Efficient5:
Abeg which work u dey do o

IyaOmo1:
Thanks @Nozino. There are no assurances. Even the Queen can’t guarantee what you want.

Exactly! I understand. I still need the opinion of those already with experience or were in my shoe to help in this decision making. Thanks

duwell:
You say you make 1.5M monthly which is very big amount in Nigeria. I mean very big.. and you plan to leave Nigeria for UK... You don't sound like you make that much cos it'll be very easy to visit UK several times to access things there and make your decision.
Meanwhile, how do you make your money? I know you'll never say it.

Endtimepastor:
I wonder why people just believe that the solution to all thier problems is to move to Canada or the UK. But nobody seems to ask what the will of God is for their lives. Moving abroad may or may not favour you. I would advise you to seek God's face first as you may be moving from the frying pan to fire!

IyaOmo1:
Dear Great Nairalanders

I am in urgent need of your advice on a decision I am about to make that could shape my life and my young family in about few months from now.

I am currently running successful businesses which give me a steady minimum of N1.5M per month with a potential for expansion. I have been nursing the idea of going to UK on a study Visa by September this year with the hope that I can get a well paying job that could surpass my current earnings here in naijja. I also intend to keep my naija business running but we all know trusting people with kind of investment can be tricky and risky.

What assurance do I have about earning more and having a better life in UK? What happens to my businesses I already built up in Naija? What happens to my properties here in naija?

Your advice will be of great help at this critical decision making moment of my life. Thank you

Siwisheswereesh:
What a stupid decision!!!

Newboss:


5 years from now, what will be the exchange rate? Bandits never reach your side in 5 years? You want to send your children abroad, abi? You want to go on vacation abroad, abi?

Very soon, na only for pirated movies people in Nigeria go dey see abroad.

Continue cheating yourself. You better move and give yourself and your offspring a chance.

Be speaking English while the walls keep closing in on you

adonainana:


£4,000 a month; (after taxation ) is the equivalent of £80,000 a year in the Uk, even some white British born CEOS don’t earn that much

Your friend needs to tell you the truth

ifytrik:
First of all if it's true you have a business that is fetching such amount of money on a weekly basis then relocating to the UK or any other country shouldn't be an option right now, you should be thinking of expanding your business and not traveling outside, if aliko dangote and femi otedola are based in Nigeria then I see no reason you should be thinking of relocating outside when your business is booming and fetching you good money,keep expanding your business and watch yourself become a billionaire in few years, that is if you none yahoo boy o

Newboss:
It's not about how much you make in Nigeria.

This country is too volatile. Give yourself a chance by emigrating from Nigeria. Move to a sane society and build a life for yourself and your generation. Five years outside Nigeria is better than 20 years in Nigeria.

It's about the stability and sanity of the country, not about how much you make.

It's the same when it comes to job. Job security is more valuable than salary.

YoungBlackRico:
Where una dey see this Money?

Well, 1.5 is a lot of money even in Nigeria. Stay put, and work on increasing that profit.

Zxcvbnm98:
IyaOmo1 , as someone who lives abroad, I can tell you with certainty that the better option is for you to stay back. If you plan to have any more kids you can travel and give birth to them over there for citizenship reasons, but to stay in Nigeria and keep doing what you're doing that is so successful. The reason is, in Nigeria, you're making enough to be very very comfortable and still have more than enough left over for savings and investments. Yes, you might be able to make more money when you travel, but the system will eat it up. The whole "japa" process is not for people like you- it's better for fresh grads with nothing to their name who want to kick start a good life. A good life that you already have.

Unless you are absolutely passionate about what you want to go and study (which it doesn't seem like you are, this is just for relocation purposes), then I don't think that's the best option for you in my opinion. Instead of relocating abroad, I would say to enjoy your money visiting/traveling to different places maybe once a year with your family. This will help you build a really solid travel history if you perchance want to go anywhere in the world for extended periods of time later in your life. Build your business back home to the greatest heights imaginable- its extremely hard to be a business owner and make good profit, especially in the US.


Lastly, if you are still bent on traveling, be prepared to start from the bottom all over again. Be prepared to worry about converting your student visa to a work visa with limited time to do so, or getting a good job that will even sponsor a work visa. Forget about being your own boss like you are in Nigeria, be prepared to save and live very frugally. Not to talk of starting over as regards to your social life, and faith. I've been here in CA for close to 2 years now and I still haven't been able to find a church that sits 100% right with me. Of course, there's light at the end of the tunnel- I'm not painting a dark picture. When I get to that part I know I will be very comfortable and happy. But, if I were in your shoes, I would definitely stay back in Nigeria and keep building wealth. In fact, the money I'm able to save from my work here, I still send it back home to invest. That should tell you how hard it is to build wealth over here. Apart from stock trading, there's really no way to get rich. But in Nigeria there are so many avenues for moneymaking, and you seem to have successfully identified one of them.

LILTJAY:
Black people always running away from their countries. ..
Mumu black people

IyaOmo1:
Dear Great Nairalanders

I am in urgent need of your advice on a decision I am about to make that could shape my life and my young family in about few months from now.

I am currently running successful businesses which give me a steady minimum of N1.5M per month with a potential for expansion. I have been nursing the idea of going to UK on a study Visa by ...
Your advice will be of great help at this critical decision making moment of my life. Thank you