₦airaland Forum

Zeekaycn:
Is it that people don't know how to live freely, peacefully and happily in Nigeria? Yes I agree that there are so many challenges in Nigeria but I tell you for free, Nigeria is the most free country in the world.

I don't understand how someone with over N10million will spend all that money searching for green pastures, to me you are already on a fresh green pasture.

This is a total scam, you spend so much money educationing yourself to work for people (Whites) who don't even have your level of education.

The huge money you spend educating yourself goes to their purse, you graduate and work to better their economy.

I think Africa is really sponsoring the well being of the Western world. Back home we use all our savings to buy gadgets, expensive cars and phones. Cars that we don't even have roads to drive them. They keep releasing new version of phones, imagine people using expensive phone for a show off. Don't we think our monies are still going back to where these luxuries are coming from?

Celebrities keep upgrading their garages without employable investment. If I talk they will say what concerns you. If you know the amount of money going out from Nigeria alone for importation of phones you will cry. Yes phones are useful but using phone that worth 500k while you are earning below 150k is waste subscription not even included.


We keep blaming government for making live difficult but when we manage raise money we can't invest. We have empty land everywhere, no farming, foodstuffs are getting scarce now, but someone will prefer to raise like 5million to go and do care job abroad.

I'm tired with black man mentality

jesmond3945:

na serious nairabet be that o. 2m is like 2600 pounds. Using the minimum wage thats like 260 hours of work.

Magic1:
Bro put me through on the steps to this US Ph.D scholarship.

frog12:
na the UK GOVT trick be dat, to force you into PhD to pay more

una fall for it line and sinker. UK like money more than anything.

Testpen:
My brother very true first and foremost i think there should be a seminar back in Nigeria informing and educating Nigerians its not automatic employment trust me its either you do care work or factory work. be informed and dont go and start resigning from your work observe ask questions before tendering that later.

Alajiki:
I have read several comments on working in Care Homes. What really are the issues with care homes? Is the work condition that terrible?

Icon2007:
I am really happy that people are getting to know more about the deceit and deception of UK government. they don.t have any good plan for Africans. If you listen to Phrankleen on youtube with an open mind you will understand the West system better.
if you are doing well here don't jappa blindly and say you did cos of the future of your kids. you are not God neither Jesus their future is in their hands and God, you can only do the little you can, let them do the rest. your own metal health and happiness is also important.
Ire oooo

jimetagambo:
Deep.

Hahahahahahaha. I remember embarking on further japa runs after myself and a few friends graduated in the UK. Some extremely Patriotic naija colleagues that had families way up in government where bent on going back home to Nigeria. They believed getting job won't be hard for them back home.

Well, 12 or 13 years after, they now send messages every now and then asking about how they can japa. I tell them I don't know anything about migration again. Last time I ever touched an immigration from or whatever visa application form was way back in 2012 or so when I filled visa application form for my family members to visit me abroad.

blank:
I said this earlier as well when I said I regretted doing a Master's in UK. Total waste of time and money. School in a country that would give you the opportunity to emigrate.

People that it works for are medical people, Big 4 accountants, IT people.

TWoods:
Getting a job in a foreign country is not a right, regardless of how much you paid in tuition.

aribisala0:
How else does a teacher or bus driver buy a house ? any suggestions? Nothing wrong with debt if you are financially literate
You talk this way because you lack knowledge.

If you borrow money to buy a house at 3% interest and inflation rate is higher it is good debt.
Financially illiterate people fear debt because they do not understand it. Debt is just like a mirror it allows you do more with less. If you have a good job and you can 3% 4% or 5% borrow.

What is the interest rate in Nigeria

Mirror how? If you have a TV and some mirrors many more people can watch the same show,

Money loses value due to inflation all the time so it is foolish , in my opinion , to keep money in the bank. Rather borrow the money of those who do not know what to do with it . .
Many Nigerians in the UK have over 20 houses thanks to debt . Ultimately they borrowed but if they can get tenants and manage it so that the income exceeds the loan they are fine.

Summary do not keep money in banks , aim to have good credit worthiness and borrow as much as you can

Do you know how much Dangote is owing today? E go shock you

If you owe $1000 and you cannot pay dem go call police When you owe 100 billion dem go call meeting

Just imagine a Nigeria where you can borrow a 25 year loan at 3% interest

justwise:
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You generalised a lot in this post, I know at least two couples on student visa struggling now, one has ended their marriage.

You failed to mention the cause of what you falsely called a scam, Nigerians scammed themselves and not the British government, Nigerians that came here with no plan and no money to survive, they used untouchable money to get a visa hoping to work and study full time to survive.

If you japa with no brain you get crushed, don’t blame anyone apart from yourself.

Herbworks:
I have come to discover that abroad is not for everyone and those in the abroad shouldn’t see the ones at home as lazy so also Nigerians at home shouldn’t see those selling everything to japa as stupid. If you believe you can succeed in Nigeria then do not let anyone force you to japa otherwise you will be frustrated, and if you have an adventure spirit and love to travel abroad then do it without being discouraged.

