₦airaland Forum

xandy84:
There is nobody that earn minimum wage in US and live decent. Anyone who earn minimum wage will need government assistance.

and does the government assist those living on minimum wage here instead they're being owed salaries for months , and some even have families that depend on them with such income..

make una dey reason sometimes, there is no comparison here. is like bicycle and airplane

Dotherightthing:
You earn over 4000 dollars per month in the US

Well, one-off cases like yours are bound to exist.

Here too I know people who earn millions every month even in where I work.

4000 dollars is worth less in US than 4,000,000 is in Nigeria. All the devaluation doesn't have much effect in our local economy.

lol see this dullard....$4k is at 850 black market current rate is only 3.4 million naira... at official rate it's way less...the devaluation takes some time to reflect on the economy... just give it like 6 months from now....

COMPAQ:
Yes rent in Nigeria is actually cheap, especially outside Lagos, Abuja and maybe PH. My parents standard 3 bedroom bungalow in Ibadan is going for N700k in Ashi-Bodija area. To find people sef na war. Ibadan has no middle class. Only UI lecturers, UCH doctors/nurses and civil servants in that town.

If I uprooted that house to Gbadaga in Lagos, it'd be like N2.5mln

But even a N5mln per annum duplex in Lekki is just $6,250 equivalent.

My 4 bedroom duplex in Houston goes for $2,500 PER MONTH. That's equivalent of N24mln per annum.

close your mouth my friend.. a $2400 per month 4 bedroom duplex in Houston

comes with washing machine, refrigerator and parking space, wifi, gas burner and the likes..

a house that comes with such is what you're comapring to a 700k bungalow in ibadan or 5M in lekki youre brain is doing overheating..

this house below in Nigeria will go for nothing less than 20 million in Nigeria and only available in the super rich evirons like banana island, GRA, lekki, and the likes... na only the ignorant and uneducated you guys can decieve

otipoju:
In that Houston...
do you have 24 hour power supply to your house? Yes.

Do you have pipe borne water to all the kitchen, toilet and bathrooms with two taps on both side of the house for washing cars?

Yes. Do you have a public gas pipe direct to your kitchen for cooking? Yes.

Do you have internet in your house 24 hours? Yes.

Do you have Police that you can call and they can be there in 5 minutes? Yes.

Does your house have a 4 car carage? Yes. two spaces inside two in the driveway outside.

Can you drive from your doorstep for 14 hours to my doorstep in Atlanta on a very smooth road without any pot hole? Yes

No dey take sleep compare death.

That 1 million average that I gave is an extremely low number for very less developed areas in the cities and they are apartments.

A 3 bedroom flat for rent in Ikeja goes for like 16 million per annum.

Like I said you guys should stop being wicked. Soon there will be no place to hide for you. When hunger pushes the people to do desperate things.

ah you aren't even done.... The house comes furnished with appliances like heater, dish washers, refriegerator and the likes.. Bed, dinning chairs... To get such quality of house in Nigeria you'll pay not less than 20 million a year or around $2000 per month so how is it cheap in Nigeria ...

Na only mum these guys fit decieve...

DREAMHOMES6970:
How many of those things do you enjoy in Nigeria? Even for someone earning 100k per month. In those countries like the US when you pay for light, medicals, etc you enjoy them to the fullest. In Nigeria one is paying 5k for light monthly yet at the end of the month you are already spending more than 10k on petrol for generator. Those countries enjoy good roads, good infrastructures that makes life easy. And for those bills you talked about like light, medical, tuition; my dear it's not by force, if you like you can cut Dem off and when you pay for them be sure you can enjoy them to the fullest

don't mind them they can only deceive the gullible...have you noticed that all the people supporting this shit are those in power, abroad or those those living large ...

No body earning minimum wage will come out to say that our fuel is cheap...

For godsake everything will look cheap to you when youre super rich.

These guys don't understand what the common Nigeria go through in this hellhole called country..

hazinibones:
Hello Nairalanders,

I have this decision bothering me. I know it is a personal problem, but I believe everyone need some guidance at every point in life.

Straight to it, I have been considering Japa for over two years now and I think the opportunity might be here but I am having a cold feet.

I recently started working for a foreign company as a software engineer and the pay is decent when converted to Naira. Enough to live an averagely comfortable life. But my challenge now is that, I have been talking to some friends that are outside the country and they keep telling me how life is not easy there and cost of living is super expensive out there.

