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I'm abroad, it's a lie

Mrfeel:
Let everyone try their luck first

People like this are the ones that be bombarding the office. They travel based on luck ... when luck is never the odds in one's favour. These people should never be complaining when they realize luck wasn't on their side. The ones that travel and manage ...are almost always the ones who did their homework before travelling.

Personal experience. Went to pick up a Nairalander tourist at the airport ... visiting for the first time ...she had done her homework very well ... got her description... spotted her with two other females in conversation ... same flight. We greeted...and she said bye to the other two . So I asked her where are they going ... maybe in the same direction and I can give them a lift...since they travelled light. She insisted let's go. So I asked them myself. Would you believe they had no address? ...they came based on luck? ... they had a few phone numbers.... one person picked up. The person doesn't know them too well ...and definitely wasn't expecting them. I handed the phone for them to sort it out ... the convo was very short ...I collected my phone and I bounced . Then I understood why the one was telling me let's go ... and leave them standing. I always wondered what happened to them. Not saying people shouldn't travel ... but do your homework very well ... in this Trump dispensation ... this has to be the worst .... ever.

All of you insulting her and saying to try your luck first. I really pray you get that visa and come to UK.

Body go tell you.


It’s not a curse, the environment is toxic. I know a guy that works 18 hours per day (2 jobs) just to break even. You think it’s hustling? Hahaha. Please apply for that visa and come join.

franchasng:
This is mostly applicable to Nigerians that migrated to UK via study route. UK can be frustrating, forget the fine pictures, that country was never structured to make migrants succeed, only fortunate ones with high in demand skills and physical strength succeed in UK.



Another country Nigerians always regret migrating to is Cyprus.


Avoid the below mentioned countries if you are a Nigerian that want to Japa abroad

Cyprus
South Africa
Spain
Turkey (except for buying things)
Vietnam
India
Russia
Philippines
Indonesia
Malaysia
Dubai
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Egypt

I am in the UK and I relocated via study route and I am done with my studies and working at the moment. In fact, I relocated September 2023 and just like everywhere else, it is normal for a person to struggle once you relocate to a new environment, even while still in Nigeria, relocate from Port Harcourt to Lagos, you'll struggle, relocate from Ibadan to Abuja, you'll struggle but the manner in which you guys make comparisons is always amazing. Yes, I struggled as a student but when I found my way while still studying I could make between £400 - £500 in a week. UK isn't always the way you guys portray it. If you don't know how a country works, you don't come online to condemn it. If you feel a country is all rosy and you carry such ideology that everything will be juicy instead of studying the system, you'll suffer and this is peculiar to both UK and Nigeria. UK is a working system unlike Nigeria. There are guys that make £1k in a week because they've found their ways in the system. UK is a great place to hustle, ignore what people are saying trying to discourage others, just manage your expenses, don't over do yourself and you'll be OK and even save better but when you jump into the system, na sorry be your name.

If you have a means to Japa, abeg, Japa. It's a battle for survival, and survival is a must.

#My1cent#

Forumites:
Abike Dey talk rubbish. Six of my friends are in UK today working and earning good. Make una no listen to this woman oh. Where her kids and relatives dey?

What is the whole point of earning over 500k in Nigeria and still struggling

Angelfrost:
Are we back to this Anti-Japa matter...!

This one no really concern over 80% of Nigerians living in Nigeria, ma.

Majority of Nigerians can't afford to even Japa to neighboring African nations.

So, why the constant focus on the select few who chose to relocate?!!

Are the majority left in Nigeria not depressed and suffering too?!!



You Nigerian leaders and followers just enjoy distracting yourselves from the realities facing you guys in Naija.

Instead of making policies that will make people living in Nigeria happy, they are talking about those that jakpa, na person wey chop bellefull de jakpa.

Is it in Nigeria that people are not living in regret? Simply say, many Nigerians who are illegal immigrants abroad are living in regret. Highlight that phrase illegal Nigerian immigrants. Let me hear word jor.

Morbeta11:
https://gazettengr.com/japa-many-nigerians-abroad-living-in-regrets-depression-abike-dabiri-erewa-claims/

Useless woman.. why not tell the govt you are working under to fix the country. Watch to see if people will actually leave.

A country that cannot even get ordinary electricity right.

