MatrixCircle:
Nigerians are now trapped and caged.
Stay back and let's fix the country.

Nope, we don't need to fix it ooo. Na so one man wey go drop him children for abroad dey tell me sey make we come out protest after e don enjoy every goodies of govt for years.
If you like Japa, if you like stay, live your life as you want, when death reach, no Jupiter can stop it.
When dollar reach 3k, we go reason how to solve our problem

A recent survey by the Africa Polling Institute indicated that 69 per cent of Nigerians planned to relocate if given the opportunity.

And our successive leaders are not ashamed of themselves? We're not at war, no natural disasters, abundant population and natural resources, yet the country looks nothing different from a country that has been in civil war for two decades

eepeepook:
The desert route is always available.

All die na die

Somebody will have 20 million and the next thing is to think about how to japa!

Blacks need to be more creative and use their heads.



I see a lot of people using tens of millions to open a barbing salon.
How many heads u want barb?



As though their isn't other farrrr more lucrative businesses.


After u will say u went to school

Rejouir:
How can weak naira slow down japa rate . It's people that lock themselves indoors. That believe news like this. Immigration officers who don't have levels are like feeling like kingkong, as a result of the impact of a bad economy.

Go to the Visa centres in Lekki, VI or Maryland, you go know sey crowd truly reduced.
I was at the 3 between Mon and Wednesday yesterday.

MichaelSokoto:
Tinubu will handle d economy, Shettima will handle security Nairaland crew, where una dey?

We dey for Japa Embassies in Lagos. When we are through we go beg say we are sorry and promise to be sending dollar for you to buy data in order to be active on Nairaland.

Properties available for sale at give away prices.

Check my signature for more details

This has been their plan all along

Total lockdown

You will need 50million to Japan well now.

Nobody is living this hell, we die here

The earlier we hit the street, the better for all of us.

This is one of the best advice I must definitely agreed with that could stem the the tides of the increase in the exchange rate. You need to forward this to the clueless CBN governor page or BAT verified twitter page as they are both clueless and directionless on how to arrest the situation. Thumbs up for this great input.

samogo1:
Thank God say I don already japa oooooo.

. Am happy for you,

bennybuhari:
Lies. That's the more reason people are even japaing more. No matter the exchange rate, who will japa must japa

Lie? How can it be lie when you have eyes or, are you blind?

To compound issues, the governments of the UK and Canada (two of Nigerians’ favourite destinations) had rolled out new relocation policies, increased visa, immigration health surcharge, and language exam fees.

This directly impacts the cost of immigration for Nigerians who need to pay those fees as part of their application process. For the second time in months, the British Council in Nigeria announced an increase in the fee for its English Language Testing System examinations by 29 per cent in January.

Both the UK and Canada are currently reviewing immigration policies. The UK, for instance, had banned foreign students from bringing in dependents via the study visa route. Canada also recently announced the cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants for international students, to $20,000 from $10,000 starting from January 1.

Electric fan I bought about 6 months ago. The battery has diminished and i wanted to reorder only to found out price has double

RawSex:

I love raw sex too

It was intentional, so that we can see the shege pro max

blowjohn:
Somebody will have 20 million and the next thing is to think about how to japa!

Blacks need to be more creative and use their heads.

I see a lot of people using tens of millions to open a barbing salon.
How many heads u want barb?

As though their isn't other farrrr more lucrative businesses.

After u will say u went to school

Only to be working 9-5 plus night guard

Why are they deleting my comment? What's wrong with
Reduce purchasing power. Slow down the economy. Widen the tax net

emkz:
Why do we even trade dollars in the streets like we trade beans?

Foreign exchange is a security document and the flow must be controlled to avoid it being used to launder money.

In Nigeria, the poor spends naira and rich men spend dollars. Politicians mostly spend dollars. By the dollars going high, it affects all of us because we are an import-based nation.

How do we stem the tide?

Every importer who wants to import should approach the banks who'd give them letters of credit, collect naira and pay the seller in forex through their correspondent bank. The practice of putting dollars in the hands of people who claim to want to import must stop.

If anyone is travelling, he must approach a bank to get BTA and he must be receipted. At the airport, he must present the receipt to customs and evidence of the cash. If he doesn't have the cash, he must be arrested, tried and jailed. Wicked people use travellers to buy BTA at government rates and resell to the black market. If this practice is not functional, give them pre-loaded debit cards by going into partnership with companies like Travelex and Transferwise or Revolut or Remitly and pay them directly so that beneficiaries can collect their cash when they get to the countries of destination.

