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EducationRe: Why Are Nigerians Not Really Into Export Business? by Gerrard59(m): 7:06pm On Mar 01, 2024
BennyDGreat:
If Cotedivoire and Ghana for example decide that only a particular percentage of cocoa goes and establish chocolate factories and also invite companies to do same, what will happen?

As much as there's an agenda to suppress Africa, we must note that Africans too support this agenda when they connive with the outsiders for quick personal gains.
Well, it cannot happen as the Ivorian government is a mere appendage of France, which is a major power bloc in the EU. The Ghanaian president visited the EU many months ago, clamouring for the same thing you mentioned. Unfortunately, due to his mismanagement (appointed over 1000 PAs and built one massive church), the country plunged into a recession as a result of the loans the country took because of anticipated oil sales. Today, Ghana has obtained her 17th IMF bailout. Besides, the sales of cocoa are heavily regulated in both countries compared to Nigeria, Cameroon, Ecuador and Indonesia. Regulation tend to lead to lower prices if the cartel is not the only bloc producing those products.

I must say, it is not easy to usurp the chocolate companies in the EU - which is the major consumer and has many companies that process cocoa. The solution, as I have mentioned once here, is to hope/wish/work on Asians to love chocolates. Once that is achieved, you can then invite Asian companies to set up bases or start your companies in Africa and export to Asia. Europeans would not let go of that industry to outsiders, especially as they are the major consumers.

A similar thing is brewing in so-called green minerals - lithium, cobalt, bauxite etc. Indonesia is home to many of these minerals needed for wind blades and electric vehicle production. The country's president signed into law mandating extracting companies to process the minerals in Indonesia before export. What happened? The EU sued Indonesia in the WTO court and won. Indonesia has appealed the case. However, while the EU sued, Chinese manufacturers swooped in and set up factories in the country. Korean manufacturers, seeing that the Chinese had gained the upper hand, also did the same. Other countries elsewhere with the same abundance of minerals enacted the same law as Indonesia. Chile, where the citizens are basically descendants from Europe, did the same law, and the EU criticised it. How much more black folks in Ghana? Few weeks ago, Indonesians voted for a new president who is an ally to the outgoing one (who enacted the law), but The Economist Magazine, the mouthpiece of the West, criticised him and supported someone else. However, the koko be say they did not want the president's favourite because of the laws he made ensuring those minerals are processed in Indonesia.

This is why I support a strong China. There have to be alternatives. In fact, as I write, US lawmakers are criticising Mexico for accepting investments from China to set up factories in the country with the aim of exporting to the US. The US also criticised Peru and Ecuador for accepting Chinese investments into their ports and bridges.

More can be read here: https://www.nairaland.com/7801886/multipolarism-versus-hegemonism-great-power
EducationRe: Why Are Nigerians Not Really Into Export Business? by Gerrard59(m): 6:45pm On Mar 01, 2024
Ningishzida:
By export, do you mean sustenance export whereby people send things to people they know abroad?
I am actually referring to exports where you find the exported products in the shelves of big supermarkets in the foreign country. Commercially viable exports that can be scaled.
Never found a product made in Africa in the shelves of either Kaufland, Edeka, Netto, Penny, Aldi or Lidl.
The other poster is correct. People export to the EU, but maybe not branded goods. On the other hand, people export to the US as well. The bold is what important - commercially, scalable and sustainable exports across the value chains in major sectors, not just agriculture or mining.

As for your last line, not even chocolate or biscuits that is made in an African country? shocked I do see Made in Ghana chocolates here. So, I am surprised none of such exists in those stores in nearby Germany. You have to search harder.
EducationRe: Why Are Nigerians Not Really Into Export Business? by Gerrard59(m): 6:41pm On Mar 01, 2024
babasolution:
By linking the prosperity of Africa to exports to Europe,it also means that Africa will still depend on Europe for their ECONOMIC growth.

