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It pisses me off when Nigerians in Nigeria mock Nigerians in the diaspora as "second class" citizens who "clean the white man's yash and wash toilets". The disrespect is off the chain. Nigerians in America are the most educated immigrants in the country. All my classmates from high school have top jobs in the States. Even in the UK, where I spent a quarter of my life, most Nigerians I know have professional jobs. Many work in the city, have their own firms, work in the public & private sector. Nigerians in the diaspora are the biggest investors in Nigeria after foreign companies. Compared to most immigrant groups abroad, Nigerians, especially 1st generation Nigerians, tend to be more invested in their country of origin than others. Many families are surviving because of the contributions of family members abroad. Nigerians abroad invest heavily in the property market in Nigeria. They are even the biggest tourists in their own country. Who do you think make up the majority of "dirty december" tourists? It's Nigerians in the diaspora bringing necessary forex into the country. Many Nigerians abroad work 2-3 jobs just to provide for their families back home. What have Nigerians living in Nigeria done for their own country apart from being zombies supporting mediocrity?

gforce5:
It pisses me off when Nigerians in Nigeria mock Nigerians in the diaspora as "second class" citizens who "clean the white man's yash and wash toilets". The disrespect is off the chain. Nigerians in America are the most educated immigrants in the country. All my classmates from high school have top jobs in the States. Even in the UK, where I spent a quarter of my life, most Nigerians I know have professional jobs. Many work in the city, have their own firms, work in the public & private sector. Nigerians in the diaspora are the biggest investors in Nigeria after foreign companies. Compared to most immigrant groups abroad, Nigerians, especially 1st generation Nigerians, tend to be more invested in their country of origin than others. Many families are surviving because of the contributions of family members abroad. Nigerians abroad invest heavily in the property market in Nigeria. They are even the biggest tourists in their own country. Who do you think make up the majority of "dirty december" tourists? It's Nigerians in the diaspora bringing necessary forex into the country. Many Nigerians abroad work 2-3 jobs just to provide for their families back home. What have Nigerians living in Nigeria done for their own country apart from being zombies supporting mediocrity?

no one needs their respect. It mostly comes from a place of envy and jealousy. They will tell you Nigeria is the best place to live and support wicked leaders. Same leaders that go to uk for medical care and also have their kids abroad with dual citizenship. While them and their own family go to one dilapidated general hospital for treatment 😂.

gforce5:
It pisses me off when Nigerians in Nigeria mock Nigerians in the diaspora as "second class" citizens who "clean the white man's yash and wash toilets". The disrespect is off the chain. Nigerians in America are the most educated immigrants in the country. All my classmates from high school have top jobs in the States. Even in the UK, where I spent a quarter of my life, most Nigerians I know have professional jobs. Many work in the city, have their own firms, work in the public & private sector. Nigerians in the diaspora are the biggest investors in Nigeria after foreign companies. Compared to most immigrant groups abroad, Nigerians, especially 1st generation Nigerians, tend to be more invested in their country of origin than others. Many families are surviving because of the contributions of family members abroad. Nigerians abroad invest heavily in the property market in Nigeria. They are even the biggest tourists in their own country. Who do you think make up the majority of "dirty december" tourists? It's Nigerians in the diaspora bringing necessary forex into the country. Many Nigerians abroad work 2-3 jobs just to provide for their families back home. What have Nigerians living in Nigeria done for their own country apart from being zombies supporting mediocrity?

My brother we don't need their appreciation. Majority of those mocking Nigerians abroad are frustrated themselves. Most don't have much going for them in Nigeria and have tried and failed to relocate. So mocking people abroad is like a coping mechanism for them, if you can't have it then denigrate it to feel better, that's what they do.
Anyone doing well in Nigeria doesn't have that time and interest to be mocking people. In general, poor people have the sharpest and viral mouth. They can insult your generation. They are the masters of insults and mockery of others. They don't appreciate anything. Give a poor person money now, he will call it tachiri money

I helped someone months ago. Wife developed complications during pregnancy and he was running helter skelta looking for money to save his wife. He asked for 500k loan, I gave him. Months later, I saw his post on Facebook mocking Nigerians abroad as doing odd jobs to survive and looking for "3rd class citizenship ". He said he will rather live like a king in Nigeria than have "3rd class citizenship "
This is a "king" who tried to migrate years back, wrote IELTS about 4 times but didn't make it and he gave up, this is a "king" who is still owing someone abroad 500k up till today and not even talking about it. If I ask him now about the money, he will say I'm disturbing him cos of tachiri money. I have more examples of this kind of behavior

Poor or frustrated people and bad mouth can't be separated. On one hand, they beg you for assistance and on the other hand, they insult and mock the same helper cos of envy and jealousy

Abeg ooo , agenda must not agend oo. . Our Diaspora folk, na them they move nigeria with their remittance to family and friends oo , if not hunger for done kill most Southerners oo .

