₦airaland Forum

Some folks fairly criticize starting a business. But while not everyone can run a successful business, just about anyone can be a landlord. Find a place where it's affordable to build. Start with something modest, and go from there.

Eriokanmi:
Ask her why guys over there aren't getting married and ladies are crying for a life partners even at 40s...nobody. men are running away for bills.If she needs to hear good advice, she should get married before leaving, even get belle join because she doesn't know what shes gonna meet out there. She should just invite her hubby later

This is a very dumb advice.

So someone who is looking to progress in life, with just herself to be responsible whilst figuring things out, should add more responsibilities?

She hasn't finished helping herself, you are saying she should add more people to her uncertain state?

Smdh!

casualobserver:
It is intellectually deceitful to compare incomes in Nigeria to that abroad. How much of that income is left over, how much of lifestyle is debt. I also take exception to this “middle class” classification based on income. Most non status Nigerians abroad are working class. A driver is a driver is a driver anywhere in the world, that he earns more than a Nigerian driver does not make him middle class. Whether he is a truck driver, a cab driver, an Uber driver a delivery driver or an executive limo driver or a chauffeur, he is working class. And at the end of the month they are both broke. A driver is not middle class, neither is a security guard, or anyone engaged in blue collar work. In any society you are the bottom of the ladder.

Don't mind the guy.
Though he do write well with some good points but beneath it is someone who despise the country to the extreme but tries to hide or keep it as much as possible under the canopy of wanting a better nigeria.

Smartguyboy:
With all that degree she will end up as a cleaner or security guard. What a pity

A cleaner or blue collar worker in a unionized job, makes more money than your oga's can dream off

Nuzo1:
😂 😂 😂

And some of these guys have never done business in their lives before o.

And for some who have done, nothing came out of it.
But they are here telling someone who raised 20m in this environment how to start a business. If you ask them which business now, they will tell you pig farming.😄

They feel you can only do business when you are given 1 billion naira at a once.

😆 My guy I'm weak. You have to realize, these are unemployed individuals who are ashamed to admit they're jobless. So everytime they just say "I dey do business". Start talking about real business to them. You'll realize they can't even run a suya stand. People abroad laugh at them. If this individual Japa and go abroad. They advantages they'd have making dollars and having access to loans, if they cameback to naija to do business. With all these "business men" why is naija the poverty capital of the world ?

Savenigeria2023:
What is a meaningful business in this context?, what is the success rate of business in Nigeria today?

You think these "business people" know anything about market research ?

casualobserver:
In all you wrote there (I couldn’t read it all) all I saw is that the educated Nigerian graduate who refused to use his intellect to see how he can turn a relative mundane occupation in Nigeria like gardening into a corporate business in Nigeria will eventually after washing bottoms and cutting lawns ultimately doing the same thing there even if eventually as a business.

Why go through the hassle when you have the capital to start in Nigeria? 90% of graduates who japa who japa because they can’t get good office jobs in Nigeria will ultimately never get the corporate office jobs they drove them away from Nigeria.

Very few NIgerians abroad will ever be able to live the lifestyle of a Nigerian who makes it in Nigeria. When we make it here, we dont pay car notes or mortgages, when we buy holiday homes there we pay cash! We don’t live in fear of deportation or credit scores!


For me if you don’t have citizenship and you didn’t have a proper respectable professional job lined up or a high probability you have the skills to obtain one, stay in Nigeria with your N20m. It will likely take you as a non citizen up to 10 years to get a foothold and you are living in constant fear of deportation. Your mates in Nigeria will 100% exceed you in 10 years and ultimately thereafter.

Furthermore after hunger stops being your primary focus you will realize you will forever be a nobody no matter how much your bank balance and most Japas will never have an enviable bank balance.

The story of japa is the story of the tortoise and the hare….the tortoise always wins the race!

For every Nigerian without papers who makes it (and please let’s get it straight it is only a minority) and probably starts out as a bottom cleaner and eventually owns his care home, starts as a gardener and eventually owns a landscaping business, starts driving cabs/trucks and eventually owns a cab/truck business. I can bet you they all thought to themselves why didn’t I think of this when I was in Nigeria.

