₦airaland Forum

Acidosis:
I think you should stay in Abuja.


Get a decent apartment, start your business from the comfort of your house as online businesses can be done at any location. Staying in Abuja would give you a leverage for more/or better jobs.

Running your business, and raising a family all in one room is a NO! So ensure you rent a strategically situated apartment.

Meanwhile, I don't think it is wise to spend all that on rent (home and your wife's shop) at the same time. Majority of Nigerians who open shops without proper planning close their doors eventually after a year or two.

You both can do something from the apartment. She can assist you on your job until you're able to raise a separate cash for that purpose.

Hmm... was thinking maybe since it's 2hours drive Lokoja to Abuja. I might still be able to do that.

Jchi9876:
Please I have a very important question;

Can I write how many nairaland girls I have scatter their yanssssh in my resume when applying for jobs online?

How old are you?

DonGalilo:
I think it's more logical to remain in that one room apartment for now since u have been there for some years I guess, than to be in a hurry to upgrade your standard of living Just to please people around you, unless you've become seriously uncomfortable in that apartment.
I think you should concentrate more on how to invest the money saved to you and your wife's business and nurture it for sometimes before thinking of renting new apartment because by now your business would have gathered a firm base to stand the test of time. Therefore, relocating to Lokoja is not the best option.

No sir, it is not all about pleasing people around me.
I want a decent and affordable environment where I can train my son and get a spacious shop.

darkenkach:
Why not move to outskit of the city?

Yes, but the outskirt of the city, considering their features are just like the state capital.

Hello Nairalanders,

I am currently living in a one room apartment with wify and our son in Abuja.

I spend more than my monthly salary going to and from work.

I do online/digital marketing, web development, I sell bulk sms, I do mass Emailing and I am about to start my environmental consulting firm.

Problem is; I have N500,000 and I want to rent a more decent apartment. But the cost of a two bedroom apartment here in Abj is N300,000 and above as opposed to 180-230k in Lokoja.

I want to rent an apartment and the same time rent a shop for wify as she's got the following skills:

- Fashion Designing
- Hair braiding, fixing and all
- Cake baking
- Make up
- Finger and toe nail fixing
- Soap making etc

This money won't be enough to get us the apartment and rent a shop here in Abj... But people are saying there lots of opportunities here in Abj than Lokoja.
But the cost of living here too is higher.

I shall be grateful for good advices.

Maybe he is a fool and stup1d...

ideology:
I guess you have experience in EIA? Waste management etc

Yes Sir. Sorry I have been offline but I'm back now.

ideology:
nice one, what is your interest

My areas of interest includes:

Environmental Consulting & General ICT

It's been 6 year since I graduated and right from the day first day of my NYSC posting, I have always worked in environmental consulting firms no matter how little the pay(s) were.

Now I feel the urge more than ever to start my own environmental consulting firm here in Nigeria.

Please my dear Nlanders, what are the things I will need to start?

Your priceless advises will be of immense advantage to me.

Thanks.

Cc seun, CrazyMan, 1forall and lalasticlala please epp me.

dammytosh:
Yes....
It is element of pride that makes us feel we know a lot and once that is proven to be false, it hits us hard.

So when u calm down and try to be better no matter how good you are, it makes you see statements that says you don't know much as a challenge rather than as an insult.

From being rated ok to being under probation...

And then the constant laughing to my face by my colleagues... marveling at my woe...

To criticizing my presentation after saying it was spot on before the main presentation...

Well....... I'm too downtrodden to type.

Summary: I got to know about a consulting firm here in Lagos and without second thought, I decided to start doing freelancing with them, reason being that it will be a great opportunity for me to put into use what I learnt in school. The freelancing agreement was not without a baggage that I will get absorbed into the system once there is any chance.

Fast forward, recently, the company underwent some expansion and restructuring and I was properly interviewed for a position that fits my ability and profile. While at this, I was rated by the other higher personnel to be very okay in terms of performance as I not only deliver on time, but also assist in fixing some office computer systems that had software problems which was not part of the job prescription anyway.

Problem: It all started when we asked to do presentation on some topics. In my case, I concentrated on identifying problems and suggesting possible solutions to them, surprisingly, the feedback I got was that I wasn't right. I immediately asked for another time to re-present it and my request was granted. Now, even before the time for presentation, I did a pre-presentation to all my colleagues and they say that it was ok, but surprisingly when they were asked to air their views on my performance after the presentation proper and I was given 70/100%, only one of them gave a positive comment, the rest said almost negative stuffs concerning my performance.

The climax was when the Boss asked me to go back to school as I don't know anything.

These got much better part of me and the thought of coming to work is no longer appealing.
I can't even think straight anymore...
Staying amidst of people is no longer fascinating let alone being among colleagues in the office.
I feel like it would have been better if I never existed in the first place.

Some of them laughing to my face consistently is bullying the crap out of me.

Please how can I overcome this?

Please don't mind my punctuation... I can't think straight right now.