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lovelygurl:
Lmaooooo, when I tell people they don't believe me! This is 100% true!!!!

Where in DE are you? I’m in Frankfurt

Do i have to learn how to speak German to study there?

I will travel all over the World in Just 24 hours

Statistically enlightening.

I believe he needs to understand that most setups outside Africa are merit-based. Until "Federal Character" becomes merit-based, truthfully identifying problems will appear an impossible leap.

if i have €8000,
why on earth will i leave NIGERIA?


AM ALREADY RICH!


I can start many kinds of businesses with half that and still leave like a boss here.
so why leave? G-wagon? Maybach?


mtcheww!



if you have access to that kind of money, come meet me to help forget studying or going abroad at all.


€8000 come my way fast!!!


my people have been forcing me to leave Naija since 2017... HECK NO!

porka:
What is the essence of this interview now, ehn?



In specific terms, how is your knowledge going to affect the society positively?

I was really hoping to learn how he was helping in our development.... what impact his return was making on the society. Nothing will change in this society unless the masses rise up and demand the FG do what they are supposed to be doing. University students are almost always the ones to lead such protests and demands....but..... no backbone. Return home to do what?

In retrospect, this is the kind of stories our Newspapers and Magazines should be publishing . There is nothing bad in traveling or living in Europe and other white nations. However, Nigerians need to be told what is actually going on in Europe and North America. Asia is a kettle of fish altogether, so I won't dwell much on that side of the World. I can assure you that this guy will be more useful to himself and the society in Nigeria. Perception is different from Reality. Do you know how it feels like when you know you are not really part of the Society you live in? Yes, you have a EU passport, UK Passport etc but you just always feel something is not right about your circumstances or the life you are living in Europe. You have do some things just to fit in in the white man's world . Sometimes, when you are not married, you have to release yourself and make yourself available to all kinds of sexual advances just to fit in at work. Is somebody out there feeling me?

There are things we can learn from European Societies and adapt those things back home in Africa and Nigeria. Yes, Nigeria can be frustrating and we have all kinds of problems. Yes, our leaders are not doing what they should do and we don't have enough infrastructure. But tell me, where do you feel free 100%? In Nigeria or in Europe? In Nigeria or in North America? Do you know the owners of Wilson's Juice in Nigeria? Seun and Seyi Abolaji returned to Nigeria after 20 years living in the USA. Their Lemonade Juice business is doing well in Nigeria. What do you think prompted these brothers to return to Nigeria? I don't want to say too much here, but Kester Audu will do well in Nigeria in whatever he decides to do with what he has learnt in Germany. The Nigerian Media does not report on people who returned from the white man's lands and who are doing well back home. We only read stories about the journeymen and women who were deported .

If you are able to travel to Europe and North America, please tell us about the real situation of things there. Both the Positives and Negatives. Thanks.

lonelydora:
The grass always look greener from another side.

In this case, it sure is: Germany >>> Nigeria

This should be a pointer that the international community is also deceptive in their quest to manipulate Africans for recolonization! many have written Nigerian off but with good governance we can change the narrative.Those foreign countries hate corruption as we love them here from Local government to Legislatures and other aspects of government thereby killing the future development.we must change our mentality and brace up to build our country as no foreigners will do it for us.God bless Nigeria and Nigerians.

chiboy429:
can you please shed more light on the physics and job in Germany? thanks

if you studied photonics or pysics/electronics or biomedical engineering, you stand a good chance of getting a job quicker in any of the medical-related companies ( medical device and imaging manufacturers)

Pls u get connect?

martineverest:
u are totally wrong....study in Germany free of charge and u are allowed to work in the country after Ur studies

[quote author=porka post=75180573]What is the essence of this interview now, ehn?

When will Africans stop going to Europe and America to marvel at buildings and edifices?

How is this man's acquired cerificate going to be of help to himself, family and country?

What was his major findings in his research that will benefit Africans apart from just talking about social challenges?

Did he just spend 14 months to study his fellow African's lifestyle? What is the usefulness of his paper certification now, ehn?

Where will you use this particular knowledge you just acquired? What is the relevance of the knowledge? How do you want to intervene?

It's high time people focussed on specific solutions they want to proffer with their education and play down the culture shock and mighty buildings tales.

It is not helping Africa.

The training you received is for a purpose. What is it? Definitely not to tell us how beautiful Frankfort airport is.

