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ajl:
What a comment. You are God that can read the mind of people and see all their acts. Like America, Canada bring in a lot of skilled migrants and give them job offer directly from their home countries. The same way brilliant Nigerians are offered scholarships to come do masters or PhD in Canada, it's possible to get job offer directly if you have an impressive CV. No Canadian company will ask you to pay a fee or anything. Make sure you get an offer letter that state your salary and job conditions. Ignore all the negative comments here but not the logical critiques. If you wish, only discuss about the possibility of the company applying for permanent residency status for you after they issue your offer letter. It is not essential for the company to apply for you because the government already have a program in place for foreign skilled workers already working in Canada. Go check the Canadian Citizenship and Immigration agency website as I advised earlier, and look for the pages for skilled workers wanting to migrate to Canada.

Recently, Canada has not been bring people in. I have never heard of anyone offered employment by Canadian federal or provincial government while they were still in their home countries. The majority of those immigrated and got employed by the government are offered contract/temporary appointments for a start. The Job Bank account creation during the PR application process does not mean the government offers people jobs in their home countries.

dollynnn:
I have been following this thread keenly and all I can say is that, Justice will not be done if an innocent man is convicted of an offence he knows nothing of.

Absolutely. Legal luminaries in the house, kindly objectively examine all evidence and information regarding this case and give your opinions on the truth and what should be done.

Arigbabuwo21:
Why attack her ? She is entitled to her opinion! While I don’t agree with some of her points, name-calling and insults are of no good.

Good question. This is one reason I barely comment on NL.

Facts111:
Thank u sir/ma for this hearthly advice. Yes i have borrow money and register jamb. Thank u

You are very welcome. You can also get the right study materials. No matter tough things are, try not to give up. Years ago after I started my undergraduate program, I wanted to quit because I was comfortable with my salary in my previous job. Whenever I look back, I'm happy I didn't quit because I will not be where I am today if I quitted. During my undergraduate program, I only bought two textbooks because they were made mandatory to submit assignments and practical.

All the best!

Facts111:
Good afternoon nairalanders...
Please forgive me for any grammerticle erorr.
Am a young boy of 22years. My dad married 2 wives and i happen by chance to be the first son of the first wife. The second wife gave birth to six children while my mom who is the first wife gave birth to five. 3 boys and 2 girls ( though the 2 girls later died of a chronic hearth disease ). What brought about this thread was that my dad refused to take care of us and our mom ( the first wife ). My mom is a devoted christain who hardly goes a week without fasting and prayer. The second wife is a typical traditional worshiper who comes home yearly to worship her great grand fathers grave ( 'IBEGWU' according to igala belive )... He took the second wife with her six children to kano ( sabongari area ). He sponsor the first son through school (now in HND1 ) while me and my mom live in the village. He's a police man (inspector) who is currently in ogun state (ibese dangote cement company). ... Typing

I understand your situation but being fatherless is worse. Although your father doesn't contribute to your welfare, the fact that he is alive protects you are your siblings from your extended family. You might even get some support not necessarily money from his friends and siblings (if he has any).

I know it is very painful but I will advise you, your siblings, and your mum to carry-on without expecting anything from him. You folks should support each other. You can write JAMB again. Many of us went through that. You will win if you don't quit. This situation will make you stronger and better. Some of us went through harsh times people may not understand as a result of being fatherless.

I wish you the very best!

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HappyNigerian:
It’s the beginning of a new year and that means new bills and more responsibilities and thinking back at last year just gives me some sort of joy at how I have planned this year for my bills.

My family lives in Ibadan and I live in Lagos and I must confess that it is such a struggle to pay their bills while working in Lagos here. I am the first child so I have to send my family money every month, and my siblings every week.

My family DSTV bill is also something I have to do monthly while I also ensure that all my siblings get airtime on their phone every week. It is such a traumatic experience when I remember that as I am planning all this small small money that when you calculate it, it becomes big money, I have to also plan bank charges inside of it as well.
I moved out of the house at a point to make ends meet as the first son of the family especially as my parents are getting old and I’m their only source of livelihood as it is right now, some people say you do not owe your parents anything but well, I do not believe in this and I take care of my parents and see it as my duty and what I owe to them to do.

Schools have resumed, Nishola, my sister needs to go back and would need fees and other miscellaneous expenses. Femi my brother is preparing for his WAEC to enable him get into the university. My parents of course have medical bills to be sorted as well every month.

When I calculate this in total every month including bank charges, it is over 100,000 monthly that I spend last year not until this January when someone mentioned how PalmPay gives people rewards when they do transactions. At first, and as usual, I did not believe it but that is not the point of the thread.

The point of writing this thread is really to ask, how do African Children deal with the numerous bills that they have to pay for the family and friends?

In Nigeria, your friends and family provide support since there is no social security structure. Within your ability, support your siblings to be established, get extra sources of income, look for ways to minimize your spending and what they need. I wouldn't be where I am today if I didn't receive support from my family and friends in the past.

You also need to know which of your friends are really for you. Years ago, I noticed some "friends" would tell me they are very broke and need my help. I noticed some of them were living lifestyles I couldn't afford myself. Imagine someone telling you he is so broke and doesn't have money to eat. You send him what you can and the following week you realized he has bought a good car whereas you as still trekking because you can't afford a car with your income.

For me, the workaround was to have many projects/mini-project. Before I receive my salary, I have a budget of how I will spend it. The day I receive it, I disburse the money and leave say 8k for my transport and upkeep for the month. When those friends bill me, I tell them I only have 8k in my account to get by till the end of the month. If some of my genuine friends reach out to me for help, I will look for other ways to help them.

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