I made a mistake about 10 years when my cousins were interested in me traveling to the USA but I allowed preaching from Oyedepo to discourage me. I thought then that I can make it in naija and also help to fix the country. 10 years later I keep getting frustrated. Now my cousins in the USA don’t even want me to mention japa to them again cos when they were ready I wasn’t.

Naija, a country where employers make you feel they’re doing you a favor by paying you your salary, a country where employees are made to do jobs meant for 5 people and still earn less, a country where graduates of 5 years ago are still looking for jobs that will make them stand, a country where youths have become slaves to politicians, a country where you are expected to roll on the floor before people will help you, a country where lecturers behave like gods cos they decide who pass or fail, a country where a military recruit with just WAEC will disrespect their father’s age mate simply cos he/she is holding a gun, a country of lies, deceits, envy, jealousy and wickedness, a country where people pay good with evil or refuses to pay back loans given to them with abeg, abegii

Nigerians are the most wicked people I have seen on the face of the earth; you will welcome them with an open mind and be going out of your way to help them meanwhile they’ll be planning how to rob you and betray you.

This same person that wrote this is probably living abroad and enjoying the benefits there but they will intentionally discourage people so that nobody will ask them for money or come over and drag their jobs with them. Make all of una getat abeg

ednut1:
Alot of Nigerians who went to the uk on study visa will suffer this fate. The uk just scam Nigerians

sweetmelanin:
And Nigeria isn't debt ridden?

Ghana is one of the safest countries in Africa, you can move freely at night, travel to all regions without fear.
Their police isn't brutal like those uniformed animals in Nigeria. Their schools and universities are decent, their cultural and moral values far better.
They do not have fulanis looting their country dry, killing & kidnapping the locals while a fulani Nigerieen president is busy siphoning funds to Niger Republic.

Ghana is better than Nigeria for the most part.

Testpen:
Read this before embarking on a journey to United Kingdom England, before selling your land, car and other valuables and paying tuition fees of almost 18,000 pounds or more which today in Nigeria exchange rate is approximately 14,000,000 million naira. Think very well. we all know Nigeria is bad, insecurity and poor basic amenities and all. We have not even added accommodation and the frustration that comes with except you willing to stay in a University accommodation which is cheaper you be paying nothing less than 10,000 pounds at least 8,000,000 naira, have not added feeding now that's almost 30,000,000 naira all in total to come for a Master program just 1 year. that's not chicken change that's huge.

Now once you done you entitled to a 2 years post study visa where the UK government gives you time within the 2 years to get a job or else we be welcoming you back to Nigeria. Now the issue here is not you getting a job, there are lots of job in the UK, most companies are not ready to sponsor you for a tier 2 visa to work, infact even if you make it through the first stage and you been ask if you have the right to work and your reply is you will need a sponsor you might not hear from them again.

Its so unfair to international students that pay huge amount of money for tuition fees to come here and not getting any company to offer you tier 2 sponsorship letter most end up either enrolling back into the system taking a Phd programme paying another huge sum of money just to remain in the Uk, which is very sad, some even leave their degree and end up in care homes taking care of elderly people, mentally unstable people which you might be subjected to either been kicked, insulted and so on.

I think the school agents of this schools should inform students before embarking on a journey, where job is not guarantee and not just concern about hitting sales. Also discrimination, and pretence. i think Canada is better off in my own opinion. just think and way your options before u jakpa and come back to square 1. All this money if you have it please kindly invest back home because i see it has just wasting it over there.

aribisala0:
Deceit how? Is the UK government your government or THEIR government?
Are they deceiving you more than YOUR government
If they ALLOW you to come to study in THEIR country. Study and go back home.

I do not get how DECEIT comes into the conversation

The UK government is GOOD for THEIR people

Is YOUR government good for YOUR people?

sweetmelanin:
A child who has never left his father's compound will think his father's own is the biggest. I'm saying this in the context of Africa because Nigerians have this superiority complex towards other African countries not knowing many of them have surpassed Nigeria in many ways e.g. security, education, way of life etc..

Countries like Ghana, Benin Republic, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, Gambia, Cape Verde etc.. the few Nigerians who go to these countries, go there and start displaying foolish arrogance like we are better than them.. like how do you flee your own country that has failed you, yet have the audacity to look down on your fellow Africans who are doing better?

Instead of being humble and relocating to African, Latin American or Carribean countries that are safer & more economically prosperous, Nigerians will instead
seperate from their families, sell their properties, take everything they've laboured for and go and submit it into the hands of the UK government only to get sent back to Nigeria empty handed with a useless degree.

The Nigerians who are enjoying UK today are;
- children (first generation) of those who settled here in the 80s/90s/early 2000s.
- Medical professionals like doctors, nurses.
- Students who come with a 'dependent' spouse who can work while the other studies.

