₦airaland Forum

grandstar:
I do not blame them. People who hitherto wouldn't Japa are doing so in droves.

MY sister who travelled to the States for holiday with her husband in 2018 or so decided not to come back when she did the following year.

She worked in a bank.

No matter how good your salary, the Naira's virtually worthless. We might as well be paid in Korean Won or Indonesian Rupiah. That is what 8 years under the very incompetent hands of Buhari has caused

Has your sister shared any story of regret with you ?. How she has to work as a factory worker under unhealthy conditions to make that pittance. How she dropships at unholy hours? Have u seen the pressure that makes illegal alien, especially age within short time?

Being in the United States after abusing your Visitor's visa is not straight forward.

Even if you get US citizenship, they will keep investigating till you are dead. Once they determine you have given an inconsistent information to either the consular officer before you got the visa or while in the United States, you will be stripped of your citizenship and recommended for deportation.

Be careful with the United States and its immigration laws.

pachigo001:
Are they denying spouse visa too

Yes if they discover that it is a bogus relationship meant for paper work alone.

If you are caught in this, you will be permanently barred from the United States without the option of a waiver.

Mummyfour:
21st if August, I was at the American embassy for a visa appointment.

From the period spanning 3 hours I was there, nobody left the interview room with a smile or laughter. Almost every one there was rejected.

The funniest thing about the rejection was the verdict on the light blue paper given to the intending travellers which read" you have not demonstrated that you have enough ties to bring you back to Nigeria "

In a layman's terms, it means we are suspecting that you want to japa into the US.

The most painful aspect was a lot of undergraduates that were turned down. A guy that had a $60,000 worth of scholarship was bounced too.

I saw someone who was just going on a study leave from a whole Deloitte where he works in presently in Nigeria being bounced too.
Most of the interviewers didn't even check out relevant documents of the applicants, but just drew their conclusion based on face value.

I was discussing with people and they said inasmuch as the reason for that verdict was baseless and stupid, we Nigerians are viewed as the worst of the worst world citizens to allow access into the US, irrespective of one's qualifications.
We have a government, system and people that are fantastically corrupt.
We have people who engage in and support illegalities.

Our judiciary is biased and is for the highest bidders, and our political system and elections are flawed (none is perfect anywhere in the world) but ours is glaring and very embarrassing.

Our leaders are not patriotic and that is why when we as citizens have our rights trampled on locally or internationally, nothing is done about it.
Nigeria is not regarded as anything again.
In other words, we are just seen as nothing but irritating pollutants.

So for those of you that applaud evil in this land, pray you remain forever in Nigeria because even if it is just to go and visit and come back, they will not allow you.
If you even have a scholarship or any good thing that can take you out of this country, you will be frustrated at the embassy.

And for those of you that left already and are destroying the name of Nigeria, God's punishment awaits you.
And for those that are still making us proud in the US and elsewhere, may God continue to bless your efforts

I rest my case.
Please mods front page

Blame those who were given Visitor's visa and Student's visa and abused them. Nigerians are profiled as one of the high risk Nation that will abuse visa.

Let the truth be told, over 90% of the people that were bounced would abuse their visas. The Consular Officers have seen it all. Sadly some few individuals with genuine intention will be bounced too but majority that are bounced are deserving of it.

You must give them a genuine reason why your case is different. US embassy care less about your document. Your body language and what you say will determine it. You cannot fill in your application form that you are going for tourism and you pick Indiannapolis. You have shot yourself in the leg before you utter a single word.

Stop heaping blames on the Government alone, the citizen's behaviours play key roles too.

Most Nigeria companies just tick the box to fulfill all righteousness. There are not bothered to re-evaluate it.

Most disgruntled staff will not tell you what you need to do right. They want the company to continue on the downward spiral. More so, they might need a reference later and they do not want to make their supervisor take revenge on them.


Exit interview is mostly ineffective. It is a matter of just smiling to the camera.

naijapips04:
The grand jury are all democratic hacks from a democratic county is what we are saying. The case will be thrown out.

Do you know how grand jury is selected ?