They must be prudent and cut cost
They must be brutal with those causing insecurities.
It is actually the right thing to do. Japan enjoyed unfettered access to Western markets after the World War, ditto Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and then China. Now, India is poised to enjoy the same. A country cannot become rich by selling to the poor. Teacher A who teaches at Grange Schools would become financially comfortable quickly and solidly than Teacher B who etaches at Atutupoyoyo Secondary School. This is simply because the former caters to a wealthy clientele while the latter does not.

Africa being almost abut to Europe should be the base for its manufacturers who want to tap into cheap labour, but where did they go? Southeast Asia. Think am, why should German manufacturers go to Malaysia to produce a product meant for the EU market when Senegal is closer? Why Vietnam, not Kenya? What about South Africa? When labour costs increased in Japan and South Korea, manufacterurss went to neighbouring Southeast Asia to cite factories - notably Thailand and Malaysia and then export to their home countries. Along the way, these countries rose up the manufacturing value chain and their workers gained relevant skills. Imagine Japanese and Korean manufacturers going to cite factories in Africa then export to East Asia? It does not make sense. But that is what Europe is doing by going to produce in Southeast Asia then export to Europe when Africa is closer with massive resources and abundant labour.

So, based on geographical reasons and accompanying resources (natural and demographic), it makes sense to depend on Europe for economic growth.

Agriculture should be boosted for internal supply. Nigeria can survive on export of raw materials
To be fair, even if Fulani herdsmen did not exist and there were continuous agricultural activities, we cannot feed ourselves. We would have to import food. On the other hand, Nigeria is too big and populated to depend on export of raw materials. None of the non-oil exports on its own, not as an associated group, generated a billion dollars. So, where do we get much needed foreign earner? That is where oil comes in, but it too is unsustainable.

But the government are not serious

You majority tribes blackmen are not serious
Agreed. Our elites are terrible people and very unintelligent at that.
EducationRe: Why Are Nigerians Not Really Into Export Business? by Gerrard59(m): 6:24pm On Mar 01, 2024
Ningishzida:
I will explain the term I coined as "THE FOUNDATIONAL NARRATIVE" in one of my future posts. But for now, just know that it is the narrative that led to the current world where every non-Negro race tries to be "whites" and tries as much to erase "blacks" away from their families. The Bible, Quran were the original tools used to lay down the narrative but at the moment, it is the mainstream media AKA Rothschild family-owned medias that are now the primary proponents.
A country's citizen can only become exporters if the international market are not hindering the countrh from exporting their processed items. They might disagree on any other matter but when it comes to suppressing all the countries where the Negroes exist on earth, they will always unite to suppress the Negroes.
That is true. China was not a major exporter until the West led by the US approved her membership into the WTO. The solution is to target other markets, notably China, Southeast Asia, Brazil/South America and India. Also, could it be that those charges are aimed at products from Nigeria rather than the entire African continent? I ask, because it could be different from Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Egypt etc. Also to be fair, the US does not charge duty on goods from selected African countries under the AGOA agreement. The same applies to China for agricultural products (processed or raw) from the continent.

The world as it stands today are controlled by the Caucasians followed by the Arabs, and then the Asians. All these three groups of people are united because they managed to single out the Negro race as being the greatest threat to their survival.
I beg to disagree with Arabs coming in as second. Obviously, the white man is number one, but the number two has to be East Asians. Note: I am specific as South Asians, Central Asians and Southeast Asians are different. East Asians here are Chinese, South Koreans and Japanese. However, I wonder how we constitute the greatest threat to their survival.

