₦airaland Forum

zubizareta:
Yes. You have a point. They had better quickly address it if they have to make it clear that bachelors degree being entry requirement for post graduate certificate programs. That will be a huge progress.

Not really cos that program I was citing as example looks at the program not the individual. So it doesn't matter if you were admitted with a bachelor's degree or even masters as long as the program admits people with other qualifications like advanced diploma etc then that program is ineligible.

So people will have to check their program minimum entry requirements and see if their program admits only Bachelors graduates as minimum.
But I hope they won't use that criteria else a lot of graduate certificate programs won't qualify as there are only few that admits only Bachelors degree holders as their minimum entry requirements

zubizareta:
Just as you must have thought, same way I have assumed it covers post graduate certificate programs. However, several applicants offering graduate certificate programs have written to their schools for clarifications and not one single school has come out to clearly give an affirmative answer to such enquiry.

I think the reason why they are still hesitant is because in some Ontario govt programs for example, they define post graduate program as any program in which the entry requirement is bachelor's degree alone and not any other qualification
So most of the post graduate certificate programs won't fall into that category because their entry requirements is not for bachelors degree alone. They also admit people with diploma into those programs.
So I guess schools would have to be sure before making statements.

Kenn55:
The reason I'm responding to you is to once again make the point for Nigerians who are trying to migrate before the make mistake like you and come here next 3 years to start ranting. I don't give a damn about you, no be me bring you come Canada na your greed.

You are doing well in Nigeria. You have houses in which the rent alone can feed your family yet you came to Canada to do better. The first thing you ask yourself before you even think of applying for visa is what is my motivation to leave my comfort zone and move to an unknown country? If your motivation is making more money than you make in Nigeria, the question now becomes how? What skills are my taking to the new country? Is the skill in high demand? How much does it pay? What is the unemployment rate in that field? What is the cost of living in areas I have the highest chances of getting a job? After looking at current job vacancies, do I have 80% of those skills and experience? If I don't have them now, what is the plan to get them? and other important questions. If the answers are not satisfactory, you abort mission, it is not a do or die. If money is not the top motivation then the questions and research will be different. Even if the answers are satisfactory and you do everything right, you also have to factor in the fact that there is no 100% guarantees in life and prepare your mind for that in case. There is no country in the world where everybody is rich.


These are the questions any reasonable person would ask themselves and research before applying for a visa. But no, these days people just wake up and decide to travel cos they saw their neighbor traveled and is doing well. The question is do you have the same profile like him? When they travel carelessly and fail, they now come online like the gentleman above to try to label all of us as suffering abroad. They neglect their own bad judgment and reality but try to make it look like the country failed them. I'm sorry my oga at the top but leaving Nigeria was my best ever decision, it has paid off for me even more than I expected but I didn't relocate carelessly.

My brother, I'm not saying you are lying, your experiences are valid but to correct you, we Nigerians in Canada are not all in the same situation. If I were you, I will book the next available flight and return to Nigeria after all the rent from your houses in Nigeria can feed your family. There is no point getting depressed or disappointed in another man's country when you are better off in Nigeria.

By the way, now that Canada is putting a cap on people coming into their country, what that means is that visas are going to be harder to get. Even if your application is tight with all the POF and home ties, you can still be denied based on quota. This has made it more important to evaluate your motivations carefully before embarking on traveling.

If you are better off in Nigeria, then stay back. Don't go and occupy space for genuine Nigerians who actually will benefit from relocating only to come back 3 years later ranting how you were better off in Nigeria. That would be unpatriotic and greedy. Relocation is not for everyone, get your motivations right.

00e1:
You youths have no respect for elders, you just come online behind the keys to disrespect your elders, you must be one of the corrupt politician spoilt child I guess if you come abroad not for betterment of your life or improvement I didn’t run from my country for security concerns no one is after me like you. I came to do much better than I was you coward calling someone you don’t even know their life greedy. I am not like you. Mind you I don’t even have to work my whole life in Nigeria before I left , rental earning alone is enough for me to feed my family. I work hard for mine and if I said my current earnings is not matching the bills here, I know what I am saying. If you call 24cad per hour low wage in this current Ontario then you I guess you are jobless. You will finish your course and will be in the labour market real soon and see how it goes idiot. Your father’s PSW company paying that amount how many psw earns 18cad an hour here in Ontario you fool or you think I don’t know people doing that job . When many people who have been working here for 10 years are still on 27 to 29 per hour except medical doctors and few others.