The jobs Nigerians look down on at home is ultimately where the japa Nigeria ends up abroad. There is no office job/ corporate ladder job waiting for you.


NIgerians in diaspora should stop deceiving NIgerians at home with stories of “I know one” . For every 1 you know there are 99 languishing. These are the kinds of stories I was fed as a young man. I was lucky I was a British citizen so things were easier. I could take advantage of the many benefits the system offered me as a citizen to improve myself and access opportunities. I know the fate of Nigerians in the Uk without papers.. Eventually I reached a point of diminishing returns and I came home. I was earning very well in good corporate roles in the Uk but the truth is My mates in Nigeria who were struggling in Nigeria with entry level graduate trainee jobs when I left for london had passed me. There is a ceiling in London, there is no ceiling for a Nigerian in Nigeria.

Stop deceiving Nigerians here at home with “I know one”. You are the ones responsible for deceiving the other 90 who are languishing.

Nigerian is the poverty capital of the world. You're more than likely will never amount to more than a begger. With all the money and business opportunities, why is it the "poor" Nigerians abroad sending billions of dollars home ? When will it be the other way round with all the "I dey do business" people there ?

Nobody abroad cares about the egotistical jobs people in naija value. Nobody cares about your office job. Nobody will Call you "chairman" here. I don't know what my neighbors here do, and I don't care. In a developed nation everyone is treated equally. Men here aren't insecure with big egos.

The "Jobs Nigerians look down on" is a comical statement. When you're the poverty capital of the world, with one of the world's highest youth unemployment rates, you're in no position to look down on anyone.

The funny part of you and most people's ignorance here is doing a blue collar job in a unionized environment abroad will make you money your oga could only dream off. Keep in mind these jobs "Nigerians look down on", people are doing, comes with government benefits and pension. They also live a quality of life 99% of Nigerians in Nigeria could only dream off. My friend you're a joke.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/415-bus-drivers-sunshine-list-1.5505087

https://cw33.com/watercooler/the-112000-job-garbage-truck-driver/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bart-janitor-making-100k-plus-in-salary-alone-group-says/

https://www.sunshineliststats.com/Salary/ziaulhasanshaikh/2025/9/cityofottawa

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maternal:
Nigerian is the poverty capital of the world. You're more than likely will never amount to more than a begger. With all the money and business opportunities, why is it the "poor" Nigerians abroad sending billions of dollars home ? When will it be the other way round with all the "I dey do business" people there ?

Nobody abroad cares about the egotistical jobs people in naija value. Nobody cares about your office job. Nobody will Call you "chairman" here. I don't know what my neighbors here do, and I don't care. In a developed nation everyone is treated equally. Men here aren't insecure with big egos.

The "Jobs Nigerians look down on" is a comical statement. When you're the poverty capital of the world, with one of the world's highest youth unemployment rates, you're in no position to look down on anyone.

The funny part of you and most people's ignorance here is doing a blue collar job in a unionized environment abroad will make you money your oga could only dream off. Keep in mind these jobs "Nigerians look down on", people are doing, comes with government benefits and pension. They also live a quality of life 99% of Nigerians in Nigeria could only dream off. My friend you're a joke.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/415-bus-drivers-sunshine-list-1.5505087

https://cw33.com/watercooler/the-112000-job-garbage-truck-driver/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bart-janitor-making-100k-plus-in-salary-alone-group-says/

https://www.sunshineliststats.com/Salary/ziaulhasanshaikh/2025/9/cityofottawa

The guy you quoted na APC apologist

obi4eze:
Don't go to UK
Don't go to UK
Don't go to UK

Go to US or Canada instead. Avoid UK by all means possible.

canada sef don cast

tolugar:
If I had that money I wouldn't have travelled. I would've started a business.

But if your are going for school and the course of study has potential, then go to Uk, Canada or Australia.

If it's not for studies, and you don't have anyone over there brace yourself for the "road is not for the weak"

canada don cast una no dey hear

Ohraykon:
canada don cast una no dey hear

No country cast. Unless you are going to do illegal Things.