Unless our leaders start signing trade deals that will enable citizens of Nigeria export processed items to Europe or even Asia, Nigeria will continue to be import dependent and any private citizen that decide to venture into the business of exporting processed items will find themselves fighting an uphill battle that they can never survive on their own.
Good thing you mentioned our political elites. The ball is in their court. Alternatively, we trade amongst ourselves even though poor people trading amongst themselves does not translate to wealth. The aim should be to provide a safe environment for foreign investors to set up factories and export to major regions. An example was when Ethiopia revamped trade rules attracting investors who produced and exported to the US under AGOA rules. However, due to the civil unrest and clampdown on dissidents, the US removed Ethiopia from the revised list and investors fled.
TravelRe: The Crystal Service immigration Scam by Gerrard59(m): 8:28am On Feb 29, 2024
ferhyntorlah:
I can't believe I finished reading this thread from beginning to the end.

Wow wow wow

Well, I'm not surprised. The average Nigerian is highly gullible. So I'm not surprised they were duped.

Nigerians don't think deeply; the culture and society does not encourage critical reasoning. It's a follow follow reasoning that's prevalent here.

Kudos to Justwise and Co who stood their ground.
You guys are heros.
Na strong man him be. He has his issues, but he has been consistent in the fight against travel fraudsters.
FoodRe: See The Food I Bought For ₦2,800 by Gerrard59(m): 8:15am On Feb 29, 2024
Chrisrare:
You even wrote ur moniker on paper, this must be a big achievement for you...
Nairalanders with their mouth.... grin
RomanceRe: The High Increase Of Gay And Lesbianism In Nigeria: What Are Causes And Effects? by Gerrard59(m): 8:03am On Feb 29, 2024
MrBrownJay1:
so you think homos/lesbos dont go through the same stress as any other human being? i believe they have higher stress than us... imagine two lesbians having a couple's argument throwing yeye emotional garbage left right center to make a point (instead of focussing on the issue)? imagine two gay dudes trying to be the head of their r/ship? recipe for stress and disaster.

here is a clue: when did you ever hear about a gay couple being together for more than 20yrs (apart from Elton John)? homos are some of the most promiscuous people out there (thats why Aids is so rampant in their community).
To add, research actually shows that lesbian relationships suffer emotional abuse and domestic violence just as, if not more than, heterosexual relationships. Ndi homosexuals are humans too.

Welcome back MRBrownJ
FoodRe: See The Beans I Bought For 300 Naira In My Area by Gerrard59(m): 8:45am On Feb 28, 2024
Bluntemperor:
Don't mind the Social Media ramblers - na Tinubu caused it abi?
When Buhari - your brother was around,the Pink- Ike rubber -was being sold for N3000 and I was asking the Mallam,who sold these Products then,why the high Costs?
Hear his reply ' the Northern States Farms (Niger, Maiduguri,etc) have been invested by Bokoharam,as no Farmers fit de go Farm!
Added- is the NTrillions - Anchor Borrowers Farmers Money - that your brother Emiefiele,oversee and till date,those who collected the Money are different from Farmers the Money was earmarked for!
So,na Tinubu do all the above,abi?
Who supported Buhari to become president in 2015? Who promised to "continue from where Buhari stopped"?

Thank God Tinubu's incompetence is exposed in full glare. No excuses or lies as previous.
FoodRe: See The Beans I Bought For 300 Naira In My Area by Gerrard59(m): 8:42am On Feb 28, 2024
folake4u:
Na why I nor dey take alfa meil lowlifers on Nairaland serious.

Isn't this the Op that goes around insulting women and people's parents?

Your suffering never start oh, e dey do warm up.

This is the third thread in February of Ndi alfa meil posting their hideous food on this platform.
Seriously, you are right.

I find it odd to put up a false image of myself online. Good a thing some persons know me outside Nairaland. That puts me in check.
RomanceRe: Relationship Saga! Advice Really Needed by Gerrard59(m): 1:09pm On Feb 27, 2024
The mistake was having a child with a man who had not married her, traditionally or religiously. Another mistake from the man is having a child with a woman you are not yet married to because the bride price expenses are too high. Why not tackle A before H? Why not trash out the bride price (a stoopid concept on its own) issue FIRST before having a child with the woman? Then, the final mistake is having sex with your sister-in-law. Just as you don't sheet where eat (having sex with suppliers/clients/work colleagues), you don't have sexual relationships with your in-laws. You respect boundaries. May I ask, which ethnic group(s) are the individuals members of?

