₦airaland Forum

Usefulsense:
Last year, I sought the opinion of Nairalanders concerning my plan to move to Australia.
My major worry was my age (48) and also considering that my net salary in Nigeria was a little over a million Naira per month as the financial controller of a manufacturing company in Onitsha.

Below is the link to the thread I opened to seek peoples advice and I recommend that you go through the thread to fully appreciate
the story that follows.

[url=https://www.nairaland.com/7825207/japa-confused-please-advise][/url]. I promised to tell my story after 3 months of my stay in Australia.

I finally left Nigeria on December 7th, 2023 and arrived the country on December 9th with my children. Today, I am exactly 3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days old in Sydney, australia.

This is not a hearsay, it is not an eye witness account, it is my story.

This is intended to guide people who maybe planning to travel outside Nigeria. Should you migrate at an age over 45 or not?

Those who told me not to go are right and those who told me to travel are also right.

Given another opportunity, will I take the decision to move out of Nigeria at 48? Have I made a mistake? How am I surviving?

You will find out in this thread.

To be continued shortly .........

Iamblessed85:
His narrative is a carefully curated one to serve the purpose of God knows who. It’s a sponsored story which is meant to fuel the ongoing narrative of emigration.

He is subtly nudging highly skilled workers to throw it all away and go abroad to become handiworkers and cleaners.

Of course it favours the host county to have largely skilled immigrants tending to menial labour. They would definitely add more value to the work.

In plain terms, if i advertise for a cleaner role in Nigeria and i say the criteria is a CFA or a masters degree, no Nigerian will apply.

What if i’m somehow able to get thesame qualification from another country? Well, no one will be interested as well. There’s still a way though. I may be able to pull this if i spread messages of hopelessness across disadvantaged third world countries. Even better if i use one of their own to spread this message so that highly skilled workers over there will think it’s the right thing to do.

That’s where OP comes in. You see the level of wickedness against his own people?

Usefulsense is NOT an Accountant. He was not on that pay grade. He is a fictional being who is a plant. He may not even be a Nigerian and i wont be surprised if you are him

Cc treadway. We are simply up against a huge propaganda machine by the west.

EJIOGBENIMI:
I’m in Hensingham, few yards from west Cumberland hospital.
Where are you boss? We are not that much here so I fit know you self.😁😁😁

shaybebaby:
Ooo, just left Whitehaven this morning. Naija sha, we are EVERYWHERE in the world.😀

EJIOGBENIMI:
Nice one. Hope you are enjoying Cumbria.
Greetings from Whitehaven, a small Cumbria town.

Lexusgs430:
As a driver or operator.......

Driver - Start by obtaining a PCO licence

Operator - Uber ti take over .........

aliucity1:
Relax my brother.Your write up made me remember how it was for me last year May when I was about relocating to the UK with my kids.

My wife is a nurse.When we were planning relocating,I was the one who motivated my wife to read and study for all the exams that she needed to write for us to relocate.Infact,I was the one who sponsored my wife in school of nursing after searching for job as a human physiologist to no avail.

When God eventually opened the way and my wife had gone to the UK,it was time for me to join her.Meanwhiel,the kids were with me and my wife s cousin who was staying with us at that time.

The pressure was mounting from my wife to come over with the kids.She had rented 3 bedroom apartment,made everything set for us to come but all of a sudden,I developed cold feet.

I remember I also came in here to seek for advice. Alot of people advised that I take the step and start a new life in the UK.Finally,I made up my mind and I came here with my family.

Lest I forget, I wasn't earning anything close to what you are earning because I was just a federal civil servant with a monthly pay of about 150k.My age as at then was 40 years.

Fast forward to today,I thank the Lord for making me to take that bold step.I haven't gotten my desired job but I have been able to change jobs as often as I love.Currenrly,I work in the NHS as a pharmacy assistant and I tell you bro,it is worth it FINANCIALLY. What I get in a month with my wife's earning is boom.

The point is,please take this step and help yourself as well as your children.They will forever be grateful to you for this breakthrough. I have 3 kids and they are always grateful to us for bringing them to the UK.They have sound and undiluted education and it is FREE from nursery to secondary education.

Weigh your options and decide what you want.I believe you will be okay if you conquer your fears and run with FAITH.


God bless you sir.

olril17:
God bless you sir
The comments are shocking and horrendous.
A 48 year old man should abandon certainty to Jump to an uncertain life. It’s like committing sucide.
An Accountant at 48 should go and learn forklifting or settle for care jobs.
The absolute state of these comments. Do they really think life anywhere is really that easy?
We are too gullible in this country.
The man will regret making such move for the rest of his life.

franchasofficia:
Reading all these chilling comments makes me more angry with APC and all their useless supporters.


Just imagine what Nigerian men are going through just to escape APC's 8 years of untold failure, kai.



Na wa oh, it is well oh

flokii:
You didn't see where he wrote.. 'provided she is an amazing woman' right?
He is already running errands and cooking for the kids while his wife sits there doing nothing.. He is under the control of a woman but can't fully express it. Use your head before mentioning me next time.

Usefulsense:
I sent you a mail

NNEWIsuper:
You couldn't change naira to pounds because you lacked knowledge about it, many Nigerian communities are exchanging pounds to naira and vice versa online

Usefulsense:
I earn a little less than, N1.1m monthly net.
I am a qualified accountant.

But you see, working for a private company in Nigeria, not easy bro.

