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This may become a recurrent issue whereby the state would become powerless in the face of increasing mob action. The general populace will eventually pay for this attitude of the citizens.

Nigeria is fast degenerating into lawlessness. Ambode should take a blame in this Okada menace. Fashola did well by banning them that time but the rules were relaxed and they came back in full force during Ambode.

Controlling them now is proving difficult.

Nigeria and overhype - our standards are terribly low in this country.

A simple family house in US or Canada is far more finer than this grotesque build

From what I have discussed with people, top on the reasons for migrating is to secure a better future for their kids. Second on the reason is for security. Job is even on the last as some of the immigrants seems to be doing well prior to going. I am not an abroad kind of person as I believe that my success is going to be made in Nigeria.

What I did was to ensure that I gave birth to my kids in Canada as all are citizens. But for now, all of us will continue to live in Nigeria. I also want them to know their culture, their root, language and the harshness of the Nigerian environment. I love the freedom I enjoy in my work, the big man that comes with living in Nigeria, the family and friends, the somehow chaotic Nigerian situation

I hate boredom and I fear that Canada may be too boring for me just like UK. I lived in the UK for three years but never enjoyed myself. Was totally homesick most of the times and felt coming back but decent job wasn't coming at that moment. Luckily, a Nigerian company came over to UK and conducted interview for us and voom, I boarded my flight home and since then, even though it has been difficult, especially this year, I still believe in the future here.

My only fear is the insecurity in Nigeria.

My people, I like my lifestyle here and the ability to do things they way I want.

baralatie:
imagine Nigerian launching space rocket and land on the moon and mars

and we hang out green white green flag

With Buhari in power??

KosiGee:
If didn’t have to focus your mind as your name suggests to know that the silly post was from one person @kenplay.
Why do you have to generalise aka use the term “you guys”.
Stop this stereotyping. It’s bad and make you look like an idiot.
One nuisance sitting in his room or typing and making silly comment should make you disrespect millions of others because you’ve been conditioned not to think right.

You made sense bro - my sincere apologies. Generalizing is never a good thing. I used that word based on some comments coming from mainly SE resident guys. So sorry about the generalization. SE guys are very industrious and independent minded.

Accept the assurances of my highest regard nwanne. Nothing do you. That statement was meant for those ethnic warriors not SE

My own be say make them renew my visa for ten years. I didn't get any visa under Trump. I got all my visas under Obama, including birthing visa for my wife.

Kenplay:
This was one of the project that made FG to remove Ihediora and install him as governor.
The final goal is to build gas pipeline to the North

I don't know how you guys reason. Even if the gas is to be fed to the North, is there anything wrong with that? Seplat is a private concern for God's sake and they can source for customer from anywhere. The gas is to be fed to companies and manufacturing centres irrespective of location.

You guys don't produce any food and depends on foods from the North. What if the North decides not to sell food to SE, na another kwasiokor.

Please let's live in peace and eschew ethnic profiling

STRI1:
WE DIE HERE

YOU AND WHO DIE HERE?? BRO, YOU BETTER WAKE UP. THE BUS WILL LEAVE YOU

diordaves:
"Government won't do any magic" is a worn out tired, old excuse. Government all over the world manage their exchange rate mechanism successfully.

You mentioned firms should export to generate foreign exchange which would eventually support the Naira. What you are saying is that firms should gain competitive advantage over foreign firms to be able to export.

However, to be productive and competitive, firms need to import machinery and spare parts and even raw materials for production. But firms cannot do this if the exchange rate is so prohibitive. Even firms with high local content like the cement companies still need to import machinery and spare parts for production.

So if the dollar exchange rate is high, the factory price of cement will reflect the dollar price. This is what is going on with Dangote cement and other cement companies.

We can't run away from a poor exchange rate regime. This is stiffling productivity.

Ok. You win!! But still note that we practically import everything in Nigeria. Government's management of exchange rate is not sustainable by all standard of economics. Just imagine what will happen to naira when we stop importing fuel.Without government intervention, you will see market forces in action. Naira will appreciate immediately.Up to 55% FX demand from CBN is for fuel importation.

Imagine what will happen to naira when we stop importing some of the food items we could produce here. My brother, forces of demand and supply will continue to affect the value of naira. For how long will the government continue to sustain and support naira from depreciating further? Using their strategic reserve which is fast depleting?