Timetravel88:
How did Trump make America loose credibility? America was far respected by world leaders during his administration, they had the best economic numbers and the world was nowhere near 3rd world war as the[b] useless Biden Administration has plunged us into with the Ukraine fiasco.[/b]
Americans can see the whole shenanigan by the deep state to stop him and that is why his poll numbers are through the roof.

The world respected America during Trump, you typed, but him and Kim of North Korea were openly trading insults for the world to see.

Was it Biden that asked Russia to invade Ukraine?

How did the world respect America more during his reign when he openly abused Canadian Prime Minister, took America out of almost all the institutions they were leading, gave order to quit Afghanistan, and almost single handedly sunk NATO ?

A president that wanted to fight Tornado with Nuclear weapon and Covid with bleach

naijapips04:
The charges are crap. No one is convicting Trump based on nonsense made up charges.

You did not respond to my question. I will ask again.

Have you been selected for a Jury service?

Are you privy to the evidences that will be presented in court?

Saying the charges are crap, are you saying the Grand Jury were not presented with enough evidences for them to greenlight the triial.

You can politely respond to all these questions, without going off in another direction.

Trump has damaged the United States.

The brand they sell - Democracy - to all other other Nations have been undermined by her own very former President.

You are free to disagree with the result of an election, but your freedom of speech does not cover attempting to upturn the result of an election - the will of the entire citizens.

China, Russia and all authoritarian countries will forever point to that event and say democracy is not working.

United States is tainted for life.

naijapips04:
Politicians raise funds all the time. Running campaigns don't come cheap. Difference is Biden get his from Russia, Ukraine and China.

Read my lips, TRUMP IS NEVER GOING TO JAIL! So you can keep crying. What a frustrated life you are setting yourself up for. You are going to keep wailing for years to come.

Have you been selected for a Jury service?

Are you privy to the evidences that will be presented in court?

Just asking

coleon:
Whenever people are doing shit jobs they will end up converting pounds to naira or dollar to naira as if it is naira someone staying in the UK will be spending. Monthly insurance alone is almost 200 pounds while rent is 750pounds.
Yet you are converting pounds to naira for someone working and staying in the UK. You are not serious at all, the same UK that I go on holiday every year is what you want to be telling me about.
It's not everybody that has lost all amount of human dignity like you that will go and become a cleaner or janitor in the UK because of so called pounds conversion that will give you nothing at the end of the month once you are done paying bills.
I have a friend that just committed suicide in the same UK, it's this kind of situation that pushed him to suicide.

You are hitting the right note.

Some individuals here feel you are dissuading them from travelling but thats not the case. You are giving them honest reality of the place so that they can make provision for such if they want to go.

But like the dog that will be lost, it will never hear the whistle of a hunter.

Treadway:
you are right, but still just throwing emotional tantrums. I say that cos while we know most of the Nigerians wey carry this craze for head are stupid, you people on nairaland travel section as a case study especially are feeding the craze, and you'd be a liar not to admit this.

No be this same travel section Justwise and some others were calling myself and pocohantas liar when we stated clearly and plainly most of the people in our circle aside tech, healthcare professionals ie docs, nurses, radiographers, physiotherapist etc were doing low wage jobs notably care work for like 90% of this people who largely went on student visa, not even work visa? Was it not called bad belle despite that evidently even in that living in the UK thread, the job that pops up MOST that people themselves say they do in discussions there is care? Telling the truth as it is was called bad belle. I said it to the point that even my wife that was singing the song in my ear, I sat her down and told her the reality say me I no fit leave boss level come dey do boy-boy even in USA, much less UK. Shey she go do dependant dey do the work make me go do PhD or another MSc, she no talk since then.

