adonainana:


Your last sentence is the best quote you used and I like, you can’t save one person salary and pay his bills with another

In the same way you can’t help someone manage thier bills with stock your freezer with this stock your freezer with that.

Wear uniform at work wear clothes at home go to TK. Max etc

Bro to find a good place to live ( rent, council tax, tv license) you would at least £800 a month

For someone like me, I have a place I stay for for £260 a month, but it’s me after 10 years I have too much experience about living spaces

No way you are telling someone who earns £1500-1600 a month to be looking for slightly inhabitable places for less than £800 a month
You can’t decide someone expenses for them remember

Again I repeat even people in the Uk on £100,000 can live from paycheck to paycheck so more less a nurse on £25 or £26k or this band or this band

You should focus on why and how to avoid living from paycheck to paycheck and find a way out

£25k is for a newly qualified medical staff remember that. It’s just like a nurse, physiotherapist or radiographer who has just completed his NYSC in Nigeria and got a job.

You have to start somewhere. Do you know the number of medical staff on Nhs payroll? Where does the funding come from.
First appreciate the accountability, transparency and professionalism in the system. You have opportunity to progress.

If you complete your training and achieve competencies in your relevant field and the right documents, you can move to your eldorado and continue there.

I have a friend who moved to Australia. It’s his choice. I have another couple of friends who relocated to Canada. Money wise, it was good decision for them. My input initially was based on your £800 rent accommodation for a band 5 staff.
You can get a decent accommodation for less as a single person and then progress from there.
If your first job and first pay check is £1600 after deductions and you are living in a £800 accommodation with electricity, water and other bills to pay then you need to look at yourself.

adonainana:


It is about money cos it’s only money you can use for a better life so what is it about if not money

The only area of contention is the UK and with other developed countries have a rigid sysytem of giving you a carrot and using the stick to take it from you

Once you are trapped in the system
You just pay bills and just die like that and your kids born outside Nigeria continue the struggle from where you left it

The exception from the above is very very rare

Okay, if you say so, so far I am doing fine, been that i was born and bred through all these you ve mentioned. Perharps that why i don't view it how you do.

I am not disputing anything you have articulated on here though.

No be the same UK when we dey here so? Beos calm down. It is not that bad. You see if you work in the UK and work hard, you will make reasonable income. It takes sacrifice ans dedication, but you will be fine.

The first thing is that you should try to stay in marriage with an understanding spouse. If your wife works hard, she can bring in £1500 after tax. Sometimes£1800, if she works overtime. Dependin on what you do, you could bring in £3k, plus if you are a top professional.

If you don't stay inside London, you can pay £800 /or a tastefully furnished three bedroom house. Plus council tax everything, gas, electricity, water etc. Your monthly bill can zero down to £1,500. Food is very cheap in UK. Just do bulk shopping. I run a family of 4. With t£400 foodstuff, we will feed very well for more than three months. We have got two deep freezer ans the freezer is always fully stocked.

Monthly car insurance for the two cars is just £60. Children attend good schools here at no cost. If you visit my son's school you would think you are in a world class University. If I should send my children to such schools in Nigeria, I don't think I will pay anything less than 2million per tierm.

At the end of the day, the total expenses including tax, feeding, accommodation, insurance etc is not even up to 2k. If you compare this with the total income of the couples, yiu will realise you can still make some good savings.

Many people working legitimately in UK are building houses and developing properties in Nigeria. If itbis that bad, they wouldn't be able to do this. Good thing is they don't pay hospital bills. Health service is free in the UK. After becoming citizen, the children attend the best of the University in the world at little or no tuition, with students loan provided by the government.

When they retire, they can come to Nigeria, collect their pension in pounds and convert to Naira to spend. I know a man in Akure who retired here in UK. With the drowning value of naira, each time he receives his pension (which never fails unlike Nigeria where one Maina will embezzle peoples pension), he always smiling, blessing the day he decided to move to UK to work.

