₦airaland Forum

IbeOkehie:
I didn't cite just ONE family. I said many families. My town union in the USA had a National Convention around 1999 or so. I personally counted 400 ADULT MALES that cast votes in the election. The vast majority of them didn't come to the USA with any exceptional skills. They're all generally middle class, I'm not even counting the exceptionally rich.

When I landed in the USA, I was among a cohort of around 20 to 30 young people from many different Nigerian tribes and I was the youngest. We mostly all started from around zero. Most of us started remitting money to Nigeria within 2 or 3 months. Some went to university, some continued to work menial or low skill jobs. Some founded businesses. Some got deported, some ended up in prison, but the vast majority, over 70%, are living the regular middle class or upper middle class life. Some of them are millionaire doctors and lawyers today.

All my nuclear family has emigrated to the USA over a period of 15 years, ALL my siblings live middle class or upper middle class lives.

All the above gives me good reliable data to make reasonable conclusions. I'm a real person, this is my name. Anyone can look up and glean the evidence. There's nothing I'm writing that is out of the norm. So what is the quality of life of YOUR cohort still living in Nigeria?

Good Luck to Nigerians.

Fiscus105:
No senior software developer would have problems in developed nations globally, ICT guru got job, much more faster than medical doctor or nurse.

Well, he/she may not know what is doing in Naija, maybe that's why he results to cleaner overthre

Any senior software developer/engineer telling you is struggling over there, only dodging you from eternal begging of money from him.


Bye.

Stevenbright:
OP you claim to know the going on in the federal civil service. Some people have made this assertion about most of those who seems to have left their work to Japa still corruptly remain on the employment list of the fg and continue to receive their salaries in conjunction with their bosses in the office.

What is your personal experience about this claim? (Note that the president recently made this same assertion).

Fiscus105:
Is that what we are saying......you said someone struggling in abroad and wants to come back to work he left before.

Fiscus105:
Any adult Nigeria that migrated to any of these countries, Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Ireland and still wants to come back to Nigeria, because he /she is better of in Nigeria and he is not coming for political office, just know he/she has serious problems, and if you give such perdy 26billion, he/she will still poor.

PEACE2023:
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, this article is based on my personal experience.

I work with a High profile federal government parastatal with good remuneration.

We were 100 that was employed in 2013 drawing from South and North.
We have been promoted 3 times and expecting another promotion.

But something is disturbing me as a Southerner from South East.
About 25 persons from my set have resigned and relocated abroad. Only 2 are still in Nigeria.

It is more shocking that this 25 persons are all from the South. Either South West or South East or South South.

My fear is the implications when our set will get to the pick.
No northerner had resigned or thinking of resigning as at today.

The future implications is that they will occupy majority of the apex positions in this parastatal and the south will start shouting marginalization and why all top directors are from the north.

The last meeting I had at the NNPCL Head quarter's Abuja saw 99% of Top Management Staff from the north.

During The introduction of members I was shaking my head. This bring me to ask, could this issue I am experiencing in my own organization be the same in NNPCL?

Currently a Lady I know in NNPCL resigned and moved to Canada. You already know the future implications to the South when her set will get to the top.

Why are Southerners relocating and leaving their beautiful jobs why the northerners are comfortably enjoying the same work.

Is this greed on the south or that our problems are too much?

I taunt my friend from sokoto some days ago why he doesn't want to japa, he laughed and answered me, to do what over there?

Why are the southerners the only people who sees reasons to japa?
Knowing that we can not live past 100 yrs and we can not go anywhere with all this wealth.

Remember the higher a southerner become a director, the higher the chance of Southerners getting employment in this organizations.

If you work with a good federal government agency share your thoughts.

Are you experiencing the same in your organization?

IbeOkehie:
I know 30 to 40 year olds that migrated to the USA and started as cooks, drivers and cashiers...got married, had kids and made it to the middle class in 10 to 20 years.