Bros abeg die this thought , people still they clean nyash for naija here too as work. Abeg die it

That's interesting because Nigerian immigrants, at least in America, are known for having high-paying jobs, so are their children.

It's all about Envy and Jealous which is embedded in an average Nigerian.
That country is heading nowhere with such humans being in the majority.

That is the bitter truth. The average Nigerian is bitter and frustrated. A "first class" citizen doesn't have access to good health care in his/her own country. A "first class citizen" that is harassed by soldiers, LASTMA, Road Safety and the police. "A first class citizen" that is treated like shit by the Chinese, Indians & Lebanese in their own country. Your friend is a typical Nigerian. Very ungrateful, entitled and envious.

Kenn55:
My brother we don't need their appreciation. Majority of those mocking Nigerians abroad are frustrated themselves. Most don't have much going for them in Nigeria and have tried and failed to relocate. So mocking people abroad is like a coping mechanism for them, if you can't have it then denigrate it to feel better, that's what they do.
Anyone doing well in Nigeria doesn't have that time and interest to be mocking people. In general, poor people have the sharpest and viral mouth. They can insult your generation. They are the masters of insults and mockery of others. They don't appreciate anything. Give a poor person money now, he will call it tachiri money

I helped someone months ago. Wife developed complications during pregnancy and he was running helter skelta looking for money to save his wife. He asked for 500k loan, I gave him. Months later, I saw his post on Facebook mocking Nigerians abroad as doing odd jobs to survive and looking for "3rd class citizenship ". He said he will rather live like a king in Nigeria than have "3rd class citizenship "
This is a "king" who tried to migrate years back, wrote IELTS about 4 times but didn't make it and he gave up, this is a "king" who is still owing someone abroad 500k up till today and not even talking about it. If I ask him now about the money, he will say I'm disturbing him cos of tachiri money. I have more examples of this kind of behavior

Poor or frustrated people and bad mouth can't be separated. On one hand, they beg you for assistance and on the other hand, they insult and mock the same helper cos of envy and jealousy

Yes o. Nigerians are a very envious lot. They envy people that are more priviledged than them. Rather than fight their elites (rulers) to give them a better life, they would rather put that energy into hating on others who have taken control of their destiny and further their lives away from Nigeria.

ednut1:
no one needs their respect. It mostly comes from a place of envy and jealousy. They will tell you Nigeria is the best place to live and support wicked leaders. Same leaders that go to uk for medical care and also have their kids abroad with dual citizenship. While them and their own family go to one dilapidated general hospital for treatment 😂.

Kenn55:
My brother we don't need their appreciation. Majority of those mocking Nigerians abroad are frustrated themselves. Most don't have much going for them in Nigeria and have tried and failed to relocate. So mocking people abroad is like a coping mechanism for them, if you can't have it then denigrate it to feel better, that's what they do.
Anyone doing well in Nigeria doesn't have that time and interest to be mocking people. In general, poor people have the sharpest and viral mouth. They can insult your generation. They are the masters of insults and mockery of others. They don't appreciate anything. Give a poor person money now, he will call it tachiri money

I helped someone months ago. Wife developed complications during pregnancy and he was running helter skelta looking for money to save his wife. He asked for 500k loan, I gave him. Months later, I saw his post on Facebook mocking Nigerians abroad as doing odd jobs to survive and looking for "3rd class citizenship ". He said he will rather live like a king in Nigeria than have "3rd class citizenship "
This is a "king" who tried to migrate years back, wrote IELTS about 4 times but didn't make it and he gave up, this is a "king" who is still owing someone abroad 500k up till today and not even talking about it. If I ask him now about the money, he will say I'm disturbing him cos of tachiri money. I have more examples of this kind of behavior