Did you guys like me, tell them the truth about what to expect as per jobs when coming to the UK without specialised skills?? No be to dey put lipstick on a pig una dey do instead of just saying it how it is. So of course, many will come with unrealistic expectations just as you have seen here and now vexing about. You know how many marriages are under stress right now cos bros don tire to dey do these 'jobs' and wifey isn't hearing it, and now looks at bros like he is lazy, and understandably so, cos bills have to be paid. You can't step in a river and complain of cold, when you already expect the cold. People largely have unrealistic expectations and most time you fellas even here feed it. Tell things how they are! Any small thing una go turn it to a We Vs They argument, or that the person is anti-japa! Smh

That said, like you said, many more idiots like this one will get access to a mic, notice how Nigeria is popping up on this kin news lately....and yea, this heifer is def getting her visa revoked for sure.

Also, if the experience of some others are anything to go by, of a truth there have been complaint of not many care shifts being able to go round lately. Even before this report, many people here on Nairaland have complained of the same thing, they came on HC work sponsorship (care visa) and they haven't gotten shifts at all or very few shifts, and they say their visas are for care work only, so they can't legally do any other kinda work

Your feet are firmly on the ground. Nothing to add, nothing to remove. Thank you

People left destitute after coming to the UK on skilled worker visas only to find there's no job

One woman from Nigeria tells Sky News she paid £10,000 to an "agent" for a skilled worker visa on the promise of work in the UK - only to find out the job did not exist.

Blessing, not her real name, told us she arrived in the UK three months ago. She says she paid someone she calls an "agent" in Nigeria £10,000 to arrange a job as a carer in the UK. But when she got here she found there was no work for her.

"I should be in a position of helping, not receiving aid," says one Nigerian woman.

Fraught with emotion and speaking to us anonymously in the narrow corridor of a food bank, she is now destitute despite being promised a job in Britain.

Blessing, not her real name, told us she arrived in the UK three months ago. She says she paid someone she calls an "agent" in Nigeria £10,000 to arrange a job as a carer in the UK.

But when she got here she found there was no work for her.

Her story is part of a wider problem, revealed in a Sky News investigation this year showing how the skilled worker visa system is being abused with middlemen allegedly being paid huge sums of money to arrange jobs in the UK as carers that do not exist.

Blessing, not her real name, told us she arrived in the UK three months ago. She says she paid someone she calls an "agent" in Nigeria £10,000 to arrange a job as a carer in the UK. But when she got here she found there was no work for her.
Blessing, not her real name, arrived in the UK three months ago on the promise of a care job. Images by Andrew Brown and Mostyn Pryce

Many of those who can't get work are struggling to survive, turning to food banks and even sleeping rough.

Blessing is now reliant on handouts.

At a food bank in a Nigerian Community Centre in Greater Manchester she is given a shopping bag of basic supplies - the shelves and crates are packed with donations of bread, cereal, tinned tomatoes and familiar African items like palm oil and beans.

Blessing says: "I've always provided for myself. I'm a very hard-working, diligent person. So for me to be here depending on people to eat coming to the food bank to get food isn't ok with me.

"I don't feel happy about it.

"It makes me feel I'm less of a person. I should be in a position of helping not receiving aid because this is not who I was back in my country."

'It makes me feel as though I'm a fool'

Blessing asked us not to contact the British company which sponsored her for fear of repercussions - but showed us her passport and other documents supporting her account of what happened.

I ask her why she didn't make the application herself. With some irony, she says: "I would have done it myself but there are so many frauds on the internet [in Nigeria] you don't know what's real.
Blessing, not her real name, told us she arrived in the UK three months ago. She says she paid someone she calls an "agent" in Nigeria £10,000 to arrange a job as a carer in the UK. But when she got here she found there was no work for her. Lisa Holland VT on Skilled Worker Visas.

"It makes me feel as though I'm a fool," she says.

Blessing says she knows others who have skilled worker visas only to get here and find there's no work waiting for them.

She sighs: "There are so many. Dozens. I met a lot here and so many are still coming after I've come. There's a big scam going on."

'Shameful' issue

Mary Adekugbe, the founder of the Nigerian Community Centre in Rochdale, says those on skilled worker visas now needing support is a big issue that is increasing her workload - something she describes as "shameful". For Lisa Holland VT.

About 15 of the 35-40 people who generally come to the weekly food bank have skilled worker visas, she says.

"We are overwhelmed," she says. "People are desperate. It's so worrying."