Ok, you have told us what you think government should do, how are they going to do it? Someone gave a similar advice before you and government has not listen, we've been hearing of this type government should do this and that since 1900 without anyone listening, is this one going to be different?

In specific terms, how is your knowledge going to affect the society positively? Now that you are here what are we to expect from you? Do you want to join the government? At what level: municipal, state or federal? Will it require a bill at the state or national level? What level of funding are you looking at? How do you raise it? Do you want to establish a business? What gap do want to fill? Can you do it alone?

Tell us what we have not heard before. /quote]The title and purpose of the article is his experience in germany

This guy will certainly regret his actions Slaves smile while suffering

Life in Germany for Nigerians depend on how rich your family is. Politicians children that is stealing Nigeria money na their children dey go Germany run come back dey write this epistle.

Person wey run commot for Naija because work no dey will now go to germany and start coming back.

As a student in Germany you can sort out your family issues and stand your brothers and sisters, atleast you can take your family back home out of poverty.

Most Nigerian student are hustlers in Germany because they borrowed the money they used to come to Germany for studies, some stay as student for 10 years, marry inside and have children.For those from less rich family it is far better for them.

lovelygurl:
Lmaooooo, when I tell people they don't believe me! This is 100% true!!!!

I kind of doubt that. Europeans more especially Westerner Europeans travel a lot, and most of them have a fair idea of Africa. Because they have been there multiple times on holiday. Yes it might be common to hear that in state but not so common in Europe.

Source I have been living here for years went to school with multiple of them. Have more European friends than black here. Been to their countries and seen their relatives. So it is either I meet the exposed one that colored my position on this issues or that Audu met the unexposed ones that biased his position on this.

What thing I know for sure is that they know that African is not one country but what they don't know is that we have many cultures and several languages more than they had imagine. Which is different from saying it is one country.

Odingo1:
Life in Germany for Nigerians depend on how rich your family is. Politicians children that is stealing Nigeria money na their children dey go Germany run come back dey write this epistle.

Person wey run commot for Naija because work no dey will now go to germany and start coming back.

As a student in Germany you can sort out your family issues and stand your brothers and sisters, atleast you can take your family back home out of poverty.

Most Nigerian student are hustlers in Germany because they borrowed the money they used to come to Germany for studies, some stay as student for 10 years, marry inside and have children.For those from less rich family it is far better for them.

Brother that is the simple truth.

The Audu guy is a privilege kid he should enjoy his privileges in Nigeria and keep his long story to himself.

ValCon888:
What about racism?

As odd as it sounds, I don't believe blacks should complain about racism. That's, it's hypocritical for a black person to accuse an individual(s) or societies of different races of racism.

martineverest:
u are totally wrong....study in Germany free of charge and u are allowed to work in the country after Ur studies

Great

RealityShot:
if i have €8000,
why on earth will i leave NIGERIA?


AM ALREADY RICH!


I can start many kinds of businesses with half that and still leave like a boss here.
so why leave? G-wagon? Maybach?


mtcheww!



if you have access to that kind of money, come meet me to help forget studying or going abroad at all.


€8000 come my way fast!!!


my people have been forcing me to leave Naija since 2017... HECK NO!

If you have a better life in Nigeria, no need for you to travel out, Germany is meant for those who have suffered terrible after graduation with many years of no work, in Germany as a student you can make 10,000€ in a year after working like donkey in a very physical challenging job(not a child play work) then payback your debt and continue hustling and going to school small small.

inspiration101:
With a Masters Degree from a German university, Kester Audu could have stayed put in the European country, like many of his contemporaries are wont to do, but he chose to return home, albeit under a programme jointly implemented by the Centre for International Migration (CIM) GIZ and the Federal Employment Agency of Germany. He speaks with Dorcas Egede on the attraction and challenges of living and studying abroad, and why he chose to return.

Unlike many young Nigerians who travel abroad to escape the hardship in their country, Kester Audu, a graduate of Industrial Chemistry from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, took the decision to go do his masters degree in Germany, more out of curiosity, and “to see what obtains on the other side of life.” And so to Germany, he headed after his compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

True to his expectation, he did see what obtains on the other side of life. Starting from the minute he stepped foot at the airport in Frankfurt, Audu realised the reason for the strong pull on young people to go abroad. “I’ve never been so burdened for Nigeria as the first time I stepped foot in Frankfurt airport. That was my first time of actually travelling outside Africa. I was amazed that human beings could build what I saw there. And for me, it became like a challenge, that if humans could build the kind of airport I saw in Frankfurt, it means we’re sleeping in Africa.” He said.