Focusmind:
I feel you. It is not always an easy decision, especially if you are doing well and already well established. Nevertheless, go with your kids and settle them first. Then, let madam feel you small, , stay with them and survey the life style....you can give yourself a timeline to get done with Nigeria and go join them. You can agree with madam to relocate finally in the next 2,3 or 4 years. But you should always endeavour to visit during summer and spend quality time with family till you finally join them.

Usefulsense:
This is my story. Please advice.

I sent my wife to Australia in 2021 on student visa.

She has invited us, myself and our children aged 12 and 9 and our visa is out. I have also paid like 6 months fees for my children school which was a requirement for the visa.

Owing to her performance at her work place, the company she works for has promised to sponsor for PR. Infact, the process just began and we are sure of having the PR.

I am currently 48 and won't be able to support my family working in Nigeria. Wify has encouraged me that we will be fine that abroad is meant for 2 people.

My only constraint is my age, hence my question. If you are in my shoe, will you travel?

By the way, I work for a private firm here in Nigeria and you know what it is working for a family company.

Kaycee9242:
Most of the votes that were given to Tinubu belongs to Obi, let them apportion the votes accordingly then we will know the actual winner. Just take a look at what happened in Rivers and Lagos

mayor1814:
Is Alozie a joke? No not at all. I rate her high as well as the keeper, Nnadozie and plumptre

ZINNYBANKS:
People in diaspora let's say over 90% of them always say NO to any Nigerian coming abroad.. something is fishy.

Klass99:
Based on what you've shared japa is not worth it for these reasons;

1. Your pay of $3,000 makes sense in Naija and will benefit you more in Naija than jands. Don't ruin a good thing in your quest for something else. I was going to say "in your quest for something better" but I realized obodo is not actually better or as rosy as we like to think.

2. There is a global cost of living crises but some countries are worse hit than others, you have good friends who were honest with you, you best believe them. Watch international news on BBC or Al-jazeera and you'll become aware of this.

3. The narrative that our healthcare and educational sectors are totally wack, is a false and inaccurate one, don't buy into it. There are healthcare and educational institutions in the private sector, who provide quality and reliable services, for example Paelon Hospital in VI, Convenant University and a few others. You can afford them with your kind of pay or are these services now free of charge overseas?

What is it you want to go and do in obodo that you cannot achieve here? No seriously, this is a valid and introspective question you should reflect on. If I were you I will sit my butt down in Naija and actively look into home ownership, instead of packing plenty money to give a foreign country as migration fees. With the kind of money we pay these countries they should at least have 6 months accommodation or a temp job of 6 months waiting for us, to help us adapt and find our feet, then after 6 months they can say you are on your own and it will be a very fair bargain. Can their own citizens cough out the kind of money we do?

Goke7:
do you have a Monzo account? perhaps you can start with Monzo Flex

Lexusgs430:
Have you had a look at your credit history..........

eniola1010:
For now dont apply again, the more you apply and get rejected the slimmer it gets for you to own one, rejection affects approval.

I dont know what visa you are on, but if you are on t4 or psw the chances may be slim, but if you are on a visa that expires like in few years time maybe on a 4 year visa it would help you more. Cus the years you have to live in the uk helps.

Peerielass:
Are you registered on the electoral roll? Do you have monthly direct debits set up on your bank account? If the answer to the questions are yes, then you just need to give it a bit of time. Check that you are pre-approved as @Lexusgs430 suggested before re- applying..

ArcSEMPECJ:
Travail in prayers like a woman in labour , and give birth to your destiny....
You don't need to apply, your dreams will show you your job and you will be called for interview.

Purvan:
You're getting rejected either because you're not experienced or skilled enough for the job or because you have no connection to the job


Be humble and look for jobs you can to feed your self like bar tending, night security guard etc.

radiolover:
I have sent possibly more than 80 applications and fortunately, I got called by a few.

I have exhausted scarce resources to attend interviews, editing and re-editing resumes to fit a certain role and position, cost of transportation, I don't want to even mention having to trek a long distance sometimes due to lack of fund to pay Tfare. I mean someone is broke and hungry and trying his best to land a job but he's rather receiving rejection mails. What is this?

On Monday, I received a rejection mail from automobile company where I applied for a marketing role. On Tuesday, I received another one from a production factory.

Now I just returned from another job hunting only to open my mail and saw another rejection mail. This very one pain me most because I had high hope on it and i have spent so much on it too. During the second stage of the interview, I can remember how I waited from 8am till 5pm just to see 'Oga', and after seeing him, I began to walk my way home and got home late. I know i'm sounding sentimental here but it's so annoying that i went through all that 'ontop empty belle' and at the end, I wasnt offered the job.

Very very painful and morale killing.

I feel so bad right now.

Feels like the world has crashed.

Feels like everything has finished.

Feels like everything has ended.

Feels like more hunger for me ahead ahead.

Who has faced this before?

How did you comfort yourself?

iammo:
Thank you for schooling the guy. I am suspecting Babatunde Abiru the senator representing Lagos west. He was part of the people that came up with the policy.


Oga Understand difference of Fiscal policy and Monetary policy

CBN and Ministry of Finance

Accounting, Banking, Effective disbursement of fund and CBN Economic policy


Chattered Accounting is a vast field in Financial management and each organization need them in keeping a good book... (Finance Ministry)

Economist are more of the guys behind economic decisions

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