Also the practice of CBN chiefs selling dollars directly to Nigerians to resell at exorbitant rates must stop. If you are within Nigeria, you have no business handling dollars.

Then all banks must stop the practice of opening domiciliary accounts for Nigerians in Nigeria. They can sell debit cards in naira and charge the prevailing exchange rate for international transactions like e-commerce. This used to be the practice. I wonder who stopped it.

Then the government must look into the mining sector from exploration to extraction, refining and export of minerals like lithium, gold, tin, steel, coal, phosphate and gas. The Chinese must be prevented from mining practices of our minerals and Rosewood trees. Minerals are security assets and must be protected the way we protect our private parts. Foreigners must not be allowed in for now, especially with the way oil exploration has failed our people when handled by foreign companies. You can employ foreigners to train your own people but do not allow them bring their expertise and funds to extract a security asset. They'd never use it to your advantage.

I support the hike in dollar rate. I also applaud the scarcity of dollars. It should be scarce. Only government should have it and those who absolutely need it for business outside the country. If you are within the country, USE NAIRA.

God bless you, the just yesteday that idea struck my mind in patches and i was trying to put it into perspective, the practice of putting Dollar into puts hands as being over abused already, @ solutions you've said it all

Most of those who have access to official rate connive with the bank to over-estimate there quota, were they need $20 they claim its $100, that $80 difference is diverted to black market for yeast profit

soft werk

maasoap:


Only to be working 9-5 plus night guard

Looool walahi if u see how barbing salon choke for abuja eh and the money them use collection space u go think say na curse.

Thoug many be like money laundering sha, cos how u go buy space for plaza for 39 million cos u want open barbing salon. Abi Jay Z and tom Cruise go dey show up every 2 days ni?

bennybuhari:
Lies. That's the more reason people are even japaing more. No matter the exchange rate, who will japa must japa

You dey mind the propagandists?
Is the president not leading the japa movement with his regular escapades to France and Britain while we the extreme poverty masses are left behind to rot under his clueless management of our economy

JASONjnr:
It's not greener out there

This is a big bold and bald lie

Fake news. Boiz still dey japa steady. This govt is just full of deceit up and down. Japa crew don't believe this fbcktard statistics from the stable of those who are good in lying.

Government and nigerians fix your own country nigeria and make it better and good... in which it will reduce and stop the Japa and travelling to foreign countries for greener pastures and better life...simpe

emkz:
Why do we even trade dollars in the streets like we trade beans?

Foreign exchange is a security document and the flow must be controlled to avoid it being used to launder money.

In Nigeria, the poor spends naira and rich men spend dollars. Politicians mostly spend dollars. By the dollars going high, it affects all of us because we are an import-based nation.

How do we stem the tide?

Every importer who wants to import should approach the banks who'd give them letters of credit, collect naira and pay the seller in forex through their correspondent bank. The practice of putting dollars in the hands of people who claim to want to import must stop.

If anyone is travelling, he must approach a bank to get BTA and he must be receipted. At the airport, he must present the receipt to customs and evidence of the cash. If he doesn't have the cash, he must be arrested, tried and jailed. Wicked people use travellers to buy BTA at government rates and resell to the black market. If this practice is not functional, give them pre-loaded debit cards by going into partnership with companies like Travelex and Transferwise or Revolut or Remitly and pay them directly so that beneficiaries can collect their cash when they get to the countries of destination.

Also the practice of CBN chiefs selling dollars directly to Nigerians to resell at exorbitant rates must stop. If you are within Nigeria, you have no business handling dollars.

Then all banks must stop the practice of opening domiciliary accounts for Nigerians in Nigeria. They can sell debit cards in naira and charge the prevailing exchange rate for international transactions like e-commerce. This used to be the practice. I wonder who stopped it.

Then the government must look into the mining sector from exploration to extraction, refining and export of minerals like lithium, gold, tin, steel, coal, phosphate and gas. The Chinese must be prevented from mining practices of our minerals and Rosewood trees. Minerals are security assets and must be protected the way we protect our private parts. Foreigners must not be allowed in for now, especially with the way oil exploration has failed our people when handled by foreign companies. You can employ foreigners to train your own people but do not allow them bring their expertise and funds to extract a security asset. They'd never use it to your advantage.