Poor or frustrated people and bad mouth can't be separated. On one hand, they beg you for assistance and on the other hand, they insult and mock the same helper cos of envy and jealousy

screenshot the facebook message and send to him ( if you can still find it) . Then remind him of the 500k.

gforce5:
Yes o. Nigerians are a very envious lot. They envy people that are more priviledged than them. Rather than fight their elites (rulers) to give them a better life, they would rather put that energy into hating on others who have taken control of their destiny and further their lives away from Nigeria.

this guy messaged me on TikTok. I told him if he wants to come on student visa he should hold his 40m naira down for fees and living expenses. 2 months later i saw him in another post ( cant find the post) saying Nigerians abroad are second class citizens. I didn’t even realise he was the one till i clicked his profile and saw a familiar picture 😂

ednut1:
this guy messaged me on TikTok. I told him if he wants to come on student visa he should hold his 40m naira down for fees and living expenses. 2 months later i saw him in another post ( cant find the post) saying Nigerians abroad are second class citizens. I didn’t even realise he was the one till i clicked his profile and say a familiar picture 😂

So that includes his mom, abi him no think am before he comment?

People should learn that this is life, you win some and lose some. You cannot always win. As a carpenter, he has no business in the abroad, and that is the truth. His bet would have been the US if he had a direct family member.

Gerrard59:
So that includes his mom, abi him no think am before he comment?

People should learn that this is life, you win some and lose some. You cannot always win. As a carpenter, he has no business in the abroad, and that is the truth. His bet would have been the US if he had a direct family member.

the so called mum might be a distant relative not his direct mom. If his mum is there where does he not want 🇬🇧 😂

The so-called "mother" is a distant relative. That's how they deceive people on social media. Your mother cannot be in the UK and she would just allow you to rot in Nigeria. Not when she could use the family visa route/dependent route to bring him over. If she has papers, he would become a citizen within 5 years or less if he knows the system well. It's easier than traveling to Canada on a study visa that can be cancelled at any time and is no longer a sure proof guarantee to citizenship. Dude is lying.

Most of them are frustrated individuals, to them everyone abroad is doing menial job or undocumented.

You should know that most of them are senseless to the extent that their government don't even bother to create jobs for them.

They claim there are no good jobs or hunger abroad yet they kill themselves over rice palliative and have terrible attitude towards work.

They keep on showing videos and pictures of homeless people abroad but the difference is that the homeless can sleep in peace abroad, trying being homeless in a place like Ogun state and see if a ritual killer won't harvest your head.

They show people collecting palliative abroad as evidence of suffering but the difference is that the people will line up in an orderly manner to collect their palliative in peace while in their country they will record massive casualties from such.

You don't need their appreciation and you don't have anything to prove to souls that clearly envy you, let them continue to wallow in their folly and stupidity.

Let the American, British, German, Swiss, Australian and some other EU embassies open guaranteed free visa approval portal for Nigerians for 48 hours and see if the useless country won't be empty within seconds.

You know, people talk about jealousy, but some people who go abroad:

- Are insecure and feel like they "made it," and want to talk down on people every chance they get
- Are sellouts and jump at the chance to attack a black country
- Experienced trauma and unfairly associate it with a whole nation and its people instead of the individuals who did it
- Are sellouts/greedy people who constantly complain about giving money to family when it's really not hurting them
- Aren't informed enough to understand why Nigeria has certain problems, and constantly say dumb sh--

That said, no one is the bad guy. Everyone just needs to do better.

It should be the other way round, the Nigerians in diaspora should appreciate and respect those they left behind in Nigeria to be struggling and battling with this present unimaginable hardship.

We really do not need to fight ourselves, our common enemy are the bad and corrupt politicians that put us where we are today, afterall if the country is working the way it should work, Nigerians will not be running away to foreign land where they will most likely be treated as second class citizen. I strongly advise that both Nigerians in the diaspora and those back home here should show love to one another.

It may even interest you to know that, recently the same way Nigerians are relocating abroad for greener pasture, there are also few Nigerians overseas, like the UK relocating back home for better jobs they got in Nigeria while even in the UK.

In all we are trying to secure our future and that of our children amidst corrupt politicians stealing our resources.
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