She paints us a picture of those she has seen: "A grown-up man crying like a baby. Children crying without food because their parents can't work to support them. No houses. No job. This is alarming."

'She sold everything she had'

As we finish chatting by the front door two women scurry past with their bags of food. It's only afterwards we're told their story - that they were too ashamed to speak to us: one of the women has hit rock bottom and, with nowhere else to go, lives on the bus.

Community volunteer Jones Adekube says: "Last week we gave her bread and tuna because that's what she can eat easily without cooking or warming."
At a foodbank at a Nigerian Community Centre in Greater Manchester the shelves and crates are packed with donations of bread, cereal, tinned tomatoes and familiar African items like palm oil and beans.

At a foodbank at a Nigerian Community Centre in Greater Manchester she is given a shopping bag of basic supplies - the shelves and crates are packed with donations of bread, cereal, tinned tomatoes and familiar African items like palm oil and beans. For Lisa Holland VT.

Now homeless, the lady on the bus is yet another person who paid an agent in Nigeria to arrange care work in the UK, we're told.

Mr Adekube says: "She did some work when she came in. Initially they gave her one shift a week which is 12 hours a week. As time went on there were no shifts.

"According to what she showed us she was offered a full-time job as a carer. And now she's sleeping on the bus."

He adds: "She's in a bad way. She can't go back home. She has nothing at home. She sold everything she had."

'It's not been easy'

Another couple - we're calling them Allen and Joyce - have come to the UK with their young son.

We've changed their names but they showed us documents which prove they're in the UK on skilled worker visas.
Allen and Joyce - have come to the UK with their young son. We've changed their names but they showed us documents which prove they are in the UK on skilled worker visas.
Image: Allen and Joyce (pictured from behind to protect their identities) have come to the UK with their young son

Joyce says she was also promised work as a carer and Allen was able to accompany her because he is classed as her dependent.

Allen says: "It's not been easy. I had to sell my car; sell my property, get a loan and took a lot of risk to raise the money."

Under the terms of the skilled worker visa they can't work in any other job category and are limited to 20 hours a week under another employer in the care sector.

Often, home care providers require access to a car, and permanently switching sponsors is almost impossible.

Joyce says: "It's very difficult because most jobs you want to get - they will first of all tell you that you've got a sponsor from somewhere else. So maybe you should go back to that place to get your job. That's what they always say."

"We are begging the [UK] government if they can look into it, even if it is not skilled work, if they can give us another sponsorship or any other work, we are ready to do. For our survival."

Over 170,000 skilled worker visas issued in a year

In the 12 months to March 2023, 170,993 skilled worker visas have been awarded. In the health and care sector alone, grants have increased over two and a half times and represent over half of all work visas issued in the same period.

On the job with the lowest entry requirement - care workers and home carers - 40,416 people were awarded visas in the year to March 2023.

In different parts of the country and across different communities we are hearing the same thing.

In Bradford in West Yorkshire, people in the town's established Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities speak of their concerns about people struggling to eat and put a roof over their heads having come to the UK to work.

'They are desperate'

[b]Moin Uddin Khan, who owns the large Al-Falah Supermarket in Bradford, says people are always coming in asking for work - predominantly people who have come on skilled worker visas.

Mr Khan says: "They are very desperate. Some people they come begging me because I don't have any food to eat - and you get this every day."
[/b]Moin Uddin Khan, who owns the large Al-Falah Supermarket in Bradford, says people are always coming in asking for work - predominantly people who have come on skilled worker visas.

The shop manager, Anhar Ali, says some applicants never had any intention of working as carers in the first place - the job they were sponsored for as a condition of coming into the country.

He says: "Some of them are told before they arrive, 'you won't have a job, you're only arriving here'. And they do pay a lot of money. It's just a way to get to the UK."

Some of the people who are abusing the route to reach Britain, Mr Ali says, come into the shop without even being able to speak English - a basic requirement to obtain a skilled worker visa.
Anhar Ali, a shop manager of Al-Falah Supermarket in Bradford, says some applicants never had any intention of working as carers in the first place.