EmperorIsaac:
Of course there are outliers. She is in a position to evaluate such more.

I have never seen anyone abroad with such regret though. Maybe few ones who are doing extremely well back home and the abroad dream does not meet their expectations. This category of people can easily afford to relocate back home. My husband for instance works with an oil firm in Nigeria and has refused to come stay permanently in Canada with us due to unknown circumstances and that is understandable. But at least, we have secured a future for our kids by moving them here. So much gains moving abroad to be sincere.

Forumites:
Abike Dey talk rubbish. Six of my friends are in UK today working and earning good. Make una no listen to this woman oh. Where her kids and relatives dey?

Ask them how difficult it has been to renew their stay papers. Find out after spending so much for masters degree why they are still doing menial jobs. Find out how they have buried themselves with extra shifts just to earn enough to pay bills. Care jobs are like gold now.

Nobody is persuading anyone not to japa but what she is saying is that bitter kola is not as sweet as it sounds.

Make una help me ask her where her children dey

pansophist:
If you want to see suffering, enter UK without papers lol.

Try it.

You don start again. Are we talking about illegal immigrants here? She is pushing a narrative of people that migrated illegally.

If you migrate legally and still suffering abroad, such a person is nothing but a lazy fág.

So don't come here and be saying what we already know. Only fools migrate illegally to another man's land and be lamenting day and night.

As if Nigeria is better. To carry ordinary Olosho self in Nigeria is very expenses

redcliff:
Useless woman.. why not tell the govt you are working under to fix the country. Watch to see if people will actually leave.

A country that cannot even get ordinary electricity right.

You can imagine my brother. I am ashamed of Nigeria as a country. Something as simple as steady power supply that other poor Africa countries have, year in year out, Nigeria the so called big for nothing giant of Africa can not solve the issue of epileptic power.

What a shame!

Ofodirinwa:
I'm abroad, it's a lie

Even if it's true the focus should be on those living in depression and regrets inside Nigeria their homeland.

Why are we so fixated on those who japa? At least they did something by helping reduce the burden at home.

The only Nigerians she might be referring to are Nigerians without legal status. Trust me, if you have your papers in a country like America, the sky is your starting point, unless you are lazy.

I came to America 10 years ago. Today, I am a citizen, married to a Doctor and have 2 kids. We own our home, have a couple of investment properties here. My wife has her own practice and I work for one of the top 5 tech companies. This was after multiple certifications. For the record, I studied computer science in Nigeria. My wife and I make a combined $700k a year.

We are not frivolous with our money. We have a couple fo Nigerian kids, about 10 of them, that we sponsor their education. The plan is to sponsor then until they are done with university.

All of this in just 10 years. Like I said earlier, unless that person doesn't have papers or are just lazy. If you work hard and are strategic with your plans, you will make it good in America.

lilyheaven:
Instead of making policies that will make people living in Nigeria happy, they are talking about those that jakpa, na person wey chop bellefull de jakpa.

Exactly! Why the fixation on those who japa?

franchasng:
This is mostly applicable to Nigerians that migrated to UK via study route. UK can be frustrating, forget the fine pictures, that country was never structured to make migrants succeed, only fortunate ones with high in demand skills and physical strength succeed in UK.



Another country Nigerians always regret migrating to is Cyprus.


Avoid the below mentioned countries if you are a Nigerian that want to Japa abroad

Cyprus
South Africa
Spain
Turkey (except for buying things)
Vietnam
India
Russia
Philippines
Indonesia
Malaysia
Dubai
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Egypt

I concur

Originalsly:
People like this are the ones that be bombarding the office. They travel based on luck ... when luck is never the odds in one's favour. These people should never be complaining when they realize luck wasn't on their side. The ones that travel and manage ...are almost always the ones who did their homework before travelling.

Personal experience. Went to pick up a Nairalander tourist at the airport ... visiting for the first time ...she had done her homework very well ... got her description... spotted her with two other females in conversation ... same flight. We greeted...and she said bye to the other two . So I asked her where are they going ... maybe in the same direction and I can give them a lift...since they travelled light. She insisted let's go. So I asked them myself. Would you believe they had no address? ...they came based on luck? ... they had a few phone numbers.... one person picked up. The person doesn't know them too well ...and definitely wasn't expecting them. I handed the phone for them to sort it out ... the convo was very short ...I collected my phone and I bounced . Then I understood why the one was telling me let's go ... and leave them standing. I always wondered what happened to them. Not saying people shouldn't travel ... but do your homework very well ... in this Trump dispensation ... this has to be the worst .... ever.