The reason I'm responding to you is to once again make the point for Nigerians who are trying to migrate before the make mistake like you and come here next 3 years to start ranting. I don't give a damn about you, no be me bring you come Canada na your greed.

You are doing well in Nigeria. You have houses in which the rent alone can feed your family yet you came to Canada to do better. The first thing you ask yourself before you even think of applying for visa is what is my motivation to leave my comfort zone and move to an unknown country? If your motivation is making more money than you make in Nigeria, the question now becomes how? What skills are my taking to the new country? Is the skill in high demand? How much does it pay? What is the unemployment rate in that field? What is the cost of living in areas I have the highest chances of getting a job? After looking at current job vacancies, do I have 80% of those skills and experience? If I don't have them now, what is the plan to get them? and other important questions. If the answers are not satisfactory, you abort mission, it is not a do or die. If money is not the top motivation then the questions and research will be different. Even if the answers are satisfactory and you do everything right, you also have to factor in the fact that there is no 100% guarantees in life and prepare your mind for that in case. There is no country in the world where everybody is rich.


These are the questions any reasonable person would ask themselves and research before applying for a visa. But no, these days people just wake up and decide to travel cos they saw their neighbor traveled and is doing well. The question is do you have the same profile like him? When they travel carelessly and fail, they now come online like the gentleman above to try to label all of us as suffering abroad. They neglect their own bad judgment and reality but try to make it look like the country failed them. I'm sorry my oga at the top but leaving Nigeria was my best ever decision, it has paid off for me even more than I expected but I didn't relocate carelessly.

My brother, I'm not saying you are lying, your experiences are valid but to correct you, we Nigerians in Canada are not all in the same situation. If I were you, I will book the next available flight and return to Nigeria after all the rent from your houses in Nigeria can feed your family. There is no point getting depressed or disappointed in another man's country when you are better off in Nigeria.

00e1:
Most of you only believe in your pastor that’s why people who live here don’t come to share their experiences. I am way better in Nigeria than here I have lived here for 3 years and just waiting for few things and moved back home or move to the US and come here once a while. You won’t understand. Yeah everyone situation isn’t the same , you can say nigeria is not safe but people get killed here too, students get shot to death, people die everyday. If you have something serious going for you in Nigeria or you think earning 3000 dollars a month after tax here is better and after expenses you are left with just about 400 dollars, then make your choice. I work as a service technician in a tech company earning 24 cad per hour . I studied here, working full time now, monthly earnings supposed to be 3840 cad , after tax and some deductions like Ei , employment insurance incase of job loss, CPP , and other deductions, I am left with a little above 3100 cad. After expenses only about 400 dollars left . Car insurance here a month goes from between 150 to 300 dollars or even more. Rent $2400 add other bills.


I own houses back home with tenants before I came here , here if I fail to go to work a day I and my family will be kicked out of the apartment. The struggle we go through here isn’t worth it for us. We are not struggling before coming here. It all depends on your situation before leaving Nigeria. I have a thriving business in Nigeria, I thought I would be able to make a lot more money which was why I and my family made the move but was disappointed and sharing this with you is for you to either learn before making your own decisions but most Nigerians will never learn. We haven’t recovered a dime we spent coming here due to huge bills and was already thinking of moving to the US once we get what we are waiting for. It cost is roughly 55 million moving my family here and that was a great mistake we made and only hoping for the best now.

Bros, you are a low income earner. What you earn is even lower than what PSWs earn in Ontario cleaning yansh. So you want to use service technician job to build mansions? Or you expected that when you get to Canada they will make you their central bank governor?
You even have $400 after expenses, that's more than 400k naira ( 1cad = 1026 naira) as at today. Are you telling me that service technicians in Lagos doing the same job you are doing get up to 400k a month after expenses in Lagos? If you have built houses in Nigeria, then you didn't build it doing service technician work. I don't know why some of you think that once you land abroad, you become a millionaire and when it doesn't happen, you start ranting like somebody send you message.