In the back office, he shows us the latest pile of CVs from people trying to get a job. He has to check each one with the Home Office's online immigration status tool - otherwise the store could be fined thousands of pounds.

Nearly half the rejected CVs, Mr Ali claims, come from people recently arriving on skilled worker visas as carers but who cannot legally do shop work.

And there is a strain, Mr Ali admits, on the community over those willing to do anything for even below minimum wage.

"If they're going to businesses and offering themselves for less money some businesses may want to go down that route and employ them and sack the local employees," he says.

Mobeen Hussain, who founded a community hub and cafe in Queensbury, on the outskirts of Bradford, says some people have an unrealistic view of how easy it will be to build a new life in Britain.

He says: "I think a lot of people feel that they're going to come over here, they're going to start a new life, it's going to be a life where they're going to make lots of money, they're going to be living a lavish lifestyle. But it's nothing like that."
Mobeen Hussain, who founded a community hub and cafe in Queensbury, on the outskirts of Bradford, says some people have an unrealistic view of how easy it will be to build a new life in Britain.

Mr Hussain said the government checks are weak and should be tightened.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "Abuse of our immigration system will not be tolerated and we have robust measures in place to ensure compliance.

"We will always take decisive action if employers break the rules, including by revoking sponsor licences when necessary."

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/theres-a-big-scam-going-on-how-people-are-paying-thousands-for-skilled-worker-visas-for-jobs-that-dont-exist-12945498

jeromestarks:
ECOWAS is a body of members States - countries.

Tinubu is not ECOWAS!
He is just the chairman. He is a part of the body, he does not truly direct the body.
You're too dumb to understand how the government works.

Dont stress yourself trying to explain to those who have chosen the path of ignorance.

If the C-IN-C asks Nigeria military to be part of the ECOWAS force, what can they really do about it? Nothing.

Eagle360:
We only heard about money distributed with no meaningful impact on the lives of the citizens.
Tinubu dragging worst president with Buhari.

Who is the worst
Like : Tinubu
Share: Buhari

Drag your Governors who you voted into power and who receive monthly allocation on your State's behalf without anything to show for it.

Stop the mad fixation on the presidency!

Allisgud:
UK has their own woes,assuming this man stay back in Nigeria,even if there is an intelligent or intellectual trait in their ancestral DNA they wount achieve up to this status,God help him a lot with country he Japa to,their are many brilliant oyinbo kids who becomes LGBTQ and it affect them mentaly

I do not understand how you people reason sometimes.

There is nothing bad in traveling aborad but it becomes a problem when you are using it as yardstick to undermine people in Nigeria. Have you ever heard of someone called "Shola Akinlade"; the co founder of PayStack - Born in 2000 and graduated from Babcock University in Nigeria. Networth is over 100 Million USD. He built a robust payment platform .

Life has moved beyond academic excellence, the world is waiting for individuals that can apply their knowledge to solve real human problems.

Intelligence is NEVER by location. Most kids abroad are not even intelligent. The system allows the few ones that are intelligent to govern the majority that are not. That is why it seems they are getting it right!

https://www.carmart.ng/public/blog/about-shola-akinlade-paystack-founder/

livebyday:
When people tell you not to Japa remember this family. To relocate or Japa isn't just about being selfish. It is wanting to give your kids the best

I am a Bini man from Edo state but I will bluntly tell you that if these kids were raised back home hey would never get to this potential .

This why my people have always relisted towards eruope from time immemorial. As a powerful tribe we always embrace excellence.

This is why we rejected tinubu from time and till date. We don't embrace criminality. Virtually None of my family remain in Nigeria . We are less than 5% left here majority are in Europe.

We can only keep praying for you lot that Tinubu will suffer

You just rambled through your piece. Intelligence is not determined by location. Lot of children are in Europe who are dim witted, and there are some that spent their adult lives in Nigeria, who sparkled more than diamond e.g. Wole Soyinka.

You even strayed in your thought to insult the current President. Everything and everyone in your pathway must be blamed for your woes. There must be a reason you are part of the 5% that remains in Edo in your family.

