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Education / Re: Kwara’s Hijab Controversy Continues Despite Govt’s Directive by Massdamm(m): 1:05pm On Mar 02, 2021
yemmight:
They just keep initiate troubles across the country. You can imagine you are imposing Hijab on Christian missionary schools. Do they think at all?

Christian missionary schools and there salary was paid by the state government....
as far as the government paying there salaries it's own by the government and government has totally control

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Travel / Re: Life In Canada And Before Telling To Canada By Rhodaogunpeju's by Massdamm(m): 9:12am On Mar 02, 2021
Ruben225571:
COPY FROM Rhodaogunpeju's✅

Very Educated Post that’s why i re-post it!!


I relocated to Canada through the express entry mode 2 years ago, one major advice I give everyone is follow all the steps laid down by Canada and you’ll be fine. When they say come with proof of fund of 6million naira for a family of 3, please try to get at least more than half of that money when landing, it’ll make life easier for you. I’ll be honest with my story by sharing breakdown of life and how we survived.


One important thing to note when relocating is give yourself one year to build your foundation, I can assure you that you’ll be fine. Another is not to be lazy or proud to do any odd job, as there is dignity of labour here.


This is my story from the day I landed:

We came with more than three-quarter of the recommended POF for a family of 3. From that money, we got an Airbnb where we stayed for 2 weeks, started house hunting, found something we liked and paid 3 months rent upfront (this is to reduce the tension of looking for job to pay bills).


In Canada, most times your experience is disregarded, so people go back to school, do certifications or anything to make your credentials equivalent to Canada’s. So we knew this and gave ourselves one year to work on that while we take up minimum wage jobs. We landed in October, my husband got a job at a warehouse In November, I’m lazy and didn’t have strength for all those tasking jobs of standing especially for cashiers in Walmart and malls, so I was searching for customer service job, and luckily I got a clerk job. My husband made 2,500 while I made 2,200. Together we brought in $4,700 monthly.

This is a breakdown of our expenses:

Rent – 1250

Home internet – 65

Power (NEPA) – 59

Phone bill for both of us – 110

Insurance for our car – 145

Total – 1,629.

We budgeted 1000 for groceries (this is a lot, but it was our budget). Our total expense came to 2,629. From the $2,071 left, we saved 1500 monthly and left the rest for miscellaneous (mostly for bulk purchase or to send money home to our folks, hang out with friends, shop once in a while etc.). By the way, there’ll hardly be any emergency where you have to spend your money on hospital bills etc. as medical is free here, education is free up till secondary school except for daycare.


We enrolled our daughter in a daycare that cost almost $1000 monthly. Govt of Canada pays kids up till 18years depending on household income something called child benefit. Our daughter got 560 monthly and another quarterly payment. The govt also pays daycare subsidy for each eligible child for 640 monthly. So since the govt paid 640 to the daycare on behalf of my daughter, I only paid the balance of 360. This was funded from her child benefit of 560. She had change of 200 which was paid into an account we opened for her.


Now this is our life as newly landed immigrants, while we were doing this, I was working on my HR certifications (I’m a HR professional), while my husband was studying online for his diploma. We were both studying and working.

While in naija, we earned well, we had savings of more than 300k monthly which we put away, in a year that gave us 3.6million. After house rent of almost 700k, hospital bills, (my daughter was a regular hospital visitor, sometimes we spent 50k, 100k in hospital bills). At the end of the year, we may have about 2m left in savings. Now go back to my monthly savings in Canada of 1500 per month which is about 18,000 Canadian dollars in a year, converted to naira, that’s almost 6million naira.



This is from people doing minimum wage jobs that included overtime o. it’ll be hard and stressful, combining studies and working is stressful. The stress from a physically demanding job can get to you, my husband was stressed for the first 3 months, back pain, neck and muscle strain etc. but we persevered, he was taken care of, he had regular massages, pain killers and ointment for joint pain but overtime he got used to it, he even moved from that role to a less demanding role.