Everybody will have different experiences based on several factors like location, occupation, work experience etc. I'm a citizen living in Ontario. I had to go back to school to pursue a career in an in demand field. Once I overcame the initial entry level struggle and got my first job and had some experience to showcase at interviews, boy o boy, every year has been better than the previous year. I have changed jobs 3 times in 5 years and anytime I move to another job, i draw at least 35% more money. So My brother, don't use your experience to paint everybody, yours is unique to you. Some will be high earners, some will be middle earners while some will be low income earners so there is no big deal about your experience

Anybody who has sense knows that Canada is not heaven and there are challenges except their intention is to become overnight millionaires once they land like you thought, in that case na dem sabi.

You are greedy. People who are doing okay in Nigeria that came here came due to other factors, money was not on top of their list cos I was in that category but you despite your houses and thriving businesses came with the mindset of making millions and now you are ranting so I don't have sympathy for people like you as you are one of the reasons Nigeria has become nonsense due to greedy people.

Karleb:
Why would you travel out with only #250!

That's less than N500k

My brother na so I see am. Whether he was saying the truth or lying, na him sabi. The reason why I believed him is that he couldn't afford to pay for his accommodation that came easily and relatively cheaper instead he was looking for free accommodation. He was also talking about help for his school fees. Definitely he came into the country very broke.

flokii:
Please tell them..

Some think it's all about money. What about your mental health?
Is there work-life balance in the place you're planning to move to?. So many factors to consider before running away.

What I see among Nigerians is that we think we are resilient people. Yes, I agree we are resilient and have a survival spirit.

Some will say if they have survived in Nigeria against all odds they will survive anywhere. That is not completely true. There is a difference between relocating from your village to Lagos or Abuja without money and relocating from Nigeria to another country without money in the middle of a winter season where you don't have any family or close friend.
Putting hope on the Nigerian community to help when those people have their own immediate family and friends that needs their help is ridiculous.
Nigerians should stop pushing their luck to far in the name of being resilient.
If you can't relocate to another man's country as a permanent resident or don't have your full school fees and at least 6 months living expenses as a student then stay back in Nigeria.
I know some people will say I'm saying these things cos I'm privileged and what will poor people do? The question should be what will a poor person gain by manipulating his way and luck to get a visa and end up on the street and get deported at the end cos if you can't graduate from school, you will become illegal and get deported at the end. I hope Nigerians listen.

As someone that attends a Nigerian church in Canada, what my eyes have seen in the last one year is appalling. Some Nigerians are greedy and opportunists.

Early this month, a newcomer showed up in church, after service he said he is a student that just arrived and looking for accommodation. Luckily there was this lady that finished in December and just got a job in another city and she is relocating. This man was asked to pay and takeover the room while the lady help him to connect to the landlord. It turns out that this guy/man had no money. He said he only has $250. The accommodation he was looking at isn't paid accommodation but free accommodation. He also begged if the church can help pay his school fees. Chai, I felt like giving him a dirty slap but I just excused myself and walked away.

Why are Nigerians like this? Which kind of greedy attitude is this? You manipulated proof of fund and came into a new country with only $250 and looking for who to help.
I understand Nigeria is not smiling at the moment but if you don't have what is takes to travel successful then manage Nigeria, it is not a do or die. This greedy attitude has to stop.

I didn't see him in church today, maybe he has gone somewhere else to try his luck

cocolacec:
Admin please post for me and hide my identity

Mothers please I need your advice so read to the end please
I'm living in regrets honestly because I've cheated my husband and he's a good man, he helps me with everything I want even do house chores for me
He gives me money, enough money
He loves me and gives me peace of mind.
February 2019 before I married him, we were engaged then, so I visited my ex boyfriend and we had sex, my last period that February was on the 17th, and I had sex with my ex on 27th of that same February..I didn't meet with my husband again till March 5th, so when I went to the hospital on the 22nd of March they told me I was 1 month pregnant and my husband was very happy but I was not, I told him to let's remove the pregnancy but he refused so November 16th 2019 I gave birth to a baby boy
Since then I've been sad because I don't know if the boy is for my ex or my husband
My husband loves me so much and I'm suppose to be a source of Joy to him, if he finds out he will kill me
He already lost two children from his late wife
What do I do please advise me and I don't care if u insult me I deserve it and more
I'll be in the comment section.
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Let me assume this is a true story.