You see, the picture is bigger than what you are seeing.

well so

adonainana:


You talk some truth about salary band but not the truth about how the U.K. works

No matter what salary you are in the UK, it takes extraordinary grace to avoid living from paycheck to paycheck

Even if you are on £100,000 which central London and business directors are on

After tax £100,000 per year is just £5,000 a month

It takes years for anyone in the medical field to start with to get to this stage

The point he was making was it isn’t that green on the other end

Only those who have lived and worked in the Uk for many years can understand

You can get trapped in a very very expensive system with the £1500 the nurses will start earning per month. After tax rent and all you could be left with little as £200 a month

And they no born you well get a side hustle as a nurse in the Uk. And changing careers would be too difficult

Meanwhile people that saw you leave Nigeria 10 years ago think you are balling and you are making big money

And the financial stage you are at before you give birth in the Uk is more or less the same financial stage you will be by the time your U.K. kids grow to 18

Come to London and see poverty within Nigeria households

People that left Nigeria as professionals 30 or 40 years ago, only mortgage they have because of the reasons above.

The Uk is an extremely expensive country that can trap you and give you a pseudo success story where you actually think you are making or have made it

I think this is the point the guy you replied to was making

Honestly come and see some people
In the Uk who left Nigeria in the same happy state 30 years after

I was even shocked some can’t afford flight tickets back home

Even some don’t have time from work back home cos all jobs in the Uk give you a 28 days holiday in one year

So you have to use the 28 days carefully

And the longer they stay in the Uk the worse it becomes and the more the years roll back and this is why you now have some British Nigerians who really want to come back to nigeria that most haven’t been too because of their parents always see it as a different country

I hope you get my points sha , but congrats to anyone leaving . Life is full of chances

adonainana:


Living paycheck to paycheck in the UN isn’t really a better choice to be very Honest . In fact it’s more rigid and more of a trappy system

Especially if the person was the type that forgot about Nigeria for like 10 years or 20 years

Some people never want to return to Nigeria not because it’s still a very bad country but because they don’t have nothing here, no house no car nothing whatsoever so in their end what are they coming to do

Right fully so what are they coming to do

If it’s not all about money what are you going to use to establish this investments

Or you just want to pay bills and die and when you die in the Uk your kids would be looking for another £7000 compulsory funeral costs to bury you

wow! what it with all the gloom? Did it not work out for you in the UK? I bet you still stayed regardless. Nigeria must be paradise.

Why do the pakis, indians and chinese not have these problems?

omonla10:
Go live ur real life girls.. May u achieve ur dreams over there..

Imagine earning over 10 times ur salary under perfect working conditions.. I know one day, naija will get it right and I'll be alive to witness it

Don't be too sure Bout the last part of your statement.

Firstly you are using stats without facts. Saying 99 percent would opt to lavish on their extra money is first an exaggeration. Secondly saying the salary remains the same over the years is a total lie in itself. The NHS has different levels and promotion comes based on experience at regular intervals and these promotions come with increased salaries. Thirdly when doing these kinds of analysis it’s best to do it comparatively. In other words, what are nurses in Nigeria earning? What benefits are added? Like insurance, training,
Instead of submitting assumptions as facts.general standard of living, job security etc. Compared to the constantly rising inflation in the country is their already meager salary increasing of the same period of time. The answers in this helps you with a better response to this thread.

adonainana:


As funny as it sounds he is probably telling some truth

There are so many reasons some Nigerians who left Nigeria in the 70’s and 80’s barely want to return to Nigeria. Most cant even afford flights back home, most don’t have houses here, most don’t have cars to drive them around here either.

It’s funny after 30 years no investments in Nigeria whatsoever. It’s possible . These are the reasons you see the U.K. is a pseudo rich but heavily taxed in like sum and expensive country to live

The nurses would have on average thier £1500 per month salary no doubt ( £23-25k per year)

Now this is the problem
Out of that £1500 a month £800 would easily go on rent, bills such as gas transport to work, food at work, clothes, etc would easily take £300-400 a month

Now they are left with £300 right, they have two choices spend the remaining £300 back into the system that have them the £1500 or find a way to make it accumulate every month

99 percent of people would choose spend the £300 on shopping and just to get the feeling that finally you have Escaped Nigeria

Now this is what happens next, months become months and like play like play years go by. Nurses just like everyone earn exactly the same in the Uk for years meanwhile bills go up

Cost of living go up so the £300 left is barely anything again, years become years and the person decides to settle obviously in the Uk and no where else and thier kids give them more bills to pay

In the nursing profession just like other ones they get only 28 days holiday in a year so they are more less trapped in the nursing job or any other job they move to.