My advice on those countries I mentioned is because they speak English and it will be faster to integrate than non English speaking countries.

maternal:
A cleaner or blue collar worker in a unionized job, makes more money than your oga's can dream off

What’s the need going to school if you will end up as a cleaner?

Slave

Smartguyboy:
What’s the need going to school if you will end up as a cleaner?

Slave

And those that graduate from Nigerian universities are what, slave owners? How much does the average university graduates earn in Nigeria?

IbeOkehie:
That delivery person lives a better quality of life than any Nigerian making ₦1million naira per month. Only a tiny sliver of Nigerians earn more.

And it gets better. I found something out in the last month or so. Many delivery and taxi people are starting to use electric cars. Guess what? There's lots of FREE CHARGING stations in the USA provided by government, charities and non-profits. Basically FREE FUEL for driving.

The thing gives a big jolt to their profits. Anyway you only know what you know.

My basic analysis taken from FACTUAL INFORMATION

ABO banking officer in Nigeria needs 2 years banking experience and a university degree to get hired and starts at ₦800K/month. Getting a university degree in Nigeria for most takes at least 5 or 6 years.

Equivalent banker with university degree in North Carolina, USA starts at $24/hr .

Nurse Aide (Nyash Cleaner) in North Carolina, USA needs a 3 month technical school certificate and starts at $22/hr or $2600/month after tax.

Conversion rate is $300 = ₦500K, very easy to save for an ILLEGAL immigrant working as a cook, nyash cleaner or security guard or uber driver. Just an hour ago I watched a HAIR BRAIDER collect $150 cash for 4 hours of work at home.

Between the Nigerian university grad employed as an ABO and the USA Nyash Cleaner, which lives a BETTER QUALITY of LIFE right now.....access to water, electricity, good roads and transport services, clean air and healthcare? Which one feels safer going out at night?

Which one has a standard 8 hour workday? ABO will likely be doing at least 10 to 12 hours per day or 60 hours a week for that salary, while Nyash Cleaner will get paid $33/hr for any work over 8 hours per day.

Who will save more NAIRA after 3 or 10 years? Oga Gerrard, does PPP matter in that calculation No it doesn't !

Is it LIKELY the Nyash Cleaner will remain in that same job after 10 years? As in which country provides more econcomic OPPORTUNITY?

Good Luck to Nigerians!

ridwintin89:
If She was born a slave.

How can a sane person used 20Million that would made you a Boss in Nigeria to go and become a slave with no identity.

How long are we going to live, maximum enjoyment life is between the age of 18-60.

After 60years we started facing one challenges or the order health wise.

You would be advised not to be eating your favorite food again.

Your sexual power reduce.

Why would I wasted my enjoyment period as a slave.

You said it all honestly

tolugar:
No country cast. Unless you are going to do illegal Things.

My advice on those countries I mentioned is because they speak English and it will be faster to integrate than non English speaking countries.

i am there canada don cast una no dey hear word

Jumbojax:
You said it all honestly

Reallyn 2OM NGN can make you a boss in Nigeria?

ndidibabe:
Reallyn 2OM NGN can make you a boss in Nigeria?

all i know is #20M equivalent can't make you a boss in the west

Jumbojax:
all i know is #20M equivalent can't make you a boss in the west

But you van make 20NGN within 6 months doing nonsense job.

ndidibabe:
But you van make 20NGN within 6 months doing nonsense job.

How much is money wey go make me clean white man yanch

Jumbojax:
How much is money wey go make me clean white man yanch

You mean cleaning bum is the only odd job abroad?

ndidibabe:
You mean cleaning bum is the only odd job abroad?

Look rat race is manageable but I don't subscribe to modern slavery at all

dollytino4real:
Wat i noticed the agent really chop her money because she wanted to jappa by all means

lol

Canada is worst.

obi4eze:
Don't go to UK
Don't go to UK
Don't go to UK

Go to US or Canada instead. Avoid UK by all means possible.