roads, better hospitals and better schools for you. The leaders of those countries do not waste or embezzle their resources as much as Nigerian leaders do.

But in Nigeria, there are more natural resources, no good roads, not many good schools and not many good hospitals. Imagine what the cost of living in Nigeria will be if Nigeria doesn't have much natural resources and if Nigeria has good raods and steady power supply. Nigerian leaders waste or embezzle Nigerian resources.

In conclusion, Nigeria is worse than those countries. No good roads, steady electricity and water, but house rent is very high.