The summary above becomes just working to pay bills and living pay check to pay check

It takes extraordinary grace to escape the life of LIVING FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK in the UK

SOME do Fraud to escape, some go into benefits fraud too or credit card fraud

Also apart from living paycheck to paycheck, the UK is extraordinary built on a credit system, the little that the nurses have left after the month starts going on credit card repayments

Mortgage repayments, car loan repayments meanwhile in the midst of this the cost of living in the UK keeps going up

This is not to discourage anyone, the UK is one of the hardest places to be in and you see a lot of money after the month that you don’t think you are using again

After about 10 years it’s possible the nurses were just about the same way they were 10 years before when they left Nigeria, it’s not bad belle, it’s just how rigid the structure in the UK is

No one can escape how the UK works

Only way to escape how the U.K. works is to have a second hustle or side hustle or FRAUD.

But again who will have the chance to escape Nigeria and not take it

But life is not a bed of roses on the other end due to the facts in my long epistle

You are correct with this analysis. And the fact is that it's only God and destiny that make riches with no sorrow. Going abroad is not a guarantee to success in life. That is why one needs divine direction from God, the creator of every souls.

adonainana:


As funny as it sounds he is probably telling some truth

There are so many reasons some Nigerians who left Nigeria in the 70’s and 80’s barely want to return to Nigeria. Most cant even afford flights back home, most don’t have houses here, most don’t have cars to drive them around here either.

It’s funny after 30 years no investments in Nigeria whatsoever. It’s possible . These are the reasons you see the U.K. is a pseudo rich but heavily taxed in like sum and expensive country to live

The nurses would have on average thier £1500 per month salary no doubt ( £23-25k per year)

Now this is the problem
Out of that £1500 a month £800 would easily go on rent, bills such as gas transport to work, food at work, clothes, etc would easily take £300-400 a month

Now they are left with £300 right, they have two choices spend the remaining £300 back into the system that have them the £1500 or find a way to make it accumulate every month

99 percent of people would choose spend the £300 on shopping and just to get the feeling that finally you have Escaped Nigeria

Now this is what happens next, months become months and like play like play years go by. Nurses just like everyone earn exactly the same in the Uk for years meanwhile bills go up

Cost of living go up so the £300 left is barely anything again, years become years and the person decides to settle obviously in the Uk and no where else and thier kids give them more bills to pay

In the nursing profession just like other ones they get only 28 days holiday in a year so they are more less trapped in the nursing job or any other job they move to.


The summary above becomes just working to pay bills and living pay check to pay check

It takes extraordinary grace to escape the life of LIVING FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK in the UK

SOME do Fraud to escape, some go into benefits fraud too or credit card fraud

Also apart from living paycheck to paycheck, the UK is extraordinary built on a credit system, the little that the nurses have left after the month starts going on credit card repayments

Mortgage repayments, car loan repayments meanwhile in the midst of this the cost of living in the UK keeps going up

This is not to discourage anyone, the UK is one of the hardest places to be in and you see a lot of money after the month that you don’t think you are using again

After about 10 years it’s possible the nurses were just about the same way they were 10 years before when they left Nigeria, it’s not bad belle, it’s just how rigid the structure in the UK is

No one can escape how the UK works

Only way to escape how the U.K. works is to have a second hustle or side hustle or FRAUD.

But again who will have the chance to escape Nigeria and not take it

But life is not a bed of roses on the other end due to the facts in my long epistle

You are highly informed. My grandmother for you.

KosiGee:



If you earn about £25k/year, you should be a newbie band 5 who just graduated from Uni or someone who has been a nurse/radiographer etc employed from maybe a commonwealth country like nigeria.