I currently earn $3000, which I plan to either save and travel or startup a business here in Nigeria. Please, Nairalanders with experience, is it worth japa to live an almost average life for almost the rest of your life or investing here in Nigeria and growing wealth?

The healthcare and quality education benefit is there as an advantage for japa though.

Thanks in advance for your responses!

i see people telling you to stay in Nigeria... Really with all that is happening in Nigeria you still want to stay.. even your politicians and super rich men japa at every slight opportunity...

the only reason they havent fully relocated is because they make their money in Nigeria... except you're making that your money in Nigeria, it's best to leave..

this country has no future.. think about your future...you can lose your job tomorrow.

you mustn't go to the U.S or U.K, you can go to a small country, with stable power supply, good water supply, and security... then invest your money....

your life and future is more important than anything.. Nigeria isn't even safe a single bit..

there.. those telling you abroad is expensive are all liars.. things are more expensive in Nigeria when you factor in standard of living and inflation ... tell them to come back home to Nigeria if they think abroad is too expensive and watch them snub you...




a word they say is enough for the wise... you

Jonegonu:
what is the different between nigeria and Senegal. When you can't refine your oil.

is who is the reason why Nigeria cant refine fuel... so citizens should pay for the failures of her govt

mind you minimum wage is $181.106/Month in senegal while nigeria is at $38 and they get almost 24 uniterriputed power supply as opposed to Nigeria that spend so much fueling generators every day......abeg you no get talk just shut up..

emonkey:
Because the [b]citizens provide everything for themselves water, light, security, health care, even roads...[/b] - LOL . Who told you it is government that is providing those things. I dare you not to pay your regular bills for these things and you will smell pepper - legally and by disconnection.
And [b]don't even try to compare security or health care in us to Nigeria[/b] - LOL when you have to buy ordinary pack of Paracetamol from pharmacy for equivalent of N5,000 , and your health insurance provider bills you equivalent of N200k for a 15 minutes video chat with a doctor, your brain will begin to complain and tell you falling ill in US is a terrifying thing.

Anyway, have a nice week.

------- what sort of bullshit are you even saying...are you really serious right now

in the U.S tap water is free, Health care is free (even without medical insurance), security 911 is totally free...

as for electricity, ithe average household pays $122 for 24 hours light which is just 10% of minimum wage in the US

but in nigeria you pay around N15k per month for average of 15 hours light...
then you need to buy generator fuel it at around N150k per month for average of 8 hours per day

thats N165k ($205), or around 500% of minimum wage for 24 hours light...


mind you i havent even add the cost of generator and repairs and maintenance


an average biz that requires 24 hours in Nigeria is bleeped..




and what the hell are you saying in the last paragraph... you're comparing price of paracetamol in the U.S to Nigeria in naira ... since when did you started using naira in the U.S...

mimium wage in the U.S is around 1.2k usd that is around 30x what nigerians earn as mimum wage and you will be still owed salaries for month..

you sound dull to me, even a child wont talk the way you're talking.. i hate dull people, so get out..

like i said if you're tired of teh U.S come back to Nigeria...senseless human being..

SuperOnyi:



How many Nigerians can afford 50k or have such amount in their bank account? People like Mr Reno don't even bother to come down to the ghetto and see what's going on here.

$65 or 50k is a lot of money to an average Nigerian like me, as far back as 2018, despite being an intelligent kid I had no choice but to give up my dream of going to college.

Look, the only reason I'm commenting is to tell the world that amount is a lot to an average Nigerian and we'd have to work our as$ out to make that amount.

don't mind them they wont tell you that the money doesn't include feeding and accommodation, handouts and screening ..

even in small ghana you don't pay such..and after graduating you'll start driving keke napep or turn glnd customers..

whereas in uk as a student you can get paid minimum wage $1k+ which can cover your fees. Whereas a graduate in Nigeria has no job..
That's why many


They're suffocating us and some idiiots still have the mind to be defending them to the heavens

emonkey:
You are so naive .
"what has the govt done with the 10%" - did you pay ? 99% of Nigerians not on PAYE tax will never pay.
"over there healthcare is free" - In which country specifically. It is all paid from your tax in UK. In US I paid 40% tax and must still pay separately for my health insurance.
"their security is intact." - true, but it never stops hundreds of people from being shot every day.
.infact their govt will pay you salary if you're unemployed - there is nothing automatic about this. It is all conditional.