Bro, we need to be productive, export more, consume more of what we produce, import less of what we produce and avoid wastages in governance. Government intervention in the management of exchange rate regime is never a sustainable policy.

Lack of communication, trust and may be respect are behind all her action.

To plate my daughter's hair, my wife will first of all discuss with me on the style or show me picture. I take interests on how she and my daughter looks. So before she collects money for weavon, clothes or hairstyle, she shows sample or else if it is not what I like, especially for my seven year old girl, she knows that she would have to take her back to the stylist for a redo.

That has stucked with her. She engages me before any action and vice versa. It has been working. Communicate more with her and share your day with her as well. Let her be on the know of all your actions.

In all situation, just remember the road that will lead you back home

diordaves:
If we, Nigerians don't invest first in the country, it is foolhardy to expect foreign investors to troop in droves. Nigeria is a big market but not economically bouyant. The average personal income (purchasing power) is low.

When it comes to the internal investment climate with regards to uncertainty, there's only one 'thing' that is holding the nation down: EXCHANGE RATE POLICY.

Not kidnappers, not corrupt politicians, not bad roads, not adequate power supply, not lack of fiber optic ( broadband). These are the symptoms of lack of internal investment. The cause of our ailment is the poor and incompetent management of the Naira rate against international currencies - the Naira rate to the Dollar. This started from the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP).

I will give you a very practical and familiar example - myself. I'm in the Diaspora investing in Nigeria so I am a foreign investor. Abi no be so.

Now (For example) I have a property with long term tenants that gives me N5 mil per annum in rent. During President Goodluck Jonathan's regime, the average Naira exchange rate to the GBP was stable at N300. Then, I repatriate £16,000 per annum back to Britain from rental income.

As I type, the Naira to Pound rate is 600. So now I repatriate £8,000 from the same investment. That's about half of my income gone into thin air for no practical or business management reasons. Just government incompetence that I have no control over. Absolutely nothing I can do other than to increase rent. If I do this, the tenants (traders) will transfer the increase into the price of their products and poverty is let loose over the country. This is the situation we are in since SAP.

Now you can see if I were a property foreign investor like for example airline company (Virgin Nigeria), Dunlop, Bata, A.G Leventis, Layland, Volkswagen, Peugeot etc that are mandated to repatriate funds home for their shareholders overseas, what do you think they will do? With a dwindling income not from lack of trading but from the inability of the government to stabilize the exchange rate, they will do what they did - close shop and unleash unemployment. This is what is happening in Nigeria. The foreign exchange regime or lack of foreign exchange regime is killing Nigeria slowly but surely.

Any administration that can stabilize the exchange rate for two terms, Nigeria will be better. Nigeria's biggest problem is not corruption, but lack good governance and competent institutional managers of the polity (economy).

Good write up. But note that there is no magic in exchange rate management. There is a limit to what the government could do. The country is simply not productive enough. Nigeria's export potential is simply not enough to earn her foreign exchange.

When you are an export economy, you will have sufficient hard currencies to support your own local currency. Nigeria doesn't have that, and the forces of demand and supply will continue to weigh down on Naira, thus making it weaker and weaker. Government won't perform any magic. Simple!

That's why you hear Government say they are defending Naira with their external reserve. The citizens and companies should be able to export goods and earn foreign exchange, which they will exchange back to local currencies for their operations, thus increasing the value of Naira.

Badgers14:
Well said, the problem with investing in Nigeria is uncertainty. Although this comes with the territory but Nigeria's level of uncertainty is times 1000x.

Think of building a house, even if you secure a loan to put up a project, dollar will move from N350 to N351 and 1 bag of cement will jump from N2,000 to N2,900. Even our mothers selling pumpkin leaves , pepper and tomatoes will jack up the prices by 100%.

The level of price inflation in Nigeria is beyond economics. You can't plan for nothing, price increase here and there...

The uncertainty is just too much. The housing projects I am involved in, I just close eye to do it, the rate prices increases is just ridiculous!

I have been doing simulation on the best business model for my wife's intended business since paid employment isn't forth coming. Guess what? None yielded profit considering all issues that may arise. We are going online. Online model seems to be the only one that yielded small possible margins.