Today, we’ve completed our studies, we’ve transitioned to professional jobs, and we have more than 4k monthly in savings from our income. You can actually have same expenditure every month as most bills are fixed, you can plan well, medical is free, nothing like emergency money for hospital bills. Unlike in naija, where we bought fuel everyday as per minister of power in our house, had 2 gens, repaired gen almost every 2 weeks, spent money on mechanics due to bad road and crazy drivers etc.


I have a friend earning more than a million per month in naija, he had an accident, had to be flown to Germany for surgery, sold some of his properties as the bill was mad, he lost that job because he was away for more than 2 years, his life never remained the same, he took the money left and relocated with his family (this is for people that keep saying if they earn millions, they won’t go anywhere), remember that in naija, an emergency can send you from grace to grass. If he were in Canada, his bills would have been free, he would have had employment insurance and be able to return to work.



The reason for this post is, please if you have the means and are eligible for express entry, please don’t be discouraged, I had friends that did security work, cleaning jobs while they were writing their bank certifications exams, to Nigerians, the jobs are degrading, but here nobody send you, our cleaner for office de drive range rover sef.


Today my friends have all transitioned to professional jobs. By the way I stay in Alberta where minimum wage is $15 per hour, so anyhow anyhow you must see like 2k take home job every month, and these minimum wage jobs are not hard to find, Walmart recruits everyday, stores, customer service jobs plenty just keep at it you’ll get one.

People are losing their jobs because of covid bla bla, very true, but like I said, are you lazy? My friend in HR was laid off in April, he jejely went to get a warehouse job and in September he got another HR role. Plenty things to do if you don’t get a job easily. My husband was doing something like uber, but this was like for food, you get to deliver online orders to people, he made like $200 every week (he didn’t do it full time, only on his off days). The money we got from selling our car in naija was kept differently for a car here, when we landed in winter we didn’t want to be carrying our then 1+ daughter up and down in the cold, so we got a car immediately (a small car of about $3,000).


Today we live in our home, doing far better, infact while on minimum wage we did far better than naija sef. Baby number two is on the way, everything is free, I’m getting the best medical attention, lots of freebies for pregnant mum lol.


To conclude, don’t let anyone discourage you from relocating, but do so legally, forget pride and take on minimum wage jobs while you look for professional jobs in your field. Don’t just sit around to wait for it to come, it took some people more than a year to get one, get busy, get certified and you’ll land one. Good thing is to be eligible for express entry, you must have relevant qualifications and experience so it’s easier to search for jobs with your certificate when you land.

By the way, a lot of people live comfortably on minimum wage jobs and never transitioned to professional jobs.



please like how much person fit gather if he/she is the only one going...
Foreign Affairs / Re: Nigerian Professor, Temitope Oriola Appointed Advisor On Police Reform In Canada by Massdamm(m): 4:54pm On Feb 25, 2021
Ohizfly:

I'm a real niggar
lol
Foreign Affairs / Re: Nigerian Professor, Temitope Oriola Appointed Advisor On Police Reform In Canada by Massdamm(m): 1:23pm On Feb 25, 2021
Ohizfly:
Good one


Light my Kpoli
Na all the time u dy lite blunt e no dy tired you?

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Crime / Re: Driver Attempting To Escape Tax Force Kills Four Female Hawkers In Onitsha by Massdamm(m): 8:55am On Feb 25, 2021
whytediamond:
In Nigeria, everyday you go out and come back in one piece, please make merry.

If God come bless you with better business profit, please, eat, drink and be merrier.

In Nigeria, there are 1,000,000 ways to die.

If vice president helicopter no crash land on top person house, dangote trailer go fail break enter people shop.

If petrol tanker no explode for hold up, police go shoot okada man because of 20naira.

If Boko haram no bomb boys wey dey play ball with missile, Nigeria army go mistakenly bomb innocent civilians.

If generator fume no kill whole family, poisoned beans dey to finish work.

If jealous husband no kill cheating wife, cheating wife go kill jealous husband.

If Amotekun no kill innocent civilian, fulani herders will kill innocent farmers.

If PDP thugs no kill APC thugs during election, APC thugs will kill PDP thugs.

Please feel free to add your own o.

Wahala be like Odumeje, e never release the god of gandusa ganduka.