The argument here is that Nigerians no more know the purpose and value of education because it is cheap. In the US it is common to find students working part time to be able to be able to pay for their university education. Nigerians want it all easy on a platter of gold. That is why most Nigerian companies will rather hire a student who studied abroad than the best of those that studied in Nigeria. Because the other knows how to work to achieve a desired purpose...at any cost.

youre the naive one here..since when did tax become optional...
We pay taxes in Nigeria indirectly.. We pay on imported goods, property tax, vat..the govt generated a whopping 40 billion from tax in 2021 alone

What has the govt done with all the tax money

Because the citizens provide everything for themselves water, light, security, health care, even roads...

Yet they keep suffocating us with more bills..if I want to pay more ill enroll in private school..

And don't even try to compare security or health care in us to Nigeria

The gap is as wide as from here to the sky...Nigeria is almost the most terrorised country on earth...

This is a country where even the IG of police can be kidnapped in broad day light ...some villages have been deserted due to terrorism..

Since you so much love Nigeria be serious and dash me your visa. And come back to the suffering. No no no nosense..

nairalanda1:
Because they can send 100 pounds to their families at home, and it would translate into a lot of money.

Also, when they start earning salaries in the UK, they are not paying back loans like their UK colleagues, so they have more cash than their UK colleagues who studied over there.

story for the gods...

they're leaving Nigeria because it's finished, no job, no security, nothing, no good healthcare, and the country is useless..

even your leaders are always leaving... or are they going over there to earn salaries too...

infact, it's rich people who travel out the most.. a poor man cant pay for visa.. just stop defending this country...

all your politicians students are abroad so they're also sending 100 pounds per month back home ..

go to the street and ask anybody if he wants to leave nigeria and i bet you that 99% wants to even the people in high positions wants to leave nigeria... because it's useless..only poor uneducated foools illerates that will say otherwise

azikiweironsi:
They will never agree with you because they never moved out of their closet.
I paid through my nose in UK.
I paid for my energy where I used my television as my light in the room else you pay more for your electricity.
Payment for rent was weekly
You pay for everything.
You will never appreciate your country until you travel out.
Please don't get me wrong, our leaders should improve more on present situation but it's not too bad as it portrayed.

then come back to nigeria and dash me your visa, your mumu just too much... so you dont pay rent in nigeria or pay for electricity bah its free.. and what is free in Nigeria, mention them let me hear... you're sounding so stuppid....

emonkey:
Don't mind them o. Common 10% tax they refuse to pay and they will instead accuse government of stealing their money. If you refuse to pay your tax in those countries, you will go straight to prison. After becoming ex-convict your life done spoil be that. Nobody will employ you and no credit again for you. You will quickly become destitute.

common 10% tax what has the govt done with the 10%... good roads education, security, healthcare, power supply.. mention one..

over there healthcare is free..their security is intact..infact their govt will pay you salary if you're unemployed... is like saying the price of wheel barrow should be increased because is way cheaper that aeroplane .. just stop it..

Ihenzy:
They pay 42% tax. Do you pay 42% tax?

do they provide everything for themselves from water, to light, to security, to job, to healthcare...

nairalanda1:
Ghana's minimum wage is $40 per month.

Nigeria's minimum wage is $38 per month....just 2 dollars less.

Yet Ghana pays university fees that are 25 times higher than ours...not two dollars higher than ours.

And Ghana is just as broke as we are...plus petrol is N800 per liter there.

Better realize that their minimum wage is just 2 dollars better, not 25 times ours.

by the time, you add accomdation, feeding, handouts, lecturers fees, that money will surpass ghana own and the quality will still be shit.. then also add ASUU strike and time wasted at home writing jamb and other useless exams...

plus ghana is not an oil produing country, and they have 24 hours electricity...they dont spend fuel for generator..... Nigeria is an oil producing country and have ellipetic power supply... so shut your mouth from defending nonsense

nairalanda1:
Ghana's minimum wage is $40 per month.

Nigeria's minimum wage is $38 per month....just 2 dollars less.

Yet Ghana pays university fees that are 25 times higher than ours...not two dollars higher than ours.

And Ghana is just as broke as we are...plus petrol is N800 per liter there.

Better realize that their minimum wage is just 2 dollars better, not 25 times ours.

story.... compare the quality of education in those two countries and see how foolish you are for believing this trash.