Her two friends that did the same business have all packed up even though she is insisting on having a physical presence. Luckily, I used the sad cases of her two friends to convince her to adopt the model I proposed.

Nigeria's business environment is hostile and could be unforgiven to start-ups.

I think the OP is in a haste to make money and start contributing to the family purse. You guys seems to be on course for a rewarding future based on your academic achievements. It is frustrating not to graduate on time and focus on something important.

I was lucky to have even concluded nysc by age 24, despite reading a five year course. Life is a marathon and not a sprint. As long as you are making a steady progress, just hang in there and continue. Nigeria is good at frustrating people in a lot of things.

All the best.

EgunMogaji2:
Read up on the Arole curse.

To me it explains a lot on the lack of cooperation between the yorubas.

Take just this thread for example, we have all the building trades represented. A Chinese or Mexican person in the USA will harness the power and form a collective.

That finance companies are not on here befuddles me.

Someone will post that they have land and want to build.

Shebi that’s a direct opportunity for a finance company to help secure a COFO which they’ll hold and they fund the build in stages. With a good down payment and qualified property and owner.

I think about some of these things but then I’m reminded by my partner that I came to Nigeria to retire

Opportunities abound but fear of risk and uncertainty is holding people down. Take a global perspective, a lot of investors sees Nigeria as a good place to invest but fear of unknown makes the final investment decision impossible or delayed

A finance company in London, where a friend works did an investment survey and found the Nigerian market buoyant, but fear of uncertainty and country risk were too high that they jettisoned the idea.

To tell you how far foreign investors takes risk seriously, they follow citizens discussions about the country on their own social media. They followed Nigeria and Nigerians to get perspectives and views about the people and the country. Some are even registered on Nairaland.

They are welcome home - It is tough living abroad these days.

SIONKPO1:
You sounds way too superstitious

He is a typical Nigerian that have been brain washed by his General Overseer pastor

See wack thinking!! I give up on Nigerians

Just as someone said, I hope the guy has a source of livelihood otherwise na wahala. The country is not smiling. I have seen two ladies regretted taken this route of accepting proposal from unemployed fellow corper.

When their mates were busy with their respective careers, they were nursing babies for the husbands that were struggling, looking for better opportunity.

Anyway, all the best to them

demanuel:
The basic thing you can do to better equip them is, to let them school over there.

PS- And sir, since you've convinced your wife to remain here, ensure you succeed here if not

You are right. That's why we are working hard, even though this year is messed up and it hasn't been easy. I lived in UK for 3 years as a student but never enjoyed the lifestyle there. The children have dual citizenship but I still want them to understand their root, country and ways things works in a difficult setting like Nigeria.

demanuel:
I couldn't help but quote you sir.

@ bolded, you just established the same thing my former boss (in his sixties) and a mentor (in his fifties) have being "sounding" to me.

Nothing will change. Don't fool yourself.

Anybody that believe that this country will change is only deceiving himself/herself.
It will only get worse.
Just find a way and survive amidst this ever consistent and increasing chaos that we find ourselves.

Honestly, I am worried about Nigeria's situation to the marrow. EgunMogaji said it all. " find a way to survive amidst the chaos".

Can our children be able to survive the Nigerian environment and chaotic situation in the future? Our generation have adapted to the situation and evolving an incredible means of survival. What about our children? Not less than 19 of my closed family and friends have all relocated to Canada. But living abroad again is not my thing.

My wife sometimes see me as being insane for not considering that idea even when we have opportunity. Today, I have four relatives in my place all looking for jobs. Graduate and youth unemployment in Nigeria is the highest in the world.

The economy is not productive enough to support job creation and the much needed foreign direct investment is not forth coming. All the federal executive council does in Abuja after their meeting is to share and allocate money for one road construction or the other.

My brother, I am deeply worried about Nigerias situation. The weak are the most hit and their is no solution insight. Do our children have the same fighting and adaptable spirit we have? Sorry to say this, I haven't seen it yet in mine as the Nigerian chaos may be too strong for them to adapt based on their current upbringing.

I have been thinking of finding an ingenious way of inculcating the harshness of Nigerian reality on them to be better prepared for any eventuality.

n3xt:
Obi Akpor - You’re very correct!