I will assume you are single as a newly qualified. Now why would you get an accommodation where you’d pay £800!!!. There are ways to cut cost. Except you are living in London or maybe Cambridge and working at say Kings college hospital or Addenbrookes…London btw will pay you more…
You can get a decent rent inclusive accommodation for £400-£450 or even less depending on location…if you live further north, the rent is cheaper and that includes your heating, electricity and water.
Clothes, most times you are given up to 4-5 uniforms free….except you are a doctor. They don’t wear uniform. Why and how would clothes cost that much?? A trip to TK MAXX, Next, marks and Spencer or even Sainsbury’s (TU clothing) will get you nice and quality wears and they are not very expensive. A good quality trousers at £10-20. Shoes at Clark’s at £40-70 depending on what you want. You don’t buy these every month.

You should be talking about food and transport. They don’t cost much if you buy, stock your fridge and freezer and cook for yourself and that includes making and packing your lunch to work.
In an all inclusive rent of that £400, you don’t pay council tax as your landlord sorts that.
If a salary of £1600 is tight, you have the opportunity of doing NHSP or working overtime, your overtime pay will take care of a lot of your extra bills….Except you also support some people back home in Nigeria.

If you are living in an accommodation that pays £800, I’ll assume that you are married and earning a bit more or a band 6 and above, let’s assume that you are not, your analysis is still not very true as your wife will most likely be working and earning.
You can save one persons salary and pay your bills with the other.

eedimo:
Far from it, I'm a realist.

Lol. Being a realist doesn’t preclude you from being sarcastic na.

Dem no try, none of em fine at all

Calitoscassius:
wow! what it with all the gloom? Did it not work out for you in the UK? I bet you still stayed regardless. Nigeria must be paradise.

Why do the pakis, indians and chinese not have these problems?

I adopted a one leg in one leg out approach in and out of the UK. I think it’s embarrassing Nigerians who have never gone out of Nigeria can afford houses in Lekki and the ones who japa 20 and 30 years ago is still complaining how houses in these areas in Nigeria are expensive

Living hopelessly in Nigeria and being rapped living paycheck to paycheck in the Uk tbh very much little difference

Calitoscassius:
wow! what it with all the gloom? Did it not work out for you in the UK? I bet you still stayed regardless. Nigeria must be paradise.

Why do the pakis, indians and chinese not have these problems?

You are talking about Pakistanis and Indians. Many of them are doctors.
What about the Filipinos? They have many nurses in the Uk and they are doing well.

Tonytonex:
that's about 1.6 million Naira per month.

Stop with this conversion please, they're going to spend in pounds.

What is the average monthly expenditure in the U.K.?

adonainana:


You talk some truth about salary band but not the truth about how the U.K. works

No matter what salary you are in the UK, it takes extraordinary grace to avoid living from paycheck to paycheck

Even if you are on £100,000 which central London and business directors are on

After tax £100,000 per year is just £5,000 a month

It takes years for anyone in the medical field to start with to get to this stage

The point he was making was it isn’t that green on the other end

Only those who have lived and worked in the Uk for many years can understand

You can get trapped in a very very expensive system with the £1500 the nurses will start earning per month. After tax rent and all you could be left with little as £200 a month

And they no born you well get a side hustle as a nurse in the Uk. And changing careers would be too difficult

Meanwhile people that saw you leave Nigeria 10 years ago think you are balling and you are making big money

And the financial stage you are at before you give birth in the Uk is more or less the same financial stage you will be by the time your U.K. kids grow to 18

Come to London and see poverty within Nigeria households

People that left Nigeria as professionals 30 or 40 years ago, only mortgage they have because of the reasons above.

The Uk is an extremely expensive country that can trap you and give you a pseudo success story where you actually think you are making or have made it

I think this is the point the guy you replied to was making

Honestly come and see some people
In the Uk who left Nigeria in the same happy state 30 years after

I was even shocked some can’t afford flight tickets back home

Even some don’t have time from work back home cos all jobs in the Uk give you a 28 days holiday in one year

So you have to use the 28 days carefully

And the longer they stay in the Uk the worse it becomes and the more the years roll back and this is why you now have some British Nigerians who really want to come back to nigeria that most haven’t been too because of their parents always see it as a different country

I hope you get my points sha , but congrats to anyone leaving . Life is full of chances

How Naija gain take de more?

bigpicture001:
People tend to forget that making ur hair in the UK is over 45thousand naira for the average Briton, house rent for a flat is more than 150k monthly etc..... who does that here

Yes u will get money but u will still not be "very" comfortable! The better stuff about abroad is that infrastructure and emeergies services works...plus the serene environment... If na money.. yes u go get am pass Naija.. but Naija gain is dey more

Can’t blame them. Nigeria is a mismanaged and failed country.