Life is hard; some people just make theirs harder. Na the innocent pikin I pity.
RomanceRe: Man Marries Two Beautiful Women In Delta State (pics, Video) by Gerrard59(m): 8:36am On Feb 27, 2024
Satazaa:
what a bogus claim, on the contrary men with more than one wives actually live longer, in my town all the men that practiced monogamy died way earlier than the polygamist, women don't love men and when men marry them alone they immediately transfer their affection to their children and only keeps the man to help her train the children, and when the children comes of age the man becomes a piece of trash, this is by and large statement as it doesn't apply in all cases but in most cases
Such is life, honestly, The way to checkmate this is to marry a woman who genuinely likes you.
RomanceRe: Man Marries Two Beautiful Women In Delta State (pics, Video) by Gerrard59(m): 8:33am On Feb 27, 2024
Eriokanmi:
They're the only tribe in the southern Nigeria who still keeps polygamous marriage tradition till date apart from Muslims. It's an age-long tradition among them. If you go to Ondo or ekiti state where they produce palm oil you'd see them and their wives living under same hut
Interesting.
FamilyRe: Is He Serious Or Just Playing With My Emotions by Gerrard59(m): 8:26am On Feb 27, 2024
Yashita:
At 34, your sister is a grown @ss adult with a well developed brain and long life experiences. She has chosen her destiny, you should bother less about her and handle nothing about her. Even money, don’t give her/them. Let her work with her hands to survive. She’s not a kid.
Finish!

I was not trained to be responsible for another person's irresponsibility. I am not good at thinking for others. Everyone has a brain. It should be used just as I use mine.
TravelRe: The Poor State Of The Nigerian Passport And Nigeria As A Whole by Gerrard59(m): 8:18am On Feb 27, 2024
As I have written here:

Gerrard59:
The strength of the passport helps and for a country to have a strong passport, she must have attained some sort of wealth thereby making her citizens rich/middle class. Yet again, using the Maslow Hierarchy of Need, survival comes first and statistically, most black dominated countries are poor thereby making black people to be the poorest globally of all races. Using that Maslow's rank, you don't expect a poor person to indulge in things like travelling and sightseeing. Na when person don chop belly full, the person go begin dey think of traveling. And for these persons to travel freely without checks here and there, they need a strong passport. But how can the passport be strong when they are poor? Look at the Chinese, when they were poor, they travelled less but now that they are rich, they dominate the tourism market globally that countries dependent on tourism were fearful of the lockdown in China when coronavirus started spreading like wildfire. Same concerns in the higher education industry as most foreign students these days are Chinese (it takes rich people to effortlessly pay tuition fees of >$£30, 000). Another example was when Saudi Arabia revamped her visa rules, she listed China who has tortured more Muslims yet did not include a SINGLE African country including Nigeria which has the highest population of Muslims in Sub-Saharan Africa. In summary, for there to be more black people not necessarily less white people (the advent of Chinese travellers hasn't stopped whites from travelling) travelling, black people have to be rich. When that happens, our passports would be strong, we would achieve the highest point of Maslow's rank and then travel.
Gerrard59:
Again, I have stated this countless times: no one disrespects a rich person, and no country offers visa-free access to a citizen of a poor country. Visa free privileges are hinged on a country's wealth and the citizens' prosperity. The richer a country is and the wealthier her citizens are, the stronger the passport. The strength of the UAE passport has increased simply because she has gotten richer. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/07/united-arab-emirates-ranked-as-having-the-best-passport-in-the-world.html

It is the same way anyone reading this will grant free access of his/her apartment to Dangote instead of me. The belief is that since Dangote is wealthy, he won't constitute a nuisance either as a poor person or a criminal. It does not matter whether I won the Nobel prize, I won't be offered the same privilege as Dangote simply because I don't come from a family as notable as his. Humans are naturally discriminatory.