Ghana school fees include accomodation and feeding. please does Nigeria include those...

Also ghana doesnt write jamb...or post jamb...

an average Nigerian will believe anything and the leaders are using it to exploit...

NLegendforte:
What's the minimum wage in those countries? What's the unemployment rate?
Stupid political idiots everywhere

not even that, what is the quality of education in those countries compared to Nigeria.. even the so called leaders have no children in nigerian universities... strike is not even in ghana schools... you no even need write jamb or do any useless screening and quality teaching...

ghana school fees include feeding and tuition, also they wont ask you to buy useless handouts... but in nigeria you feed your self and accomodate yourselves

only fools take what these guys say seriously, because it's all balant lies... they even had to guts to mention UK, and US...

Throwback:
Did he not reference Ghana?

Is their minimum wage Australian or Canadian standard?

you all are mad..
does ghana go on strike, do they write jamb or all the nonsense screening that nigeria does...
and do they pack students like files into lecture hall..

nigerians are the most easiest people to decieve in the world. no wonder your leaders take you guys for a ride.. see as the'yre just comparing the prices without comparing the quality and you guys are drolling...

i even see you guys comparing UK, and U.S studying to Nigeria.. since it's cheap in Nigeria, tell your leaders to withdaraw their children from abroad and come and study in Nigeria... useless country with useless citizens and leaders..

raskymonojendor:
No more unnecessary visitations and owanbes. Traffic has now dissapeared off Lagos roads too. The roads were adequates enough, but no more keeping 5 cars in the garage and driving V8 Landcruisers.


And subsidizing the many west African countries. Drunk on cheap oil. With the free market price after subsidy removal, Nigerian oil is still cheaper than alot of neighbouring African countries.

you're such a big fooool..... you're comparing Nigeria to the UK and the likes.
please what is the minimum wage in those countries compared to Nigeria... ??

... also how many of those countries still depend on fuel for generators... ??

very soon Nigeria will go back to cafe hunting, i laugh at ignorant idiots like you who still thinks Nigeria is a GIANT indeed.... even Mimumum wage .Morrocco - $386 , South Africa --- $239, Ghana ---- $61







Nigeria (GIANT OF AFRICA) ---- $31...

let me not even go to the electricity aspect...

BadMaster:
It's a good thing that they admitted that it was Hilda Baci that sparked the interest in the craze of -athons- records worldwide. That, in itself, is a record for her.

Regardless of your reservations about her lifestyle, that girl carries some sort of grace.

story for the gods...na so una go dey disgrace una selves online..you think the whole world is as stupid as Nigeria ... No wonder you guys are ruled by animals.. Teuh for nigeria;..

BadMaster:
It's a good thing that they admitted that it was Hilda Baci that sparked the interest in the craze of -athons- records worldwide. That, in itself, is a record for her.

Regardless of your reservations about her lifestyle, that girl carries some sort of grace.

point of correction, it's only Nigerias that are crazy about the hackathons ... you be mumu you dey say world wide... keep being dull and disgracing the country with your ignorance.. no wonder buhari, sorry tinubu is your presido

AhmedGhost:
What I hate most is when they use the word "see your mates, happily doing well plus getting married" and my reply is like EVERYONE GET HIS OWN TIME🙏🙏

we shall all gonna make it Believe 🛸🚀🙏

the best reply is what about you... Dangote no be your mate??

obembet:
God when when 😭😭😭😭? Stil Dot know why nairaland guys dey ignore me

tah... as hot as you are oh is it because you're always you're feeling too big.. we can work something out..

mu2sa2:
I will stay put in my dear native land and make it here come what may. Sad that some people fixated on japa will make their money here and go and get fleeced in the quest to obtaining a visa.

says a poor wretched broke boy who has never crossed nigeria borders and doesnt know what life feels like outside a zoo...a slave will always think being free is slavery ...

Una never see anything yet, Tinubu is just getting started.....

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Horokrox:
If you had read my comment you would've seen where I made reference where you claimed Russia 🇷🇺 had "economic issues" but you 🤡 didn't also mention the economic crisis affecting the EU including the Recession Germany 🇩🇪 is currently in

I can see that you're still a kid been feed by your parents thats why you're just spilling trashes upon trashes... Germany or Europe is in recession is still far ahead of Nigeria in economic boom.. dont even go there.... comparing Nigeria to EU is like comparing JET to wheel barrow...