The quick answer to your question is the the child is for your ex. Let me explain.

If we assume that you have a 28 day cycle which is normal for majority of women then your first day of your menstrual period which begins your cycle will be 13th and your ovulation which is mid cycle will be 26th plus or minus 1 day. The chances of pregnancy for a Male child for sex that happens on the 25th,26th, 27th or even 28th for a healthy couple without any reproductive issue is over 80%.

Since you had sex on 27th with your ex which is around your most fertile date and you had a boy, the probability of it being your ex is over 80%. For it to be a girl, the sex needed to have happened around 21st to 23rd plus or minus 1 day so that only the X chromosome will be guaranteed to be alive at the time of your ovulation to fertilize the egg. It is then safe to say all things being equal, your ex owns the child. You can do a DNA to confirm.

adekzy:
Yes, we have been nursing corrupt governments majorly in Africa, but how has America helped our economy apart from huge IMF loan bondage?

China via its Belt and Road initiative has done way more for Africa in a few years compared to the West in decades.

You are naive. After China development peaked and they were no longer building as before, smart Chinese started looking for a way to keep their construction conglomerate working. They found 3rd world countries where they show up as messiah to help them grow.

China gives you loan, use their own companies and manpower to execute the work then use the opportunity to extract your natural resources. At the end of the day, the money doesn't trickle down to the local economy cos 70% of the money they loaned you goes back into China for their own benefit yet you are still owing massively. You gain only shiny projects that can't even generate enough money to pay back the loan.

Current examples of the Chinese debt trap mess can be felt in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Zambia etc. Some of these countries are now turning to the same IMF for help after China refused to restructure their debt or cancel it.

If China was there to help Africa, why can't China help Nigeria fix her power problem knowing fully well that is the major thing that would accelerate Nigeria industrialization? They won't near there because an industrialized Nigeria will be a threat to China manufacturing as companies would be incentivized to use Nigeria as their manufacturing hub. Like the west, China is looking out for their own interest not yours.

I expect you to relocate to the likes of Russia, China,Yemen etc to enjoy their values after all they have better values.
By the way, don't bother responding cos I won't reply. I'm out

adekzy:
This is not about Hamas. This is about protecting Palestinian lives whom the majority are innocent yet get killed senselessly.

Millions of people have protested globally over 15 countries and about 3 different major protests in the US & UK, are they all "Pro-Hamas"?

Is the 'Western value' about supporting the killing of Innocent helpless folks rather than finding a lasting diplomatic solution to the lingering 70-year-old issue as they are the originator of this crisis?

So because you want to live in King Charles' Boulevard, you want to shy away from the truth to avoid your visa being revoked (Black man and shackle mindset; yet living in the 'supposed' land of the free and absolute human right)

Talking about protecting innocent lives that's good. Show me where you have protested the killings and displacement of people in the middle belt of Nigeria by fulani herdsmen. Where is your outrage for the ones happening in your own backyard? Or their lives don't matter to you? Unlike Hamas, the people of middle belt did not attack anyone yet they are being massacred and displaced in their ancestral home and you are here spewing nonsense.

adekzy:
The Houthis have only been attacking Ships going to Isreal via the Red Sea (Yemeni Coastline) alone especially the ones carrying American/Brits weapons to Kill the majority of innocent civilians. The American/Brits/Indian/Canada/Australian govt (not the people) across the continent can boldly support the Israeli zionist government, but the Yemenis/Iran who care closers can't! WHY?

Who makes the Brits/merica the international police along the Red Sea!

The Palestinian occupation has been on since 75 years ago when the Brits decided to relocate the Jews facing genocide from Germany, so If Palestinians continue to decide to defend the illegal occupation of their land, so it doesn't start on October 7th that the Western media portray or you are just following the news.