Visa free privileges are not hinged on racism like some woke people opine, but on wealth. Black people will be respected globally if the vast majority of black-dominated countries become rich. As it is, the wealthiest set of black people are African Americans, but the vast majority of black people are sub-Saharan Africans who happen to be the poorest people globally. Thus, the average black person outside Africa and North America/UK/France is seen as a poor person.
https://www.nairaland.com/5886610/racism-against-blacks-reduce-drastically

This is the problem when a country's immigration laws are lax towards poor countries - all sorts of people get unfettered access. Before 2006/7, Nigeria had visa-free access to Singapore. But after a spate of drug smuggling, the Singaporean gov't cancelled it and imposed strict visa application processes. The result? The kind of Nigerians you would find in Singapore are better behaved, richer, educated and disciplined than those in other parts of South East Asia. The stricter the visa application process of a country is, the more disciplined the Nigerians there are. In the next few years, Nigerians in the UAE will become better behaved citizens than five years ago. Another contrast to Malaysia is Canada. Tighten the borders to get better behaved Nigerians. Loosen it and you would have them create cult gangs.
Everything is economics. As black Africans, we are too poor, and very poor to be arrogant at the same time. That is my annoyance with Nigerian netizens - poor yet proudly arrogant and terribly ignorant. Effects of inhaling generator fumes and sweating at the same time. Bad combo.

With the support for the seizure of private businesses and socialist policies, the poverty will soar. The future get as e.
TravelRe: The Poor State Of The Nigerian Passport And Nigeria As A Whole by Gerrard59(m): 8:14am On Feb 27, 2024
ednut1:
Freddy would not overstay his visa and will go back home. The likes of wale were given visa severally in the past and didn’t return hence the scrutiny.

Flight is also cheaper in elsewhere because they have air traffic. See flight radar as at now lol. See as Africa empty. Like gerrard usually says poor nations like ours should know their place .
Poverty is bad. embarassed

Those pictures are a perfect snapshot that Africa is poor. Where is MT who was doing Agbado analysis about how Africans are richer than Europeans? shocked grin
TravelRe: Is Traveling (japa) Truly An Achievement by Gerrard59(m): 7:41am On Feb 27, 2024
rspy:
It's only when one leaves Nigeria then understand why Nigeria is indeed referred as a zoo republic, a country that watches it's citizens getting kidnapped in thousands and does nothing is the perfect definition of a jungle republic. Till then, whatever points made wouldn't make any sense until one experiences the offers provided by developed nations.
This is something many Nigerians have yet to mentally process. What makes us different from the likes of Haiti, DRC and Central African Republic? Na why I don't engage in the Internet bants Nigerians have with other Africans, especially Ghanaians, Kenyans and South Africans. The indiscriminate killings in Nigeria cannot continue unabated in those countries.
TravelRe: Is Traveling (japa) Truly An Achievement by Gerrard59(m): 7:39am On Feb 27, 2024
WantsandMore:
nah I disagree on the civilization, we lack technological improvements yes, but we've got the best civilization. I mean we don't go around answering they/she/him😏
Fair assessment. But with a poor economy, terrible living standards and absence of infrastructure, other places like Malaysia and China would be adjudged to be civilised.
PhonesRe: Top 10 States With The Highest Number Of Internet Users In Nigeria by Gerrard59(m): 7:34am On Feb 27, 2024
Putinofrussia:
No sir, GDP per capita is the best way to allude to wealth because it denotes the living standard of the masses not just dwelling on the GDP.
Those two nations are not counted because they have lower per capita.
I beg to disagree. GDP by PPP is even a balanced metric for assessing an economy than nominal GDP. HDIs are better metrics to judge how the living standards of a country is rather than GDP per capita, which just says everyone is wealthy because the population is small and wealth is huge. Another example of that anomaly is Namibia. Where per capita comes in is when the HDI has been adjudged to be high. That is where Barbados and Bahamas surpass their African counterparts - high per capita income and high HDIs.