Having been admitted into Brandenburg Technical University (BTU), Cottbus, Germany to study Environment and Resource Management, Audu soon discovered that achieving academic excellence abroad wasn’t so much a herculean task as in Nigeria. “I was able to finish my programme in a record time of about 14 months. One thing that helped me achieve that was the kind of training I had received in my Nigeria school. Unlike back home, here your lectures are flexible, you have teachers who interact with you on a personal note, you have enough time to do research works and of ctextbooks of text books at your disposal.”

The challenges

Audu decided on the Diary of an international student “because of what happens to us Africans when we travel abroad. Many people feel that once they cross the border, they automatically make it in life.” But then, how realistic is this expectation considering the challenges international students face?

While Audu admits that international students grapple with economic challenges amidst other challenges, he strongly believes that the challenges they face are more social than economic. “Most times the challenges foreign students face abroad is more social. For instance, by the time you leave here to Europe or America for your master's degree, you’re already gone past the age of students in a masters degree class because you’ve spent a lot of time working to save up to travel. Anyway, age is just in the numbers, as they say, but of course, you know that at that age, there are also a lot of things that begin to impact on what you want to do.”

Now, you’re probably married and have kids or aged parents who probably cleared their life’s savings to make your dream to study abroad come true; maybe you even loaned the money to study abroad. Whatever the case, Audu says these things add up in no small way to the burden of international students. “Your counterparts in Europe, America and even China, don’t face that kind of pressure. And these impact on your quality of life and global competitiveness in the long run.”

Another social challenge which Audu observed foreign students face is in association. “When you travel abroad, the first set of people you meet shape your mentality, they shape how you see the society.”

He was fortunate to meet people who nudged him towards starting early to achieve his set goals. However, not every international student is as fortunate as Audu; some of them have first contacts who wrongly colour their impression. “When you meet a black person on the way, you definitely want to associate, so those people come to you and begin to tell you things about society. Things like it’s hard. You will need to get your residency. You will need to get your citizenship. You have to marry a white. You have to birth a child in society. What now happens is that, instead of our students looking to acquire the knowledge, skills and network to make them relevant, they begin a rat race for survival. This is why you can have a PhD student who has been doing his program for about five or six years; a master's students who have finished one master's program and after three years, go back to do another one, not because he’s truly seeking for knowledge, but because he wants to extend his stay in the society.”

Strategy is key

Audu is therefore of the opinion that those who seek to go abroad, either for work or study or as permanent residents, must have a strategy. “Many people travel without a plan, so when they get there, they get stuck, and it takes a lot of time, meaningful years of their lives before they find some kind of headway.”

“I was able to do some kind of humanitarian work in Berlin; attended a lot of conferences, where I met people to improve my network. I acquired some very good skills set and became knowledgeable in the issue of sustainability that helps me look at the problem as a whole and not just in part, like many of us do. That is why we have researchers who have had breakthroughs in their researches, but don’t have the skill to communicate these breakthroughs to policy makers. They don’t even understand how policy makers think to be able to adopt that research and use it for the benefit of society.”

He also thinks “The excitement and expectation of people going abroad have to be put in check. Yes, the environment is better off, if you want to compare it to what we have in Africa, but it’s not a walk in the park.”

Migration malady

Asked what he thinks is responsible for the inordinate desire of young people to go abroad despite sad tales of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean and slavery in Libya, Audu said, “First of all, the issue of migration is not just in part; drowning in the Mediterranean Sea is only part of the story. Let me tell you some facts about migration that can put this in perspective, it. Currently, in the world, there are 258million migrants. In 2000 we had about 173m and in 2018 alone, it has risen to 258m.”

According to Audu, “One out of any 30 persons is a migrant, 48% of migrants are women and out of this 258m, 50m are children.” He said that one fact about migration that most international media don’t talk about is that most migrants move through safe and legal means.

Continuing, he added: “Migration should be an engine for economic growth and entrepreneurship, anywhere. In 2017 alone, migrants spent approximately $450m in remittances to developed countries. Now, this is three times the amount spent globally on development aid.”

Noting that a huge sum of migrants’ earnings is pumped into their host countries’ economies, Audu said, “Migrants spend 85% of their earnings in their host countries, so it’s the other 15% that they try to send back home.”