Most gals these days are studying nursing. Lol

Timoleon:
What is the average monthly expenditure in the U.K.?

It’s subjective sir, I have a rich friend who stays in a £1500 flat by month.

Whenever I go to the Uk I have a place I stay for £260 per month haha

But on average you should budget at least £800 per month on Accomodation ( gas plus water plus council tax ) on food transport, clothes etc you should budget between £300-£400 on average

Anyone that tells you to budget less in lying to you . It’s like telling you to live in oshodi and work in Victoria island everyday so you can save money on rent

Timoleon:
How Naija gain take de more?

Profiteering is a the highest in the world here.. that's why the gain is more here.

A consultant surgeon who doesn't perform any surgery.. get up to 4million for referral of patient to India.. who does that.. and the people pay.

People buy packet of lab test kits for 4k which contains 40 pieces of test material inside..

And still does malaria test using just one kit for 2k .now 2k times 40 is 80k.. who does that abroad...

Well, if u know , u know!

adonainana:


I adopted a one leg in one leg out approach in and out of the UK. I think it’s embarrassing Nigerians who have never gone out of Nigeria can afford houses in Lekki and the ones who japa 20 and 30 years ago is still complaining how houses in these areas in Nigeria are expensive

Living hopelessly in Nigeria and being rapped living paycheck to paycheck in the Uk tbh very much little difference

You are only looking at the negatives. Ask yourself why politicians from Nigeria spend so much to come to the Uk for medical checks and treatments.
Do you think the average Musa, Ade or Obi don’t suffer these illnesses? What’s their fate?

If you live in the Uk, you don’t pay dime for Medicare…except pharmaceutical drugs and dentals.
I have friends who would’ve long died if they were in Nigeria and depended on teaching hospitals or even private clinics. These people had interventions worth more than £10k with support from other health care visitors and they are doing fine. They didn’t pay a penny.

Look on the brighter side. Uk has the best health care system in the world in my opinion. It’s a great place to learn and get trained. Those 6 people will have the best trainings and learning available and within a few years can relocate to other countries of their choices.

martyns303:
Let them go…. They will soon find out it’s not all roses �. Not even America or Canada but UK! UK that will tax everything back, they will earn the money, and spend it all on tax, accommodation, transportation, electricity, heating and many many expenses and at the end of the month, they will be left with nothing.

Nigeria is not a rich country when compared to the west, in Nigeria how many people actually take their health seriously and go to the hospital or willing to pay good money for medical services. Medical services are ridiculously high in the west, that’s how they are able to generate revenue to be able to pay better. As a country, yes there’s corruption, but we are making do with the best we have.

And before anybody comes for me, I am also a professional, I have lived in the UK, SA, UAE and recently US. I still will rather work in Nigeria.

Why are not back in Nigeria working then

adonainana:


As funny as it sounds he is probably telling some truth

There are so many reasons some Nigerians who left Nigeria in the 70’s and 80’s barely want to return to Nigeria. Most cant even afford flights back home, most don’t have houses here, most don’t have cars to drive them around here either.

It’s funny after 30 years no investments in Nigeria whatsoever. It’s possible . These are the reasons you see the U.K. is a pseudo rich but heavily taxed in like sum and expensive country to live

The nurses would have on average thier £1500 per month salary no doubt ( £23-25k per year)

Now this is the problem
Out of that £1500 a month £800 would easily go on rent, bills such as gas transport to work, food at work, clothes, etc would easily take £300-400 a month

Now they are left with £300 right, they have two choices spend the remaining £300 back into the system that have them the £1500 or find a way to make it accumulate every month

99 percent of people would choose spend the £300 on shopping and just to get the feeling that finally you have Escaped Nigeria

Now this is what happens next, months become months and like play like play years go by. Nurses just like everyone earn exactly the same in the Uk for years meanwhile bills go up

Cost of living go up so the £300 left is barely anything again, years become years and the person decides to settle obviously in the Uk and no where else and thier kids give them more bills to pay

In the nursing profession just like other ones they get only 28 days holiday in a year so they are more less trapped in the nursing job or any other job they move to.