Horokrox:
Though you shouldn't forget that most Webometric rankings lists are mostly bullshit 💩💩 as Oxford University is ranked higher than University of Beijing,etc in Reality Universities and Science based colleges in China 🇨🇳 actually have an obvious edge in scientific research publications and discoveries,etc than most obsolete EU universities morever most of these 💩💩 Webometric rankings are done in Western countries 🙄

Story for the gods, you're not even making sense... show me which country turn to national achievement a distinction in a foreign university not up to Nsukka... apart from Nigeria??

wake me up when Nigeria starts celebrating improvement in the life of the citizens and security, economic and technological advancements not catching cruise and masturbating on top every single individual achievement because a white man in involved.. like the way they're doing on top GWR right now??

Horokrox:
You must be a clown🤡 what "security" and "economic" issues are you talking about except garbage 💩 misinformation you 🧟‍♂️ must have consumed from the Western Media especially the EU that's actually having serious economic issues you 🤡 aren't aware of

idiiot... Nigeria is in burning and you guys are here chasing rats. imagine what you guys celebrate as national achievements... you even had the gods to compare Nigeria with europe... a country where citizens buy fuel for N500... a country where citizens die like chicken... a country that rigs election in broad day light ....even a dog in europe lives better than you....

you deserve to be arrested and flogged 100 strokes of cane for saying that..

emapeteum:
Great fit, but where is the hoisted flag? Academic achievement, for a black man, is a personal achievement and has no effect on society as a whole. Is this the season of praising our tribal men and women who are having a first-class, where most of these first-class products lack the wisdom to contribute positively to the development of society? After tearing GWR, is now the era of the best jamb score and first-class.
Nations are celebrating true contributions to solving societal problems in which a few of them are awarded the Nobel and other prizes, but my countrymen are celebrating kids with acquired knowledge simply to outdo other tribes whom the writer of this news is trying to achieve.
Nigerian musicians, because of their originality, promote the image of Nigeria more than these so-called first class where the writer claimed the Russians hoisted the Nigerian flag as if that solve the security and economic issues Russia is currently facing.

leave them they like to celebrate medicority..? infact what am i even saying they like to celebrate useless things... It irritates me to utmost digust..esepcially if that achievement has to do white men... the University stated here isnt even a very good school and has way less students... Nsukka even university of Maiduguri is ranked higher that school on world university rankings and has way more students... and someone went to the school and got distinction they turn it to national achievement because it's in a white man land... later they cry when white men call them Monkeys, or look down on them... Very useless country with useless citizens....

crossfm:
Nigeria great people, great nation.

If only our politicians will do the right thing at list 50 percent.

We are smart, innovative, intelligent, pessimistic, and hardworking.

Just give us the enebling environment and watch us succeed.

. that a Nigeria student went to Russia and made distinction now means the entire country is great... and all Nigerians are smart and innovative? .. Dey play just dey play... a country being rulled by cows is great in your eyes...

AI is here to stay! there is no escaping for anyone.. the next generation of war wont be with gun but with artificial intelligence. . Mankind is gone..

Okortor:
Clearly shows how dumb of a boy u r. If fraud doesn't requires intelligence as u stupidly said, den it requires foolishness and dullness right? And u saying first class doesn't require intelligence shows how demented u r. Cheating or malpractice can never get u a first class, why am i even arguing with a primary school student. Get d Bleep outta here. Lil brat!

Hey little boy watch your mouth... a kid born the year i wrote my project will be in primary school... you're a kid to me..

So buhari that scammed Nigerians in 2015 is smart abi... even Inec scamming Nigerians.. are smart abi... people that cant even add two numbers correctly.... keep being stuppid... fraud is a sign of dullness not smartness... most yahoo boys cant even make a complete sentence and you say they're smart..most of them are school dropouts.. or dullards in school..a smart person wont even think of fraud in the first place...

and yes first class is not a complete sign of intelligence... its all about craming and pouring what you know to the lecturer... most students even see the questions and answers before the exams, they can just cram it.. and get A's.... you can even pay lecturers to give you a good score...

NIgerians average IQ coefficient is just 69. comp..which is just average ... most Nigerians are dumb. not just Nigeria but africa in general...reason why there the country is in a serious mess with all the resources in the country..

intelligence is more than getting good grade in school.. far more than that...