October 7th happened, then what, killed an entire generation of people the majority are women and children, and destroyed their homes, hospitals, schools, and religious centres (both Church & Mosque) with hundreds of years of history and affiliation and you can easily justify that! (What a pathetic soul)!

The appalling thing is that fewer Hamas members have been killed compared to the number of innocent Women/Children/civilians/Journalists that have been killed.

Just so you also know, Hamas was once funded by the Israeli govt to attack the legitimate Palestinian Govt. of Yasir Arafat. Hamas later turned on them when Arafat was no more!

Imagine the FG of Nigeria decided to level the entire SE with the people to ashes with British bomb because IPOB/ESN decided to bomb the crude oil Pipeline in Port Harcourt as that is exactly what you are justifying here boldly!

By the way, Russia was defending the ethnic Russians in Ukraine (Dombas Region - The conflict split the Donbas into Ukrainian-held territory, constituting about two-thirds of the region, and separatist-held territory, constituting about one-third. The region remained this way for years until Russia launched a full-scale defence of the people) who have been facing prosecution since 2014 while most of you are unaware.
Then Ukraine decided to bring American forces under the disguise of NATO to the Russian backyard! Who in the right sense of self-preservation will allow that?

America refused a Russian military base in Cuba but wanted to have one in the Russian backyard (Why should Russia agree for anybody).

I hope you are writing this trash from Moscow.

If IPOB leaves the SE and cross over to the SW or North and kill over 1200 innocent people of the SW and take over 300 people of them and camp them in the SE as hostages and the people of the SE did not demonstrate immediately and pour into the street to denounce and condemn that act and demand the immediate release of those hostages, then any action taken by the FG on them will receive less sympathy from the public. Will Nigeria do nothing if a neighboring country enters the country, massacre up to a 1200 people and abduct over 300 Nigerians?

There is no justification for using terrorism to achieve a political aim or settle problems. Isreal Palestinian problems cannot be solved through terrorism. If you justify the event of Oct 7th then don't cry over the repercussions

You justified Russia bombardment of Ukraine as legitimate even though Ukraine never attacked Russia despite Russia annexing Crimea since 2014. The same way Gaza is being bombarded, is the same way Ukrainian cities are being bombarded by Russia. There is no justification for Russia to destroy Ukraine yet you support it but cry over Isreal that was attacked by terrorists, what a hypocrisy.

If you like keep supporting terrorists because you hate the west, that one na your business. If houti terrorist like, they should not think about their civilians and initiate a war they can't win after all they have people like you who will defend them as victims. After all, they have been at war with Saudi led Arab coalition since 2015 that has killed over 300,000 Yemenis so it looks like they don't care anymore.

By the way, the US has been in Russia doorsteps since 2004. Norway,Estonia and Latvia are bordering Russia and are members of NATO since 2004 yet they US or NATO hasn't attacked Russia since then. Finland bothers Russia and has now joined NATO. Russia does not fear NATO militarily cos NATO will never attack Russia unprovoked and they know it. The only thing Russia fears about NATO is that it is loosing her ability to bully her neighbors. The only countries Russia can bully now is Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Maldova. If Ukraine joins NATO, the list reduces. For a country that sees itself as equal to the US, it is a big blow to them. Unfortunately, Russia doesn't have anything to offer to any reasonable person, this is why her neighbors are looking west. There is nothing to gain from a country that uses poison or mysterious death to settle scores. While people in the west can hold their government accountable and can remove them from power when neccessary, Russians unfortunately don't have that priviledge and you are here talking nonsense.

adekzy:
As a labour advocate, it is best you follow the foreign policy of your government and the opposition so that when u start the door-to-door campaign, you will have extra points to sell your party..

The current onslaught of the UK/US attack on the Houthis in Yemen is been led by David Cameron because of the Red Sea shipping route.

Rushy can't help his strangling cold economic policy, but can send bombs to the ME/Yemen to kill innocent people all because of the Zionist IsraHell govt controlling his balls. Meanwhile, they are still massively funding Ukraine Zelensky on taxpayers money working in the cold winter!

Hypocritical West!