Abeg, i be your best Fashion plug straight out of Mandilas.

Please visit our website 15kshop.com or chat me directly for market prices of designer fashion items you have screenshot and saved since 1930, I'll comot money for you. Still run pay on delivery plus free delivery within Lagos.


E go better one day.

Amen.


Lol bro uve said it all
Politics / Re: Fatima, Atiku’s Daughter Revalidates Her Membership Of APC (Photos) by Massdamm(m): 9:24am On Feb 24, 2021
PrinceOfLagos:
Boys will dial those number for sure

Lol
Politics / Re: Governor Dapo Abiodun Celebrates His Father, Emmanuel Adesanya's 89th Birthday by Massdamm(m): 5:14pm On Feb 23, 2021
Mikecold:
His dad should be ashmed of birthing a child who is an interior Yoruba to a Fulani.


Abiodun should pray there is still land in his village to bury his father before fulanis evacuate all the indigenes to cotonu

baba leave envy alone wish his dad happy birthday or shut the Bleep off
Celebrities / Re: BBNaija Vee presents Easy Win Lotto N10 Million Jackpot to Trader who cried by Massdamm(m): 7:54am On Feb 20, 2021
post=99242005:
Awwwww kiss kiss
Spend your winings wisely Ibrahim..... INVEST INVEST INVEST!!!
them no dy tell person
Crime / Re: 17-Year-Old Edo Boy Dies As Gun In His Pocket Blows Off His Testicles by Massdamm(m): 8:54am On Feb 16, 2021
fuckingAyaya:
everybody dey form thug life
they forgot the meaning of thuglife...
2pac said Thuglife means the hate u give little infant fuvks everybody

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Politics / Re: APC Plans To Pair Jonathan With El-Rufai For 2023 Presidential Ticket - SR by Massdamm(m): 10:39pm On Feb 15, 2021
ProfessorBerlin:
Nothing concern me. Madrid made my day yesterday. I won 2.7 million naira.

bro show some lov to nigga naw..


if na little gonna appreciate


anticipating
Career / Re: How Much Was The First Salary You Ever Earned? by Massdamm(m): 6:23pm On Feb 14, 2021
slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Isoright.......
Remember those days after secondary school....I worked with national integrated power project in Benin city with some expatriate( indian, Malaysian, and Thailand)
My salary was 30 to 35.....depends on the number of days i clock my card...
But now! A real niggarrr ain't working for nobody....
He sits down do some bombing, smoke some weed, drink enough beer and bang enough pussy

Ogbeni no update o....same old story....the street nor funny again....but I go track my guy for play house later for update....even the wechat/alipay/ courier format dey frustrate niggarrrrs now


God no go shame us

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Career / Re: How Much Was The First Salary You Ever Earned? by Massdamm(m): 4:09pm On Feb 14, 2021
slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr
Isoright.......
Remember those days after secondary school....I worked with national integrated power project in Benin city with some expatriate( indian, Malaysian, and Thailand)
My salary was 30 to 35.....depends on the number of days i clock my card...
But now! A real niggarrr ain't working for nobody....
He sits down do some bombing, smoke some weed, drink enough beer and bang enough pussy


any update down
Politics / Re: Police Brutality: I May Resign From Lagos Judicial Panel – Adegboruwa by Massdamm(m): 6:41pm On Feb 13, 2021
Shitty country
Politics / Re: Police Charge Debo Macaroni, 39 Other Lekki Protesters To Court by Massdamm(m): 6:38pm On Feb 13, 2021
Penguin2:
But I think this Mr Macaroni is just chasing clout sha.

Simp
Politics / Re: Police Charge Debo Macaroni, 39 Other Lekki Protesters To Court by Massdamm(m): 6:37pm On Feb 13, 2021
uptimum123:
My body just dey sweet me since morning... Make dem go cool off their brain for prison small

Receive sense bro
Politics / Re: Herdsmen Killed My Husband For Complaining Cows Ate His Cassava - Ogun Farmer by Massdamm(m): 3:47pm On Feb 13, 2021
Wtf....