I support the hike in dollar rate. I also applaud the scarcity of dollars. It should be scarce. Only government should have it and those who absolutely need it for business outside the country. If you are within the country, USE NAIRA.

God bless you, to add to it, no business entity trading in Nigeria, selling to the public should quote price of commodity in any other currency, except Naira.
If you are hosting an event outside Nigeria as a Nigerian, you can use Nigeria as a target market, this is specifically to target the entertainment industry, I wonder why thousands of people will go outside Nigeria to go and watch a show hosted by a Nigerian living in Nigeria

Renewed Hopelessness

Focusmind:
Paying school fees abroad for your relative while you are earning in naira is becoming difficult. You will convert N1m thinking it was huge only to get less than $1k, which will not even be enough to pay for the person"s monthly accommodation in Canada. Some students still could not see jobs to support themselves. It is a terrible situation.

I pith those my professors pikin wey dey school abroad...e go choke na so I see the slip of on PROF of the 3million naira loan he collect for him pikin wey dey UK that money now go enter 10m how he wan take pay am if na now when salary no increase..dem dey deduct am from him salary that time

OlujobaSamuel:

God bless you, to add to it, no business entity trading in Nigeria, selling to the public should quote price of commodity in any other currency, except Naira.
If you are hosting an event outside Nigeria as a Nigerian, you can use Nigeria as a target market, this is specifically to target the entertainment industry, I wonder why thousands of people will go outside Nigeria to go and watch a show hosted by a Nigerian living in Nigeria

And may God bless you too.

The joy is that our policy makers are here to read and feel our pulse.

In China, once anyone brings luxury items, they are taxed at the airport. They remove the labels before entering their country. If anyone carries his party outside Nigeria, use tax to collect government share once they arrive at the airport. Find a name to call the tax.

As for entertainment, going outside the country on tour is not a bad idea. Nigerian artists can use the audience to bring such shows to Nigeria. Why can't we have month-long music festival in Nigeria like is done in Europe? You'd be shocked that people from Brazil, Cuba, Europe and Caribbean would pay to come. The way these people worship some of our music stars, many of us no send them like that. Many of them are in search of an identity and with the way Nigerians party, they'd have the experience of their lives and keep coming.

I really wish the minister of arts, culture and creative economy understands this.

theredaddy:




God bless you, the just yesteday that idea struck my mind in patches and i was trying to put it into perspective, the practice of putting Dollar into puts hands as being over abused already, @ solutions you've said it all

Most of those who have access to official rate connive with the bank to over-estimate there quota, were they need $20 they claim its $100, that $80 difference is diverted to black market for yeast profit

soft werk

May God bless you too.

Giving people dollars has never made sense to me. Since our people abuse it, make it scarce. You are travelling outside the country? I'd send the money to Travelex and give you a code. Use the code to collect your BTA at ay Travelex kiosk when you get to where you are going.

Destiny can be delayed, not denied.

Blitzking:

I pith those my professors pikin wey dey school abroad...e go choke na so I see the slip of on PROF of the 3million naira loan he collect for him pikin wey dey UK that money now go enter 10m how he wan take pay am if na now when salary no increase..dem dey deduct am from him salary that time

Everybody dey hear am. Some lecturers have their kids in foreign universities and they do everything to sustain them there. If you are not going to sponsor your child to do a health care, IT or trades related courses abroad, don't just waste your money.

emkz:


And may God bless you too.

The joy is that our policy makers are here to read and feel our pulse.

In China, once anyone brings luxury items, they are taxed at the airport. They remove the labels before entering their country. If anyone carries his party outside Nigeria, use tax to collect government share once they arrive at the airport. Find a name to call the tax.

As for entertainment, going outside the country on tour is not a bad idea. Nigerian artists can use the audience to bring such shows to Nigeria. Why can't we have month-long music festival in Nigeria like is done in Europe? You'd be shocked that people from Brazil, Cuba, Europe and Caribbean would pay to come. The way these people worship some of our music stars, many of us no send them like that. Many of them are in search of an identity and with the way Nigerians party, they'd have the experience of their lives and keep coming.

I really wish the minister of arts, culture and creative economy understands this.

You are right.
On the entertainment industry, I don't have issues with going on tour, I know it's to project the Nigerian culture, but what I have issues with is making Nigerians back home here the target audience instead of those in the country they want to have the tour