Building on Sunday is the only way to avoid PH wahala. I’ve never seen a state so religious as PH

you know the city very well. I visit there regularly. The church there is about my pastor is bigger than yours and more miracles happens in my church more

My church is where the miracle happens. A lady in one of the clients I consulted for told me in one of our informal conversions that her pastor asked her to help him get not less than 15 working class young ladies in a reputable organisations to join the church.

dongc:
https://www.nairaland.com/6171148/tastefully-finished-trusted-wooden-doors

I appreciate. But I have eagle eyes when it comes to finished works. I have seen this thread before. 99% of doors in that picture are all Internet pictures except one or two, which are the usual Nigerian wood doors.

The thread owner even confirmed it. It is for you to select the design of your choice and it would be made. Selecting the design is not the problem but artistically getting it up to the standard displayed in the sample pictures. It is not that our people are not good but they lack the necessary finishing tools, detailing required and the kind of materials used overseas.

Nice attempt. I know Dubemcapital anyway, the owner of the thread. He is a well known builder on Nairaland.

The zoo is a reflection of Nigerian society. Bad maintenance culture. We don't care a bit about things under our care. Same if you see PH zoo. You will feel sorry for the animals.

See how everybody is attacking the Governor while their own various states are paying ex governors 300% of the salary of the current governor.

EgunMogaji2:
The maker should please join us abeg

I trust you. The maker should come abeg. I am also interested. I be kobo kobo o

generationz:
You also noticed, my brother?
I went to his Instagram page to laugh at how the richest in Zimbabwe would look poor in Nigerian standards, i left disappointed.
All the nonsensical mass built rubbish they are doing at lekki, Ajah and Ikoyi and selling at a very high rate with no flowers and jo space... The worst are those asokoro massive houses.

Shame on Nigerian architects.

Big shame and so disgusting. The same house designs with two useless pillars in front and they will be selling it for N150m. Don't they know what is called contemporary house designs? Go to Accra, Kigali and Abidjan and see fantastic homes.

Our architects are simply not creative. Same design format. No attention to landscape and beauty. That's why no matter how a build or surroundings looks so beautiful in Nigeria, you will still see a Nigerian factor there.

As a career adviser to the youth, I usually tell them to select courses that offers the opportunity of seeking for employment outside the shores of Nigeria. Make no mistake about this, the Nigerian labor market is saturated and overflowing.

Graduate unemployment has been projected to reach record high in the next five years except drastic economic reform is taken by the government. I will rather encourage my niece or sister to read nursing than going to waste his/ her time reading any course.

I will prefer to read social work or community development and have opportunity to work with international development agencies and abroad as conflict has been projected to increase in the years to come. Those in the development sector and humanitarian assistance will have that opportunity. if you check recently, most NGOs have been advertising and recruiting people because of the violence.

Finally, study course that you have chances of making first class or 2.1, even if the course looks stupid. With that, you can sit for graduate aptitude tests of some multinationals, seek for overseas scholarship as it has been shown that scholarship exists for almost all categories of courses as long as you have high GP.

n3xt:
This is good!

Pls do share his contact with us. Thanks.

That picture looks so foreign. I doubt if the build itself and the door in question are Nigerian.

Most locally hard wood security/entrance doors in Nigeria, that are well designed and made, usually does not exceed the design and make you posted one time. If you remember that entrance door you posted in front of brown brick wall.

I stand to be corrected by the OP. That door is a usual European design.

Nevertheless, his standard is far higher than what we see here. I give it to the architects from other African countries.
Nigerian architects have a lot to learn in design and aesthetics.

My sympathy to Nigerian youths. Unemployment should be tackled as a matter of national emergency. It is not about flyovers, roads and mundane things.

It is about human capacity development and jobs. That's has been the hallmark of governance overseas. Governance is all about job! Job!! Job!!!

Ok. May be in Nigeria. In December last year, a friend called me from Portland, US that he just finished his final interview with Google. It was a whatsapp video call and I could see him. He was wearing nice fitted blue Jean and zara top white shirt with sneakers join.

I was shocked but he told me that Google HR told him to wear any thing he likes and he wore what I saw him with, likewise other interviewees. They all dressed down.