Most single students & every other category of immigrants will unfortunately fall into the carefully crafted scam - the UK immigration policy.

Testpen:
Read this before embarking on a journey to United Kingdom England, before selling your land, car and other valuables and paying tuition fees of almost 18,000 pounds or more which today in Nigeria exchange rate is approximately 14,000,000 million naira. Think very well. we all know Nigeria is bad, insecurity and poor basic amenities and all. We have not even added accommodation and the frustration that comes with except you willing to stay in a University accommodation which is cheaper you be paying nothing less than 10,000 pounds at least 8,000,000 naira, have not added feeding now that's almost 30,000,000 naira all in total to come for a Master program just 1 year. that's not chicken change that's huge.

Now once you done you entitled to a 2 years post study visa where the UK government gives you time within the 2 years to get a job or else we be welcoming you back to Nigeria. Now the issue here is not you getting a job, there are lots of job in the UK, most companies are not ready to sponsor you for a tier 2 visa to work, infact even if you make it through the first stage and you been ask if you have the right to work and your reply is you will need a sponsor you might not hear from them again.

Its so unfair to international students that pay huge amount of money for tuition fees to come here and not getting any company to offer you tier 2 sponsorship letter most end up either enrolling back into the system taking a Phd programme paying another huge sum of money just to remain in the Uk, which is very sad, some even leave their degree and end up in care homes taking care of elderly people, mentally unstable people which you might be subjected to either been kicked, insulted and so on.

I think the school agents of this schools should inform students before embarking on a journey, where job is not guarantee and not just concern about hitting sales. Also discrimination, and pretence. i think Canada is better off in my own opinion. just think and way your options before u jakpa and come back to square 1. All this money if you have it please kindly invest back home because i see it has just wasting it over there.

Patriotsleague:
Like I said you can travel out if you like, but so many Nigerians abroad these days brings us shame. Nigeria is good for business and entrepreneurs and people that got jobs in blue chip companies, of course some must travel. Go to Victoria Island/Lekki/Ikoyi, you will see so many Europeans and Asians, South Americans etc. They are not tourists, they are here making money. Am not here to debate. Our lives are not same, if you are suffering here, of course you will be desperate, suit yourself. We are not same, we don't see things from same perspective, we don't make money same way.

Realteeyee123:
But thinking about it, you can't really blame Nigerians for choosing the UK, Canada and Australia is very very very hard to get their visa, UK is a bit easier, so most people don't get Canada or Australia and their only option is the UK, so they are left with either taking it or remaining in Nigeria until Canada or Australia clicks, remember time is ticking age isn't on their side.

But I Know people who go to the UK and after their studies apply for Australia or Canadian PR.

Testpen:
Read this before embarking on a journey to United Kingdom England, before selling your land, car and other valuables and paying tuition fees of almost 18,000 pounds or more which today in Nigeria exchange rate is approximately 14,000,000 million naira. Think very well. we all know Nigeria is bad, insecurity and poor basic amenities and all. We have not even added accommodation and the frustration that comes with except you willing to stay in a University accommodation which is cheaper you be paying nothing less than 10,000 pounds at least 8,000,000 naira, have not added feeding now that's almost 30,000,000 naira all in total to come for a Master program just 1 year. that's not chicken change that's huge.

Now once you done you entitled to a 2 years post study visa where the UK government gives you time within the 2 years to get a job or else we be welcoming you back to Nigeria. Now the issue here is not you getting a job, there are lots of job in the UK, most companies are not ready to sponsor you for a tier 2 visa to work, infact even if you make it through the first stage and you been ask if you have the right to work and your reply is you will need a sponsor you might not hear from them again.

Its so unfair to international students that pay huge amount of money for tuition fees to come here and not getting any company to offer you tier 2 sponsorship letter most end up either enrolling back into the system taking a Phd programme paying another huge sum of money just to remain in the Uk, which is very sad, some even leave their degree and end up in care homes taking care of elderly people, mentally unstable people which you might be subjected to either been kicked, insulted and so on.

I think the school agents of this schools should inform students before embarking on a journey, where job is not guarantee and not just concern about hitting sales. Also discrimination, and pretence. i think Canada is better off in my own opinion. just think and way your options before u jakpa and come back to square 1. All this money if you have it please kindly invest back home because i see it has just wasting it over there.

uvie66:
In my opinion this is a pessimistic and short sighted view, why will one expect to immediately get a job or sponsorship immediately after there masters, the UK is a very competitive market and it takes time for one's dream to come to fruition, however an individual who has a masters in the UK is miles ahead in the pecking order compared to an individual who have a masters degree from any African university.

Alajiki:
I have read several comments on working in Care Homes. What really are the issues with care homes? Is the work condition that terrible?

Alajiki:
I have read several comments on working in Care Homes. What really are the issues with care homes? Is the work condition that terrible?

Alajiki:
I have read several comments on working in Care Homes. What really are the issues with care homes? Is the work condition that terrible?

vee22:
32 days of work it's easy na