I am sorry but with the way you typed out your thought, if you were moved to Europe, it would not make any difference because it seems you never have it in you.

H28Africa:
My brother, no be ponzi scheme oo.

The National Housing Fund is backed by law.

It is your right as a Nigerian to qualify for the NHF loan and buy your first home.

Try to do some research about the NHF Act of 1992.

Here is an article we wrote about it ==> https://28thstreet.beehiiv.com/p/the-nigerian-national-housing-fund

Abeg try to make sure you attend the event.

Don't forget to register here ==> https://lu.ma/0s1jaegx

Is it only buy? Can individual take the loan to build the structure he wants?

SpatialKing:
Hope you guys are seeing that Tinubu is empty upstairs...

So, Tinubu is tantamount to the economic team that is saddled with the responsibilities of solving Nigeria's economic woes.

Tinubu has not even been presented with the option.

Are you having a comprehension problem?

This is what happens when talents meant for 7 continents are deposited in one.

The best player ever since anyone ever kicked a ball.

Kingsmeal:
Sometimes I wonder the kind of archiac system we practice in this country.

Everything in this country seems to be in the analogue way, despite the fact that technology is helping out this time.


Just few days ago, I read an online article that FG has released a sum of N5bn to States for subsidy Palliative and I wonder why doing so.

According to statistics, Nigeria's population is around 220m, then why is the FG giving N5bn to each state to use for palliative?


Why can't the FG pay in Nigerians directly into their accounts to support them in this trying time?


N500bn was already ear marked and approved for this subsidy removal Palliative.


This will even help to bring alot of people out of poverty and also support those doing businesses or another form of survival job.


Why is Federal Government giving states these money, knowing fully well that nothing will get to the populace.

Ordinary Covid 19 Palliative, we saw how all the states hid the pallatives, including traditional rulers, while the masses were crying of hunger.


The BVN can even be used to make these payments through the CBN directly to the accounts of every NIGERIAN. And even those that do not have accounts can even use the opportunity to create one and get their BVNs too.

Why is the NIGERIAN govt still practicing archaic administration? Why Why Why?

These said pallatives will be looted, some will be shared to party faithfuls and loyalists in all these states and not even the actual populace. Some will even use the pallatives for election Campaign and thereby making look like they're doing the people a favour.


Nigeria Why? Why are you still in this mudane practice?

So what happens to the unbanked Nigerians? Are they not Nigerians?

Why not push for the Government to start proper a robust data recording of her citizens, which will make cases like this to be easy.

Asgard73:
Yoruba propaganda keep dishing cheap lies on how ecowas is not asiwaju..

Citing all those small economy as members ..

Na so dis brain reach..

The Yoruba god wants to go to war .. to manipulate the judiciary..
Yoruba people are supporting and pushing him as a means of avoiding the reality coming ..

Now ask his worshippers insulting all.. the very ignorant I too know sophisticators…

Please what is ecowas “ without Nigeria ?

Can the other ecowas country of Togo Ghana ivory coast,Cotonou, Senegal, go to war with Niger .. without Nigeria ?

Against Mali Bukinfaso and the rest..

Is Ecowas not Nigeria and Nigeria Ecowas ?

Bola Tinubu is the being calling for war .. if tomorrow nigeria .. decides no war .. ecowas Obey..
The Yoruba god in his funny traditional nature of avoiding responsibilities should stop hiding behind the word .. Ecowas “ no one is fooled except his own Yoruba people ..

But funny after his beats and propaganda .. he fails to execute this war .. Walahi it will be a shame to his tribe .. his personality and his fellow Yoruba gods ..

A god that is so scared of ordinary Bill board .. that’s can’t take responsibility like Nigerians leaders before him.. is the imp going to war ..

Tinubu is mentally sick.. the Yoruba in him is really affecting his brains .. on the international stage ..

War tinubu “ ecowas” must go!

Propaganda or not ..

Careless

I am sorry you are the one that is deranged here.

Don't you know there was a treaty signed by West African Countries to form ECOWAS. The treat is binding on all members. If NATO wants to go to war, will any of the member states fails to donate soldier?