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have some of the highest per capita incomes in the continent, but have terribly high poverty rates and abysmally low HDIs. As "poor" Nigeria might be, it is better off than those countries with high per capita incomes.
PhonesRe: Top 10 States With The Highest Number Of Internet Users In Nigeria by Gerrard59(m): 8:32am On Feb 26, 2024
Putinofrussia:
Data is not about what you think but reality according to research.
Do you know that more than 9 nations are richer than USA?
He get why.
These are the nations:

1 Luxembourg
2 Singapore 3 Ireland 4 Norway
5 Qatar 6 Bermuda
7 United Arab 8 Switzerland 9 Cayman Islands
GDP per capita: GDP divided by the total number of citizens. A misleading way to assess how wealthy a country is. If so, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea should be very wealthy by global standards.
Foreign AffairsRe: Mahjoub Mahjoubi: France Deports Tunisian Imam Accused Of Hate Speech. by Gerrard59(m): 8:24am On Feb 26, 2024
Asswipemod:
Why are you guys so unintelligent, predictable and crass? Do you get any financial value from the "likes" that you generate from each disjointed and insane comment you post on this forum? Why is inferiority and "notice me" complexes so deeply hidden in your bloodstream that you have to make people think that all Igbos behave like this? Why are you hellbent on tarnishing or even destroying the image of the people of the SE?
So, what do you say about the Igbo chief who said the LASG should invite ESN to Lagos (which is wrong on its own) and has been jailed ever since. But there has been no condemnation towards the Islamic cleric who threatened the president's wife?

What you are doing is typical gaslighting.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Gerrard59(m): 5:06am On Feb 26, 2024
Favor99:
How often do Africans abroad say this, na? The rude African in question is biracial. He is half white, half African. People with white or Black American mothers often don’t view themselves as African.
In the initial post, I didn't see where it was stated that the lad is biracial. If biracial, then the case is different. Most times, biracial folks marry a member of the dominant race, not the minority race.

As for your first statement, I cannot say as there is no data. But I have watched a video on Twitter where a black lad in France with his white girlfriend was yelling at another black lady (obviously a new migrant) to "go back to her country". The white girl looked surprised when she heard that statement. grin

Na only African Americans I fit "understand" that statement from. Everyone else went to the developed world WILLINGLY.
TravelRe: Advice Me On My 2 Million Travelling Budget by Gerrard59(m): 12:21pm On Feb 25, 2024
anonimi:
Why is this lame excuse about western hegemony and imperialism being responsible for our collective failure not applicable to Asian and Arab countries? Is there a fundamental difference between us blacks and other races that we have to deal with, if we are serious about making progress?

Did France not support Biafrans even though USSR failed to support them since they couldn’t pay the communists?

Moreover, what manner of hypocrisy sits in the liberal democracies of western countries and wishes for suffocating dictatorshiphuh
While we share blame for not doing our part to develop, I believe in the chess of development and geopolitics, certain actors bar us from actualising our potentials. This has been discussed in detail here: https://www.nairaland.com/7801886/multipolarism-versus-hegemonism-great-power

But the larger portion of blame lies on us, especially in this century, where there are many concepts to learn and copy from. However, as Pansophis.t said, it is one thing to be wealthy, but another thing for that wealth to be at the whims of another person. This means should you go against the person's wishes, the wealth is reduced to rumbles. OTOH, the person can actually prevent you from being wealthy in the first place.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Gerrard59(m): 10:10am On Feb 25, 2024
Phenmeson:
Sorry to say some kids need proper factory reset. The training some parents giv their kids are out of it.
I dey do my work jejely today, na so a black guy over 20yrs buy child ticket and waka with is white babe.
Next thing he tells me say me African guy & black c**t say mak I go back to my country.
I question am say which colour he be,he say he no b black.
Wen my supervisor comes,na so dis same guy switched topic say na me dey racist to am.