On a long-term basis, their FAMILIES have better living standards and more wealth than they would LIKELY have gotten in Nigeria.

Also there's the REALITY that some people don't have the intelligence or work ethic to develop high value skills. For such people the USA and other Anglo-Western countries is a much better place than Nigeria.

While there's no guarantee, the data produced by various trusted sources show there's a higher likelihood of falling into poverty in Nigeria. A lot of highly skilled Nigerians returned from abroad to live permanently in Nigeria in the 1970s. Many, likely a majority of them, fell into poverty. Maybe that's why nobody cares about their stories, they don't match the tales of Nigeria as a potential paradise for hard working people 🤔 Even in 2007 to 2014, diaspora Nigerians were still returning to live in Nigeria. I was one of them.

Nigeria is a feudal-socialist economy. Socialism produces poverty. Nigeria has been the OFFICIAL Poverty Capital of the World since 2018. Can't argue with that. Ask the Anti-Jakpa Crew!!!

Good Luck to Nigeria

Mariangeles:
Even in the US, $16k is not "just".

DaddyGngeess:
Na waoo, anyway everyone can't be a business person, you have 26m and you wanna japa to abroad, there is something most people don't understand abroad this japa stuff, becoming wealthy in abroad is difficult also but basic amenities and quality of life is assured, but in Nigeria you can become very very rich if you know how plan well with that kind of amount

Mosdiii:
That money is chicken change if you intend traveling abroad to start all over. That's just about $16,000. Not much at all

Arabk25:
They're better opportunities out there Nigeria is finished

Karleb:
Money that may not be upto $10k by next year.

attackgat:
Yoruba Nation Leader, Sunday Igboho, took to the streets of Central London to campaign for the independence of Yoruba people from Nigeria

Pics and video below

https://www.facebook.com/EmekaGiftOfficial/videos/1611609126084905/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

damoobaba:
He's not violent

Dalohad:
If the country is divided, leaders cannot use Tribalism to be deceiving people and divert attention away from their thievery..

attackgat:
Yoruba Nation Leader, Sunday Igboho, arrived the seat of British Government today, at No 10 Downing Street, to submit a petition calling on the British government to support the independence of the Yoruba ethnic group from Nigeria

Racoon:
https://businessday.ng/bd-weekender/article/top-7-degrees-that-produce-the-most-millionaires/

RealDaughter:
Good but nobody don talk my mind, what does his father do? Only acting?

Anyway i believe the car na just to pepe his Xwife,The car means it would have been you

wizod:
Misplaced Priority. This is not the right Way to groom a child or son who is still eating mama thank you

MT:
People are hungry all over the world but they have a functional welfare system which is run by strict tax laws. So, the government supports those needs in minimal ways.

In Nigeria, if they want to widen the tax net , you will complain. Do you know US govt collects tax on tip? Let me make it clear , if you go to a restaurant, after eating, you tip the guy who serves you like 10 dollars. Do you know that guy will pay tax on that 10 uSd. Imagine the hell that will descend if Nigeria govt does that.

You can’t have a robust benefit system without strict tax laws.

almarthins:
Why must we buy crude oil at international price when we re oil producing?

BigDawsNet:
I never supported Apc but I never expected them to make Nigeria economic so bad like dis…
People are really hungry

Even the APc guys I know are not even shy to request money from me this days

Parable007:
Every Nigerian is just even too weak to fight anymore..just last year we were buying fuel for 197. Now 1350 does this even make sense? I'm a Yoruba but to be very honest, shame on all Yorubas especially the ones who fought for Tinubu to be president. I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT TINUBU WILL MAKE A MESS BUT I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WILL BE THIS FAST AND THIS HARD. LIKE WHY? WHAT WILL HE ACHIEVE WITH ALL THESE? IS HE NOT THE PRESIDENT AND YET THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM?
Ever since he came in it's been one problem to the other.

badoh:
What about Sharia law in some northern states?