You guys should be fair in your criticisms. So Houtis are now the victim? Where were u and houti supporters since November when they started attacking international shipping in international waters? Are they ships doing their legitimate business part of the war? Why can't they attack Isreal and leave innocent ships alone? If your brother is a sailor who plies that route and they kill him for something that is not his business, would you be here talking nonsense? Or the lives of sailors in international waters don't matter to you?

The houtis are very stupid. They will draw the fire by themselves but when the fire starts consuming them, they will start crying genocide. They won't care about their civilians now ooo.

On Oct 7, Hamas in their own wisdom decided that the best way to resolve their grievances with Isreal is to go into isreal and massacre civilians and take more than 300 hostage from Isreal, Imagine! What were they thinking? Isreal of all countries that is built on war. They know their civilians will pay the price cos Isreal will surely come for them but that is their goal, to draw the fury of Isreal and come back to claim victim and accuse Isreal of genocide. I expected demonstrations from Palestinians, arabs, south Africans etc to condemn hamas actions during that time Hamas carried out that terror act on isreal but they didn't. If they had done that, it would be fair to hang Isreal for the situation in Gaza.

By the way, this whole middle east crisis is formented by Iran to get regional hegemony over the arabs. Why is Shia Iran carrying Sunni Palestinians matter on their head while Sunni arabs like Saudi,Egypt,Jordan etc aren't? Are you telling me that Shia Iran love the Palestinians more than the Palestinians Sunni brothers? Iran would not join the fight but will engage its proxies to fire the weapons and draw the fight to their own land and the mumu idiots will do it and cry genocide tomorrow.

As for South Africa, let them solve their xenophobic problems before putting their mouth in other people's issues. Before the end of the year, their citizens will go and kill foreigners in their country and destroy their businesses but they are here forming holier than thou.

By the way, Ukraine did not attack Russia to start the war. Russia brought the war to them. If Ukraine did what Hamas did, nobody would have given a damn about their suffering. You can't initiate a war and claim victim, I won't buy that.

Pecoleee345:
The problem is we focus too much on the presidency forgetting the one we should hold is the governor.

We should go Abuja to face tinubu while leaving the governors abi
I don't know if this governors are using jazz or we just have alot of educated illiterate in Nigeria.


Your governor is suppose to create job and better the likelihood of where you residing that why he get allocation every month.


Better start asking your governor what he is doing with your money and leave the presidency alone.

Why should you let the president off the hook here? The degradation of Nigeria is primarily the fault of the president. To be fair to Tinubu, he wasn't the one that destroyed it as it started before him but he has contributed to bury it.
The major items that controls the health and viability of the country rests on the FG. The president presides over the monetary and fiscal policies which sets the tone for the economy which affects the states. CBN though independent reports to the president. When naira depreciates due to stupid policies that gives rise to inflation, it is not on the governors.

The president controls the police, army,dss and the entire security architecture etc. Not the governors. When farmers can't farm because of the massacre by terrorists in the middle belt which now leads to higher food prices, the fault is more on the president than governors cos governors don't control the armed forces. I can go on and on.

Unfortunately, our structure is the cause of this deep problems. We copied democracy from the west but applied it the wrong way due to greed. If we practiced true federalism then the governors would have more of the blame. Now they are hiding under the FG cos the FG is too powerful.
In the west like Canada and US, each state or province function like an independent country and in charge of its economy. No sharing of money from FG, it is the state that contributes money to the FG. The resources in each state is used for the state so every state is forced to develop it's own unique economy. In Nigeria, the states are useless cos there is oil money to be shared every month.

I'm not saying the governors are doing well, in fact, they are useless but as per your argument, the president shares the biggest blame in the current situation.

tensazangetsu20:
Wait until dangote refinery is complete. A dollar will exchange for 150 naira then and all japarians will be miserable.

Have you forgotten that dangote borrowed majority of the money he used for the refinery in dollars? I hope he doesn't mop up all the dollars in Nigeria to pay back his dollar denominated loans else it won't be funny oooo

ednut1:
2025 even immigrants that benefited from Trudeau say they are sending him and his party packing hahahaha

He is messing up. I can forgive him for the mismanagement of the pandemic after all almost every western country made the same mistake. Nobody up till that point has managed a global pandemic of that magnitude. Even China economy hasn't recovered from the effect of that pandemic.