Just imagine if 15yr old girl save money,fly out of the country, join the group.
Now she won waka back come UK after all the atrocity.may be she think say she & the prodigal son na the same.
If they giv her the citizenship,it will motivate others to join other groups.
Regardless of ethnicity, religion,gender mak people shun terrorism.
Terrible! Terrible!! Terrible!!!

I am curious, did he just label you a c*nt for no reason at all? What initiated the slur?

OTOH, I find it hilarious when blacks who are naturalised citizens of European countries label those from Africa with slurs. Except for African Americans, the rest of blacks outside in the developed world went willingly as migrants. I can understand "go back to your country" from an African American, not a descendant of black Africa. Person wey him papa enter the country just after the World War.

Another reason why I no dey take all this black solidarity movements seriously. But I grab the benefits tho grin

Sha, the good thing is, unlike the US, native Europeans will put such people into their rightful place. No be humans dem be? Humans are tribal. grin grin
CelebritiesRe: My Marriage To Ella Is Over - Rapper Ikechukwu by Gerrard59(m): 9:52am On Feb 25, 2024
sukkot:
Hehe I remember that time for New York one my guys who I grew up with in Tottenham , half caste guy half Igbo and half Greek , moved to New York and was living in the same house with all these guys. I have pics somewhere. It was like 10 guys in the house that time, they never blow. It was my guy Richard , ikechukwu, ikechukwus brother uzikwendu, naeto c, banky Wellington , Richards brother I forget his name now were all living in this apartment hehe.
They blew in Nigeria, their dominant society.

Be like say to blow for Nigeria sure pass o shocked
CelebritiesRe: My Marriage To Ella Is Over - Rapper Ikechukwu by Gerrard59(m): 9:38am On Feb 25, 2024
DaddFreeze na amebo man grin grin
TravelRe: Easy Japa Idea For Street Smart And Rugged Nigerians by Gerrard59(m): 6:28pm On Feb 23, 2024
pansophist:
Exactly. But Nigerians just want to live with white people. I left naija as a teenager when japa was not a thing back then to the West.

But it wasn't because I want to live with white people, it was just circumstances. I didn't even made the choice of choosing the west, na my papa push me go there.

If I went to Brazil and have a good life back then, I'll also love it equally. Funny enough, West don tire me, and I'll leave it within the next few years to some middle income country like SA or Thailand or Brasil. Life is way simpler and better there in my view.
I understand your points, but my issues with such places are safety and rule of law. I adore a rule-based society where inhabitants obey the rules (legal and social), which corresponds to a safe place to reside. There aren't many such places these days, and very few exist in the West. Indian elites complain about how they cannot wear Rolexes in the streets of London. But such cannot happen in Singapore or Tokyo. However, the latter two have few black people compared to London. For that reason, I would rather live in those Asian cities over London.

But Thailand is good tho and safer compared to anywhere in SA and Brazil.

Sha, humans are different. My boring lifestyle aligns with a safe place.
TravelRe: Ireland Study Visa thread,General Life Experience of Nigerians Living in Ireland by Gerrard59(m): 6:22pm On Feb 23, 2024
pansophist:
Yes, I know this trick. That's why PPP (Purchasing power parity) is a better way to measure an economy, as it takes into consideration the macro economic factors.

In this regards, China is the wealthiest nation on earth. It's PPP per capita is larger than the rest of the world.