Well a desperate person has no time for homework, it's called japa (escape) for a reason

Yes it's true. 99% of them na from Yoruba tribe. Agbaya

helinues:
Toh

Hidden truth that reasonable number of people are not aware of

Unlike the open truth about the worsening extreme poverty, inflation, unemployment, corruption, insecurity etc of the past 10 years by Abike Dabiri’s bosses who promised APC change but they are destroying our country with their clueless shege

citizenisb:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.

“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.

The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.

“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”


http://www.punchng.com/buhari-not-sound-economy-foreign-affairs-obasanjo/

EmperorIsaac:
I believe her 100%

if you give me US visa free of charge!!! I will not go, the reason is because I don't joke with my freedom. If you commit traffic offense, you come be black? Us police has gotten Donald Trump's order to shoot you dead, the police will be promoted immediately, na that time you will understand that truly Nigerian police are your friend

Angelfrost:
Are we back to this Anti-Japa matter...!

This one no really concern over 80% of Nigerians living in Nigeria, ma.

Majority of Nigerians can't afford to even Japa to neighboring African nations.

So, why the constant focus on the select few who chose to relocate?!!

Are the majority left in Nigeria not depressed and suffering too?!!

You Nigerian leaders and followers just enjoy distracting yourselves from the realities facing you guys in Naija.

Don’t mind her lame attempt to distract us from the reality of APC failure in the last decade of promising change, but changing the promises despite claiming to be incorruptible leaders looters of integrity.

Emergingnation:
Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.

During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.

He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.

His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.

“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.

“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.

“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.

Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/09/01/flashback-how-bola-tinubu-spoke-highly-of-buhari-in-2015-named-pdp-poverty-development-party/

life abroad is never a bed of roses. Just light they see steadily over there is being paid for in full. Work life is too intense even until old age. Africa has a lot of advantages over many benefits overseas.

The word “ contentment is the wealth of nature “ is a fact.!

Amalekki:
Even if it's true the focus should be on those living in depression and regrets inside Nigeria their homeland.

Why are we so fixated on those who japa? At least they did something by helping reduce the burden at home.

exactly.

Lies. It depends on the country you jakpa to and your status in that country.

No one I know that has jakpa (including me) that is living in regret. We dey alright 😅😅

They chose the wrong country.
Make dem show USA
The Fun in US is second to none.
Never a dull moment.

Big lie to discourage people

APOPTOSIS:
They chose the wrong country.
Make dem show USA
The Fun in US is second to none.
Never a dull moment.

True, Yankee is definitely not on that regret list unless you are a lazy human being. Another reason could be impatience while working on regularizing your papers, and that impatience na your personal headache

franchasng:
This is mostly applicable to Nigerians that migrated to UK via study route. UK can be frustrating, forget the fine pictures, that country was never structured to make migrants succeed, only fortunate ones with high in demand skills and physical strength succeed in UK.



Another country Nigerians always regret migrating to is Cyprus.


Avoid the below mentioned countries if you are a Nigerian that want to Japa abroad

Cyprus
South Africa
Spain
Turkey (except for buying things)
Vietnam
India
Russia
Philippines
Indonesia
Malaysia
Dubai
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Egypt

Thanks boss

Afolue:
life abroad is never a bed of roses. Just light they see steadily over there is being paid for in full. Work life is too intense even until old age. Africa has a lot of advantages over many benefits overseas.

The word “ contentment is the wealth of nature “ is a fact.!

Too many generalization.

Is life in Nigeria a bed of roses?
Where abroad are you talking about specifically?
What "work" roles are you talking about?
Steady light is not cheap in Nigeria either.
Where in Africa are you talking about and what are those advantages?
Contentment is not limited to African soil, you could also be contented abroad and many Nigerians abroad are very very contented.

tballeyy:
I pray to everyone in abroad that God should hv mercy on them

E don finish having mercy on Nigerians living in Nigeria?