I'm voting against him mainly cos of the carbon tax he has so far refused to rescind across board. We can't fight climate change with tax and spend policy, it should rather be technology driven. He is becoming too ideologically stiff without applying common sense.

lastkingsman:
It started when they challenged his Excellency, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

It is not Putin. Putin's influence resonates more in Europe than North America. Canada has a lot of things Russia has that Europe doesn't have.
It is the mismanagement of the pandemic. During the pandemic, they threw a lot of money into the system when people were on lockdown. After the pandemic, there was too much money and less goods and services.

If you remember basic economics, it states that when too much money are chasing few goods and services, inflation occurs. This is what happened after the pandemic and central bank had to use monetary policy of hiking interest rate to kill demand and slow the economy. In summary, it is using monetary policy to fix the fiscal mess created by the government and unfortunately people are paying for it

I know they won't throw money again if the pandemic happens again. I hope they have learnt their lessons.

CPP that is driving this additional payroll deduction is called the Canada Pension Plan where you and your employer contribute towards your pension. If you work in corporate office in Nigeria, this shouldn't be new to you.

What the government is trying to do now is to make people contribute more money to their pension so as to have more money at retirement, this is why they are increasing the threshold so that people who earn more money contribute more to their pension. Is this a good policy? Well, while there seem to be some sense in protecting and increasing pension, personally, I don't fancy that idea as I need the money now

The only tax that doesn't make sense entirely is the carbon tax. The idea that you can deliberately make fuels more expensive so that people pivot to electric is stupid in my opinion especially as the electric transition is still at an infant stage. Climate change is real, we know but to fight it you need to be realistic but then that is the problem with liberal governments all over the world, they are not realistic as they are fighting climate change in a stupid way that end up increasing the cost of living. Carbon tax is NOT a good way to fight climate change as it increases the cost of living not just fuel

The good thing is that the opposition is hammering on that carbon tax now and it is gaining traction in the country. Canadians are beginning to see that it doesn't make sense. This is why the opposition is leading by double digits in polling currently and are favored to win the next election. The government is already caving in as they have made some exemptions in Atlantic Canada and some provinces will stop collecting the tax from January 1st. So at the end of the day, he will either scrap it entirely or loose the next election. Even if he scraps it now, I think it is too late for the incumbent to win the next election.

The sweet thing is that we have the power as citizens to change our government when they mess up which we will do in the next 18 months unlike in Nigeria where citizens are powerless to change a non performing government even if they wanted to and this is what makes the difference.

As Canadians, we are confident that the challenges we face today will be sorted out in few years time. This is not the first time we have faced some serious problems but it gets addressed either by the incumbent or a change in government and that is the beauty of a working democracy

Nairaland and fake stories. How can she claim to earn that low and you didn't discover for years When you know where she works and What her position is. Was she working in a backyard pure water company as a cleaner? A company that can pay 600k is a big company, did she lie she is a cleaner in a big company? The difference between 35k and 600k is too much to go unnoticed. The story is fake

Please guys, the person I'm trying to help got admission to conestoga college on her first choice course while her 2nd and 3rd are on waitlist.
Now, after examining the issue, her chances of getting a visa is stronger on her 2nd and 3rd choices compared to the first cos it is more aligned career wise and she can build a convincing story around the 2 courses

My question now is if she declines the first choice admission she already have now, will it prompt them to give her the second or third choice admission which she now wants? Has anyone gotten admission on all 3 courses selected at Conestoga before? Thanks

OgbeniOptional:
Lol, 800k salary is big enough in Nigeria for one person, not many earn up to that in Nigeria and living fine. Lagos is not the only place in Nigeria but then loads of people earning 500k in Lekki and are okay. If you earn more than that then u are lucky, why would bank manager be working in factories in the name of looking for greener pastures when he’s okay back home? He regrets leaving his job back home but he can’t go back cuz of all the money already spent. Again, that’s my personal opinion, experience is not theory man

Bros, I didn't say 800k won't be enough for somebody afterall people who earn 50k are still alive.
I was jus responding to your statement that someone earning 800k can build a house in 4 years and I'm telling you that is not realistic in today's Nigeria where you buy materials today for say 20 naira and by the time you come back next month to buy the same material it has now become 25 naira

Your 800k can't even get you 2 trips of chippings. A trip (20 tons) now is not less than 450k now. I have a building project going on right now and I know what my eye is seeing.