Go to school, you wont, see how you are disgracing you entire lineage on a public forum.

If terrorists start flooding the Northern parts of Nigeria through the Sahel deserts, you will be the first person to condemn Tinubu as being incompetent.

Tinubu is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria while you are just a nobody.

If the ECOWAS military force is activated, you have the option to enlist with the Niger military and fight against them. You will be history in no time.

crossfm:
Good 👍.

I trust FBI, they will surely enjoy their time in jail.

You Japa to a sane county, instead of bending down to hustle,you decide to take to crime.

An opportunity many are praying for.

I would have said you guys should enjoy water beans,but I forgot it's not Nigeria jail .

This happens to most people when they have too much unrealistic expectations about going abroad. Once expectations are not met, they take to crime in order to impress people in Nigeria.

Op, will you sincerely call this woman beautiful if she is dark-skinned?

Bigkoko:
Someone who have never left Ogbomosho, or probably the best place he has ever visit is Lagos is talking of misery or trying to make mockery of someone better than him. Nigerians tufiakwa. What misery is higher than waking up every day as a Nigerian living in Nigeria, with a coco baggy man as president! If that doesnt scare the shit out of your life, i guess nothing will. Well, your mate dey attempt suicide every day, so wont be surprised if you are secretly planning one. I hope you don trek today?

Needless talking with a pig! I hate to say this but its fine if kiddos like you hear it. We no go Europe go look for work, we go create work for Europe..... i employ white men in case you dont know hahahahahahahahhaha . This is something i guess no one in your generation has ever done.

We no dey brag, we dey lay low!
Back to SWIFT..... Before the USD, there was the Portuguese Guinea & the British Pounds, all confined to the dustbin of history. Odey is asking if i know SWIFT? Hhahahahahahaha

The last fight is what is currently shaping up. North Africa is with Russia. South Africa is with Russia. Only a foolish and grossly misruled entity with certificate forgers and looters and drug peddlers Country like Nigeria urged on by severely abused citizens like you still thinks much about SWIFT.
Sorry for all these long grammar, but true true you deserve all these insults because na people like you dey vote Mr. Money Launderer as president!

Talking of unborn generations, firstly if i die i dont have to worry about schooling as the govt provide world class schooling. My pensions takes care of my children for life, and their University that is notwithstanding that they will inherit 4 LLC with combine worth of more than $1m. Insurance will pay them each $1200 each until they turn 18yrs.... anybody in your family don ever earn $5000 monthly before? Na HE Peter Obi teach me this!

So wetin you learn from the coco sniffing place holder? Na your type dey advise the coco baggy man to borrow in Dollars to strenght the naira. Ndi ara Iragbiji

It's understandable. It is obvious the best notable achievement in your life was being on the plane and miserably went to Europe. You employed whites? So, let us admit that you own a company in Europe, for you singling out Caucasian out for mentioning depicts that you are suffering from stark inferiority complex; you rate them higher than you and if you are privileged to hire them as staff, you see it as a big deal, a rare privilege.

You cant even be a highly skilled person not to talk of owning a company. Everyone is an elephant online, meanwhile they are insects in real life. See the way you are dropping figures, something in your entire life you can not come close to achieving. Who are you trying to impress here? I wonder what you are like in real life. So, this is how you falsely summarise your entire life on the internet to people who dont even care if you exist. Such a pathetic fugure!

Basic economics, you cant grasp it. You turned arguments upside down, and when you are cornered, you start sounding like a broken record. You lack the brain cells to function in basic roles in organisation. Find your league. I cant wrestle with a pig.

jattopeter:
I weep for this nation. The objective of that money will be defeated. Same people that hurdles palliative and couldnt share palliative is the same people you want to entrust such money into their care , some state that their Gov., dont pay full salary , 3 states are preparing for an election few months , opportunity has come for them . Mr president is not our main problem . People that are representing us direct , Counsellor , Chairman , House of assembly , Gov., REP and senate ....... We should hold them accountable.
The more I see , the Less i understand .