So if anyone ever wonder why the US, supposedly the wealthiest nation earth is in debt, and the new York metro looks like something from Ajengule, that's the answer.
I have never liked GDP per capita. It is an unbalanced way to measure a country's wealth. PPP and HDI are better metrics to assess how wealthy a country is and the standard of living. Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have high GDP per capita, but are notoriously poor. Botswana and Namibia also have relatively high GDP per capita, but have chronically high unemployment.

So yes, China is wealthy and considering the population has been managed over the last 25 years with massive investments in education, infrastructure and continuous training, the wealth would penetrate through the society. Countries like Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg have managed to use their wealth judiciously.
TravelRe: Is Traveling (japa) Truly An Achievement by Gerrard59(m): 6:16pm On Feb 23, 2024
natedroid:
I'm curious why (Japa) living and working in another country is seen as a big accomplishment in many black countries, especially Nigeria. What more do they have there besides good healthcare, infrastructure, and institutions? Does it suggest that black people living in Africa face poverty, lack of basic needs, poor health, and inadequate housing?

What was the average life of black people like before they had contact with the West, colonialism, and displacement by Europeans?
You don't need a soothsayer to tell you otherwise. Black Africa is decades behind civilisation. It is one of the reasons black people who aren't from countries in black Africa don't want to associate with the continent. No one likes to associate with poor people.
TravelRe: Easy Japa Idea For Street Smart And Rugged Nigerians by Gerrard59(m): 5:59am On Feb 23, 2024
pansophist:
And the world would have changed a lot by that time. For example, Namibia used to have a visa free entry to Canada, but they've been removed due to abuse.
Including the UK.

And yes to changes, Vanuatu also lost visa-free access to some countries in the EU. The target should be a first world country. In the Caribbean, Grenada (CBI) or if OP finds himself in the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Panama or Barbados at a very young age.
TravelRe: Easy Japa Idea For Street Smart And Rugged Nigerians by Gerrard59(m): 5:47am On Feb 23, 2024
Opinedecandid:
Interesting.
Thabks.
But are they other cheap countires that one can be in for a year then proceed to US or UK?
That should be fellow ECOWAS countries. The rest of the continent requires foreigners to have a residency permit as embassies will request for that before attending to your applications. Nigerians who had difficulties obtaining student visa to Germany in Nigeria experienced the same when they went to Ghana, Togo and Gambia to apply from there. Those are ECOWAS countries, how much more those in Southern Africa?

I won't lie, though; having just the Nigerian passport in this day and age is quite restrictive, especially if one has global ambitions (career, business and leisure).
TravelRe: Easy Japa Idea For Street Smart And Rugged Nigerians by Gerrard59(m): 5:43am On Feb 23, 2024
austino677:
Hi, nice suggestion on Namibia.. I don't think it's a bad idea to move to the west at age 37/38yrs although everyone have different views of life.. I want to ask which African countries can you suggest one to move based on quality of life and basic infrastructures like 24/7 power and good roads.. Merci
Those countries don't like Nigerian passport holders. They are either wary, scared, antsy or envious of Nigerian passport holders. Apart from South Africa, jobs outside remote tech roles are scarce, and labour rules favour the natives. Namibia, for instance, makes it very hard to recruit foreigners for jobs Namibians can do. Companies are questioned and scrutinised when they approach the immigration/labour office for visas to employ foreigners. The question is: why not Namibians? The same applies to Botswana. However, if you are a remote worker, Namibia is good because it is safe, seemingly functional and has 24/7 electricity and good roads (one of the best in the continent).
TravelRe: Study Or Work Visa, Which One Should He Go For? by Gerrard59(m): 6:01pm On Feb 22, 2024
Love800:
Is it the company u want to work for, that will arrange ur visa?
Yes. The company arranges the visa and sends to the immigration bureau satisfying all requirements to employ a foreigner who resides outside the country. Once that is completed, you get notified to apply for a work visa at the country's embassy in Nigeria with the documents the company or immigration authorities has sent to you.

No agent secures a work visa for any applicant.

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