The summary above becomes just working to pay bills and living pay check to pay check

It takes extraordinary grace to escape the life of LIVING FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK in the UK

SOME do Fraud to escape, some go into benefits fraud too or credit card fraud

Also apart from living paycheck to paycheck, the UK is extraordinary built on a credit system, the little that the nurses have left after the month starts going on credit card repayments

Mortgage repayments, car loan repayments meanwhile in the midst of this the cost of living in the UK keeps going up

This is not to discourage anyone, the UK is one of the hardest places to be in and you see a lot of money after the month that you don’t think you are using again

After about 10 years it’s possible the nurses were just about the same way they were 10 years before when they left Nigeria, it’s not bad belle, it’s just how rigid the structure in the UK is

No one can escape how the UK works

Only way to escape how the U.K. works is to have a second hustle or side hustle or FRAUD.

But again who will have the chance to escape Nigeria and not take it

But life is not a bed of roses on the other end due to the facts in my long epistle

What u described is the worst case scenario. If they are smart they will probably do much better even if not rich.

Obviously to save more they should get joint accommodation as single ladies. Reduce cost and expenses and save more. Also have an investment plan in Nigeria is necessary. Like properties, bonds and stocks.

It’s just takes wise planning to be rich. It’s not nuclear physics.

buragidi:
No be the same UK when we dey here so? Beos calm down. It is not that bad. You see if you work in the UK and work hard, you will make reasonable income. It takes sacrifice ans dedication, but you will be fine.

The first thing is that you should try to stay in marriage with an understanding spouse. If your wife works hard, she can bring in £1500 after tax. Sometimes£1800, if she works overtime. Dependin on what you do, you could bring in £3k, plus if you are a top professional.

If you don't stay inside London, you can pay £800 /or a tastefully furnished three bedroom house. Plus council tax everything, gas, electricity, water etc. Your monthly bill can zero down to £1,500. Food is very cheap in UK. Just do bulk shopping. I run a family of 4. With t£400 foodstuff, we will feed very well for more than three months. We have got two deep freezer ans the freezer is always fully stocked.

Monthly car insurance for the two cars is just £60. Children attend good schools here at no cost. If you visit my son's school you would think you are in a world class University. If I should send my children to such schools in Nigeria, I don't think I will pay anything less than 2million per tierm.

At the end of the day, the total expenses including tax, feeding, accommodation, insurance etc is not even up to 2k. If you compare this with the total income of the couples, yiu will realise you can still make some good savings.

Many people working legitimately in UK are building houses and developing properties in Nigeria. If itbis that bad, they wouldn't be able to do this. Good thing is they don't pay hospital bills. Health service is free in the UK. After becoming citizen, the children attend the best of the University in the world at little or no tuition, with students loan provided by the government.

When they retire, they can come to Nigeria, collect their pension in pounds and convert to Naira to spend. I know a man in Akure who retired here in UK. With the drowning value of naira, each time he receives his pension (which never fails unlike Nigeria where one Maina will embezzle peoples pension), he always smiling, blessing the day he decided to move to UK to work.

You see, the picture is bigger than what you are seeing.

well so

So when your kids become citizen and apply for free tuition

And you see the kids of your mates that you left in nigeria 30 years ago paying £40,000 a year for the same tuition your own kids are applying for free

And this people are paying in naira ooo what would be your reaction

Tbh just pray to your God bro because all this stats you are saying is easy in theory

Come to London and see very very poor Nigerian households maybe if they were moving as lawyers architects I won’t say much

But nurses for U.K. omo na war ooo

Even people on £35 k a year Dey fight the Uk system for success

You are busy using stats to defeat a system you can’t escape

AfroKnight:


Lol. Being a realist doesn’t preclude you from being sarcastic na.

I will forgive you because of where you are coming?

AfroKnight:


Lol. Being a realist doesn’t preclude you from being sarcastic na.

I will forgive you because of where you are coming?
Your poeple have a history of stupidity

Nobody spends £400 monthly on clothing and feeding in the UK sir, unless yiu are not cooking. Of course it is expensive to eat out. But if you cook, yiu don't spend that. You don't buy clothes every month and many people do their shopping during sales.