Easier said than done. How can the people hold the politicians accountable? Educate me please

muykem:
Do you want FG to release the money to state chapter of NLC? Let masses hold their governors accountable, I trust my governor to do the right thing.

Just an innocent questions - how can the masses hold the almighty governors accountable in Nigeria?

Bigkoko:
You are a kid when it comes to international politics & economy.... its not Lagos or jaundiced politics. It's not emilo kan politics.

There is absolutely nothing wrong or audacious to ask payment in naira because at the last count, FG still pay workers & contractors in NGN. The only challenge here is expatriation of proceeds from Nigeria by foreign entities. They can leave, they eventually leave someday though. SPDC & Others left 80% of Onshore jobs, indigenous Coys bought their assets. Their proceeds largely remains in Nigeria. You need naira more than dollars, if you plan to be self sufficient. But with all manners of stupid unfair agreements entered into by equally useless, thoughtless leaders, there is little they can do, except off course, a Leader with no baggage & skeleton enters govt to pilot its affairs...

There are several options to pay internationally, crude for equipment or other needs. Diaspora remittances which CBN Gov & Asiwaju is now eyeing did not come from oil & gas. This remittances is more than what Nigeria earned from oil & gas yearly! I remit from here in Europe to Nigeria & i know how much i send to my loved ones. This remittances did not come from within Nigeria, but outside.

I know what the problem is with you lot in Nigeria... You guys have been badly skewed to think you can not do anything without a white man, or the USD. Too bad, and there are many of such you! Tufiakwa


Anyway, when they finishing looting the $3B, we will see how much the NGN exchanges! Hahhahahahahahahhaahha

I have always said it, some people reason with their butts. You still have the audacity to state this skewed economy in an open platform.

Do you know what SWIFT is? Do you know how many international trade is based on dollars? Even Russia and China that attempt to promote yuan and roubles by setting up their payment platforms represent less than 5% of international transactions.

You are asking for economy like Nigeria to seek for payment for their crude oil in Naira?. Russia that does it is artificially propping their local currency and now roubles is heavily losing values as against the dollars.

You think by living a miserable life in Europe has placed you on a pedestal to have a sound grasp of economy. You should be ashamed for disgracing your generation unborn.

gidgiddy:
Its not possible to hold someone with immunity accountable except through the ballot box. Unfortunately, Nigerian elections are nothing to write home

So, all hopes are lost?

tommy589:
It is not!

You don't expect me to give prompt attention to your needs,after i commited my hard earned money to buy form worth millions of naira, spend money on primaries before finally spending more to win election

Hmmmm

It means we have all been ranting on Nairaland discussing about governance. So, nothing will obviously change.

So sad!

tommy589:
Let the common man work hard and never expect dividends of good governance from this model of democracy

https://saharareporters.com/2023/01/24/nigerian-states-reject-local-government-autonomy-national-assembly-sends-35

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/01/constitution-review-nass-bows-to-governors-on-refusal-of-lg-autonomy/

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/01/25/constitution-amendments-state-assemblies-reject-lgs-autonomy-eight-other-bills/

Which means holding the governors accountable by the citizen is not practicable after all in Nigeria?

orisa37:
LET ALL CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNORS HAVE FULL AUTONOMOUS
1, POLICE SECURITY CONTROL OF THEIR STATES,
2, RESOURCES FUNDING AND EXPENDITURE CONTROL
3, AND ELECTIONS REPRESENTATIVE CONTROL OF THEIR STATES.
4, CREATE A CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT FOR UNIFORM PERCENTAGE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EACH STATE REVENUE EARNINGS TO FINANCE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
5, THIS IS DEMOCRACY FROM THE GRASSROOTS.

FROM ORUNTO27 ORISAORUNTOSPEAKS.

Don't you think this will finally turn the governors to something else. Already without control of their security apparatus, they are deadly abd do things with impunity

tommy589:
By empowering LG. The 5billion palliative for each state won't trickle to the grassroots where poor communities needs it most

Now that the Governor's refuse to empower the LG, in gross violation of the constitution that they swear to uphold and protect, what can a common man do?