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Celebrities / Re: Pasuma Remembers Ayinde Barrister 10 Years After Death (Pix) by Massdamm(m): 2:39pm On Feb 10, 2021
LMS1:
Pasuma Oga Nla. But I Hate Fuji Like Buhari Hate Bitcoin. So So Noise And E Nor Dey Play Finish grin

smile
Celebrities / Re: Pasuma Remembers Ayinde Barrister 10 Years After Death (Pix) by Massdamm(m): 2:39pm On Feb 10, 2021
dayleke:
No song from him dedicated to the remembrance?


Aaaareeeaaaaa!!!!!!!

Area!!!!!

Awa sese ti Europe de ni o paso!!!
Popsie Aaliyah....

*in Paso voice

Lol...

e be things
Politics / Re: Underdevelopment In Africa: Use Your Brain Now Or Perish - Melie Onyejepu by Massdamm(m): 2:37pm On Feb 10, 2021
summarize please

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Politics / Re: APC Governors Consider Zoning Presidency To The North In 2023 by Massdamm(m): 10:37am On Feb 09, 2021
lamentor78:
God provide for me this year let me be able to relocate to Canada by next year i don't want 2023 to meet me in this country


Smile..
Ameen and me too
Politics / Re: Ekiti Government Sues IGP Over Dismissed Pregnant Officer by Massdamm(m): 9:52pm On Feb 08, 2021
IamWonderful:
It is quite disgusting and irresponsible to twist the arm of the law, the woman knows the law before violating it, should be left to bear the consequences. why not just waste to the 2years period to expire before opening your legs without contraceptive

kiniwi bayii

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Food / Re: ₦50 Cheap Onions In Kebbi State (Photos) by Massdamm(m): 7:59pm On Feb 08, 2021
Carry am cum south west

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Politics / Re: Fani-Kayode Moves To Return To APC, Meets Caretaker Chairman, Mai Mala Buni by Massdamm(m): 7:59pm On Feb 08, 2021
Bobyro:
These guys like good things Sha. See the updated iPhone of yahaya Bello. Lol. It is well grin

pple sha...

u look at em from head to toes
Politics / Re: Lagos Police Arrests 19 Suspected Cultists In Alakuko by Massdamm(m): 7:54pm On Feb 08, 2021
Abeg wetin Carpenter saw they do there..
Crime / Re: Adamu Uwar, Notorious Kidnapper Arrested While Collecting Ransom In Plateau by Massdamm(m): 7:00pm On Feb 08, 2021
Make dem shot this motherfucker dead with immediate effect
Computers / Re: This Insane Laptop Has Seven Foldable Displays (Photos) by Massdamm(m): 6:05pm On Feb 08, 2021
sunshineV:
grin
Lol badguy
Politics / Re: Ette Enugu Community Where Politicians Visit Only During Election Campaigns by Massdamm(m): 6:03pm On Feb 08, 2021
Ani dem mad seh
Computers / Re: This Insane Laptop Has Seven Foldable Displays (Photos) by Massdamm(m): 6:02pm On Feb 08, 2021
sunshineV:
i want to buy it before but because u people think i can't buy it i will not buy it again but....


imagine watching 7 different porn on 7 different screen. maddd

So na porn u go use ur own watch abi..

kaare
Celebrities / Re: Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Celebrates Her 43rd Birthday (Photo) by Massdamm(m): 9:27am On Feb 07, 2021
BOOOMNAIJA:
GENEVIEVE OVER OMOTOLA ANYTIME, ANYDAY...


LIKE FOR GENEVIEVE, SHARE FOR OMOTOLA.

u sha like dy disturb ur self Mr man what have u gain there now...

Now pple go for Omotola more than Genevieve���������
Crime / Re: Suspected Rapist Beaten To Coma In Ondo After Plucking Victim’s Eyes (Pix) by Massdamm(m): 4:18pm On Feb 03, 2021
eleribu niwon
Crime / Re: Young Girl Steals Her Madam's ATM Card, Withdraws N80K, Buys Herself Phone by Massdamm(m): 11:40am On Feb 02, 2021
Anfield247:
Make them flog her yarsh so that she to shit and piss out the spirit of stealing!

Lol

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