As a single person, you can comfortably get £300-£500 comfortable accommodation if outside London.

adonainana:


It’s subjective sir, I have a rich friend who stays in a £1500 flat by month.

Whenever I go to the Uk I have a place I stay for £260 per month haha

But on average you should budget at least £800 per month on Accomodation ( gas plus water plus council tax ) on food transport, clothes etc you should budget between £300-£400 on average

Anyone that tells you to budget less in lying to you . It’s like telling you to live in oshodi and work in Victoria island everyday so you can save money on rent

adonainana:


I adopted a one leg in one leg out approach in and out of the UK. I think it’s embarrassing Nigerians who have never gone out of Nigeria can afford houses in Lekki and the ones who japa 20 and 30 years ago is still complaining how houses in these areas in Nigeria are expensive

Living hopelessly in Nigeria and being rapped living paycheck to paycheck in the Uk tbh very much little difference

My father came in the early 80s, (I was born and bred in East london) he was a bus driver and later on became a train driver, though they weren't paid well then but he didn't bad and i followed his steps as a train and lorry driver, train drivers, lorry drivers HGV earns between £38k and £45k, yes i depends how one lives their lives as i said the pakis, indians and chinese do not have these problems, only a nigerian would come to the UK with the expectation to become rich, it isn't so. Even most white people aren't rich let alone.

Again, i keep saying it isn't all about money

htdot:

Patient has phobia for nigeria doctor and not nurse..... you only know auxiliary nurses that are working in private hospital and not the real nurses... Nurses are in demand all over the world unlike doctors that only migrated to saudi arabia... even some of these dictators when they migrate to USA they ended up converting to nurse......

I won't reduce myself to a level of a physician errand boy/girl.

jaxxy:


What u described is the worst case scenario. If they are smart they will probably do much better even if not rich.

Obviously to save more they should get joint accommodation as single ladies. Reduce cost and expenses and save more. Also have an investment plan in Nigeria is necessary. Like properties, bonds and stocks.

It’s just takes wise planning to be rich. It’s not nuclear physics.

It’s one thing to experience something first hand and advice someone and another thing to go through it and give the same advice

God bless you for your honesty, convenience in the UK means you pay through your means to get it by which the way the system is designed. Even if you are on £5000 a month it’s still not enough . More less having time to come and buy stocks and bonds and invest in Nigeria.

Most people even forget Nigeria exists until 20 years after when it’s probably too late by then

The worst case scenario is often the most popular scenario,

Tbh you would be better off but it wouldn’t make much difference in the long run my bone of contention who will not be better off with pound being £1- 900 naira

Drunkdick85:



Majority of the one you meet in the hospital are not professional nurse. They are mostly auxiliary nurse.

You mean our Government owned hospitals employed auxiliary nurses?
Ummmm....

Yarok:



So the doctors leaving Nigeria are also sitting idle at home

I would not engage you in a Doctor- nurse debate.
I can't drag professionalism into the mud

Calitoscassius:
My father came in the early 80s, (I was born and bred in East london) he was a bus driver and later on became a train driver, though they weren't paid well then but he didn't bad and i followed his steps as a train and lorry driver, train drivers, lorry drivers HGV earns between £38k and £45k, yes i depends how one lives their lives as i said the pakis, indians and chinese do not have these problems, only a nigerian would come to the UK with the expectation to become rich, it isn't so. Even most white people aren't rich let alone.

Brother lived in Hackney Central through my yutes would easily tell you which buses and trains go in and out of hackney with my eyes closed

How pakis and Chinese people do it is another discussion for another day , most happen to go into food business or simply retail business to augment thier income and sometimes cos they are not as proud as Nigerians are silently richer in private

Bro to pay bills and just die isn’t one of it Mr Bro

It can be about money

How do you explain working for 30 years in the Uk and still waiting for HMRc to feed you when you retire with pension credit or State pension

McStoic:

.I am equally amazed at how people especially nurses choose the UK. Prolly because UK has easier to work outside Nigeria than US, Australia and Canada.


UK has always been a very exploitative domain! Tueh!

The plan is to use the UK as a leverage to better climes