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Administration1:
Lies, lies, lies

go and experience the truth

meobizy:
Pay me to read that. If not, post a summary. I no kill Jesus, abeg.

Lol, so I am not the only one that feels this way

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Another fairytale. Never existed. Although well written than the useless AI aka chaptgpt write-ups I've come across.

gabbytabby:
The reality for a lot of immigrants is that they have to step down career wise and even retrain in a lot of situations. That is why Canada is best suited to people in their twenties at the beginning of their career.

Canada is reported to have the highest amount of people with PHD driving a taxi so often times one needs to calculate a 3 to 5 years step back before stepping forward and be ready to move initially where the job is, to have any opportunity to thrive.

Unfortunately some of our men are too proud especially when they have risen through the ranks in Nigeria imagine a consultant medical doctor coming to do a nursing assistant job. In that sense UK and US are usually better than Canada. It got a little better when a lot of Chinese went back to China.

Manage your expectations appropriately cos to me, Canada seems some invested in the application fees.


Don’t take it personal cos even their own degree holders do what people with GCSE ie administrative roles do in most countries. It is a country with too many educated people so oftentimes one has to stand out via work ethics or a masters program to get ahead.

that is under employment and never a fulfilling job


It's only an idiot that will be happy if he is a senior manager in Nigeria and he is a warehouse worker in Canada ...it's shameful


Why even relocate when you are in 40s? It will take another 10 + 15yrs to rise up then when will you have time for retirement?

Gerrard59:
Another fairytale. Never existed. Although well written than the useless AI aka chaptgpt write-ups I've come across.

You call it fairytale cos it didn't meet to your truth or definition of reality

Good luck

You can't eat your cake still have it again. It is not possible.

Neo colonialism and greediness are our major issues in Africa like wise our life contentment.
Lots of people earning well and also doing brilliantly but choose to be a slave in white man country.

You can imagine, an executive director in Nigeria becoming a cleaner in Canada you can see there is no corollation between the 2 jobs.
This is like a punishment at old age what a shame , that's what we call occupational mobility hazard in economics.

At first, Tunde was frustrated. Back home, he had been an executive at a bank, respected, admired. But in Canada, no one cared about his title. His degree meant nothing here. He was just another immigrant with no "Canadian experience."

See the wahala about entering Canada...

That's why I never considered going there at all.

1. IN 2002, I came acorss an article written in the Punch which quoted a Nigerian guy who worked as a real estate agent in Canada....the guy essentially stated that to work in Canada, you needed a Canadian qualificaiton or nothing. Suspicions raised.

2.I have a relative and her husband who moved to Canada. Husband went from university lecturer in Nigeria to high school teacher in Canada. At least he was lucky to get a job teaching his subject...just not to university students. Unlike Tunde here.

3. It is just now that they are taking in immigrants because populaiton small...but if you notice it is more often than not, students. Not people with degrees.

[quote author=christopher123 post=134327460][/quote]He was right. Most of you ladies always shove the idea of relocating down your spouses throat as though Europe is heaven.

Canada is your promised land ba?

Then enjoys it.

Madam you might even be the reason the man ran away because when you women comes first to throw jabs if closely checked it is always discover the woman is the real headache.

[quote author=christopher123 post=134327460][/quote]Can tunde please tell us his own side of the story.

chris51:
It's the reality of life in western world. Nobody cares about your certificates especially from third world countries

Depends. If your certificate is useful, they may take you. If you are doing research in a field that benefits them...okay.

But even if they take you with your certificate, at least (if you are in the medical field) you have to do their qualifying exam (same thing in Nigeria...come home with a foreign degree, do the exam here)...before they allow you to work.

Still, Canada....as someone I knew once said, when you emigrate there as an adult , it is not for your benefit, it is for your kids and grandkids benefit.

Chucks13:
Canada is your promised land ba?

Then enjoys it.

Madam you might even be the reason the man ran away because when you women comes first to throw jabs if closely checked it is always discover the woman is the real headache.

The woman went out and got a menial job. She literally humbled herself and got a job that was beneath her qualificaiton. Man was busy looking for job that 'met his standard' and then was angry when he did not get the job.

And in order to massage his ego, he started using his wife's money to form big boy. Pride destroyed his marriage.

If the man had gotten a job , any menial job, instead of looking for bank manager job in a country where they no know am, none of this would have happened.

You guys should always stop blaming women. Tunde used his hand to destroy his marriage. SImple common sense he no get. If he wanted to remain a bank manager, he should have stayed in Nigeria, and kept his wife there too.

GVTAsiwaju:
He was right. Most of you ladies always shove the idea of relocating down your spouses throat as though Europe is heaven.

It's the women that push this narrative of Japa

nairalanda1:
The woman went out and got a menial job. She literally humbled herself and got a job that was beneath her qualificaiton. Man was busy looking for job that 'met his standard' and then was angry when he did not get the job.

And in order to massage his ego, he started using his wife's money to form big boy. Pride destroyed his marriage.

If the man had gotten a job , any menial job, instead of looking for bank manager job in a country where they no know am, none of this would have happened.

You guys should always stop blaming women. Tunde used his hand to destroy his marriage. SImple common sense he no get. If he wanted to remain a bank manager, he should have stayed in Nigeria, and kept his wife there too.