For someone earning 800k to own a house in Lagos or any other top city in Nigeria where he has to buy a land, he will either take a mortgage or build it over 7 years at least and that is if all his monthly earnings is going into his building project and that is not realistic

OgbeniOptional:
You have no business abroad except vacation if you earn 800k back home. My personal opinion, Cuz if you are kind hearted you are sending around 300k monthly to help people back home excluding your family o. The crazy thing is, the guy who earns 800k may still ask you living abroad for favor. If you know what you are doing, you would build house within 4 years with 800k a month not paying bloody mortgage for 25 years. Have a car paid for cash. This is my personal opinion

What am I reading? Are you talking about 800k 10 years ago or 800k in today's Nigeria?

Are you talking about building a house in Lagos or other viable cities or building a bungalow in your village?
Even if you don't remove 1 penny from your 800k salary in 4 years, it may not even be enough to buy you a land in Lagos in some locations not to talk of building a house. Do you know the present cost of building materials? Have you done a building project recently? So how then can you pay your rent, fuel your car and home etc. on your 800k salary and still build a house in a city from the money in 4 years? You be magician?


It's obvious you are a low income earner, that is why 800k looks big to you, it is not your fault, I understand.

The Nigerian situation has made people develop thick skin and assume they can survive in any situation forgetting that being a temporary resident on a student visa is a whole lot different from being a permanent resident in a new country.

If you talk to them about the reality of being a temporary resident without money, they tell you there must be a way somehow somehow make we reach there first.

Fellow Nigerians, we know you have suffered and are resilient in tough times but ensure you have money for school fees and living expenses before you embark on that student journey. If you get a favorable job when you arrive that becomes a bonus for you but you can't rely on paying your school fees and living expenses by just working when you came to study, that is very risky.

ednut1:
the minister came out to say they never promised anyone PR with study visa. There are about 800k students in Canada currently and the quota for economic migrants is like half of the yearly 500k. When you take out outland ITA thats like 120k slots remaining. Some people that they may be working on a pathway for students, nothing concrete yet.

It is now a 50 50 stuff. Thanks

aestake:
If IRCC doesn't conduct specific draws (CEC, PNP, targeted NOCs), that means you are competing with everyone. If you can't, you go home. Nothing was cast on stone..it is crazy. So those with foreign education and provable work experiences should act on those. Learning French and taking the test may be another thing to consider.

Thanks for this insight

ednut1:
is the PMP relevant to your current occupation If yes start it immediately.

Oga ednut, please do you know how international students are transitioning to PR currently? I heard CEC draws haven't been done for a long time. If that is the case, does it now mean it is no longer a guarantee that people who study here stay back after studies?

This lady is just out to destroy this man and unfortunately for the stupid man, he fell for it.

How would a girl leave her house to sleep in a man's house? Which kind of stupid play is that? No wonder girls are falling victim of ritual killings

If you don't want sex, don't follow a man to his house not to talk of sleeping overnight.

Resist the devil and it will flee from you. This tik tok generation sef

Nigerian police disgracing themselves and their country since 1960.

dannie007:
Lost 3 Casement Window to Theft and Electrical Wires worth Over 2million Naira. All fittings were Damaged.

This is scary. I'll probably have to plaster after roofing instead of the doors and windows I intended to do initially. At least they can steal plaster

Goke7:
Not really, if she gets a job that can sponsor her visa at the new salary requirement why not? Even for care just that she can’t bring any dependent.

Ok. Thanks

dannie007:
The are stealing Windows Right now!! People are wicked!!

You mean stealing windows already installed on the building?

Goke7:
If it’s post study she has nothing to worry about. That is still intact

Ok. So that would be her only option. All other routes like care etc are all gone with this new policy, right?