There is what is called Under employment and Job satisfaction

GVTAsiwaju:
He was right. Most of you ladies always shove the idea of relocating down your spouses throat as though Europe is heaven.

You will be surprised if it was not his idea.

Forget. If you want to japa, check if the jobs are avaialble. Looks like tunde and lara did not check if there were jobs that fit them over there.

Seriously, as i learned ages ago...migrating to Canada only works for students and nurses. Doctors self no get chance like that.

This is obviously a well embellished story. Not saying it can't happen but I think people are no longer this stupid.

As an educated person and a banker he should know better and have done his due diligence on job opportunities and necessary certification or exams to integrate into whatever expected roles or career paths he plans to follow in Canada. Everybody knows this by now.

Fictitious, but okay. Do Bank executives live in a "tiny room"? Also who travels without proper planning?

lanodam:
Japa is not for everyone, especially those doing extremely here. A bank branch manager living in tiny lagos apartment, lol.
Check my signature for healthy food swallows and groundnut oil.

Omor, that is the exact mis-allignment that opened my brain. The fella first said bank executive before saying bank manager and I was wondering just like you too about the manner of executive living in a tiny room.
Just a few lines further, I stopped reading.

It is always easy for people to write rubbish about bankers . I am not talking about bank workers o.

christopher123:
There is what is called Under employment and Job satisfaction

Under menene?

Canada no dey favor you if you are not a student who has been admitted there, or a nurse. Doctor, maybe. I don't know what a bank manager and his wife were looking for there. They won't give you a job in business there unless you were working for the Nigerian subsidiary of a Canadian business and they posted you to Canada.

The main thing is that both of them did not do their research. Simple. And instead of adapting, husband was trying to massage his ego.

nairalanda1:
Under menene?

Canada no dey favor you if you are not a student who has been admitted there, or a nurse. Doctor, maybe. I don't know what a bank manager and his wife were looking for there. They won't give you a job in business there unless you were working for the Nigerian subsidiary of a Canadian business and they posted you to Canada.

The main thing is that both of them did not do their research. Simple. And instead of adapting, husband was trying to massage his ego.

With this information it means lots of Nigerians are messed up and in the lower ranks of warehouse, farm, under driving and caregivers jobs and will never rise ...this is the lowest of the low


And the man has right to be angry

Looks fake

DrAda:
Proof that this is fiction amongst other clues:

"This is it, Lara! We’ve made it!" he had said, lifting me in his arms as we danced around our tiny living room in Lagos"

Kept reading though then stopped when it veered completely into lala land.

Even if it's fiction, does that negate the message it passes?

meobizy:
Pay me to read that. If not, post a summary. I no kill Jesus, abeg.

Lazy bone. LOL.

In all honesty , you did not miss anything by not reading it. I abandoned it not up to mid way when I discovered it is a story meant for Asabawood.

Let me hear Tunde's side of the story

Administration1:
Lies, lies, lies

It is not about discouraging people like you from going to canada...it is about telling people like you that before you japa, do the research. Does the country you are moving to need people with your skills? Are you prepared to do menial jobs or jobs that are 'below you' if you don't have the skills at hand.

I once read about a Nigerian doctor, when he moved to the USA...the only job he had there was menial labour...on construction site. That is what he did until he passed the necessary exams, and became a doctor over there, with his own hospital eventually.

Negative stories about japa are not meant to stop you from going . Just to make you look before you leap.

There should be a caveat at the top of this story warning that it's fiction.

christopher123:
With this information it means lots of Nigerians are messed up and in the lower ranks of warehouse, farm, under driving and caregivers jobs and will never rise ...this is the lowest of the low


And the man has right to be angry

Then he should have stayed at home...or humbled himself.

Plus doing jobs like the one you talked about are not useless. They are very very necessary. It is only in NIgeria that we think that having university degree with white collar job is a sign of being superior to others.

Infact, our country needs warehouse, drivers, caregivers, mechanics, technicans, carpenters, etc...because it is these people that build the saner climes that you want to run to. We need less of office workers...

Real or not, the story is captivating.

Japa is good for everyone in my view - better standard of living because Nigeria is not yet ready to improve. However, I think the real goal is to be financial independent (meeting up with the standard of living of the hosts nations). I am not talking about what we call comfort in Naija. You see N500k salary earners boasting here like gods. If you understand how to make money first, you can cope anywhere.

And one can be rich anytime. My take is that you take it easy till you are rich enough. Yes, you can travel there even when not rich, but when you see that it is hard, return and restrategize. If you can endure hardship in Naija, you can endure there too, but the only difference is that you have almost no way to cheat there like Naija. So, I think after some years of people who have no intention of learning any innovative skill hoping they can cheat, they get frustrated. If it is in your 60s you eventually gets it done, then, move if you still desire. The good news is that you can still survive here in Naija with small money. Use that to hold yourself while improving your skills on how to make money.

Nigerians and this habit of writing fake stories. An "Executive in the bank" and at same time, living in a "tiny" apartment in Lagos??

Laird:
Your husbamd slapped You in Canada, a western country

This sounds so fake

Location doesn't change a man that's not willing and ready to change/adjust.