Audu said people migrate because “they are looking for better opportunities.” He however strongly believes that if Nigerians had access to basic amenities to make them comfortable in their country, they won’t need to go anywhere. “It was shocking to me when I got to Germany and realized that many people there see Africa as a country. They don’t know much about us. What does that tell you? It’s possible for child to be born in Germany and hasn’t visited more than four or five countries. What this portends is that where people find opportunities, fulfilment, and full expression of their liberties and rights, they may not have any cause to leave those places.

“So, when you see young people on this side of Africa, who, maybe because they cannot afford to go through legal means like going to school and stuff like that, want to go abroad by all means, just know that they must have perceived their socio-economic conditions as very bad.

“I say ‘perceived’ because it’s not like going through the illegal means is cheap. Many of them have savings, but they just feel that the return on their investment will be higher if they find themselves on other shores.”

Audu attributes this belief to misinformation. “The media, what we see in the movies. Many people don’t know that there are beggars on the streets of New York, or that there are homeless people in Europe. Movies will not actually show you all that, but the fine cars and houses, and the colourful ambience.”

One-sided narrative

But Audu believes that the migration story is not told in a balanced manner. It is told in such a way that makes it look as if migrants cost their host countries a fortune, but they fail to talk about how robust their economies become because of migrants. “If you’re telling us about the remittances to developing countries, also tell us what goes out to developed countries because of migrants’ activities. For instance, the German policy requires that the student who wants to study there would have to have at least 8,000 Euros opened in a German account. So, imagine you have 500 students who leave Nigeria to study in Germany. Multiply 500 by 8,000 Euros, you know how much that is into their economy.”

What the international community is doing

“For me, another thing that strengthened my resolve to return home, which is something for which I really give credit to the German government, is that, as part of their plans towards solving some of these migration issues, they created a platform such that after you’ve studied and trained in Germany, if you choose to go back home, wherever you find yourself or whatever you want to do, they will give you certain kind of support for some period of time.

“Now, imagine if other countries adopted that kind of strategy. Those of us who chose to return on the platform provided by the German government were few at first, but now the network has grown and we are close to 30 already.

“The United Nations is talking about what they call the global pact for safe, orderly and regular migration. That is the new agenda of the UN and it has clear objectives to make migration safe and regular, to address the concerns the of the government and to reinforce national sovereignties, to recognise the vulnerabilities faced by migrants who travel through these irregular means, to make known the benefits of migrants to their host countries.”

What our government can do

To solve migration problems, Audu says the government can do a lot. “With our growing population, we have to create jobs. The government has to engage the teeming youthful population and we have to throw open the manufacturing space. We can’t make jokes about manufacturing.

“Nigeria is one of the biggest markets for automobiles, yet how many cars do we manufacture? The manufacturing sector is a sector that can absorb people in numbers.

“We have to develop vocational skills. Our graduates are not even well groomed for the labour market. So, vocational skill isn’t something we should take lightly.

“Another thing we must take seriously is agriculture. Soon, the world will begin to look to Africa for food security. We have the land, the weather, the human capital. So, what the government needs to do is take care of basic things such as power, job creation, etc. and once people are engaged, they begin to find fulfilment. At least, they have the ability to feed and shelter themselves, just the basic necessities of life.

“The health sector must be revamped. If someone is sick he should be able to have health insurance that helps him. This is why people don’t want to return home because those basic things are catered for abroad. This is why a Nigerian will do anything to be the citizen of another country. This is why you have a lot of elites and the middle-class wanting to have their children abroad. Once those things are fixed, I’m telling you, you won’t have people thronging abroad the way to they do.”

According to the young man, the government needs to brace up. They need to set up policies that make things work. They need to strengthen ties with our diasporas and tap into that network. They need to strengthen policies, health care policies, set up educational policies that achieve four important things, namely: (1) make us know more about ourselves, our family, background, history of our country and continent. Many of us don’t even know where we are from. (2) Help us study our environment, economically, politically, socially, geographically. (3) Help us identify our problems and (4) we have to develop an educational system that will help individuals to solve these problems that have been identified, because that is one thing we are lacking. We know the problems, but many lack those critical problem solving skills.”


http://thenationonlineng.net/experience-germany-foreign-student/

He captured it all.

We had a good argument in an event in Viadrina, Brandenburg. This argument later became a slogan "Africa is not a country".

Sadly, my brothers (African and particularly Nigerians) back home took it up against me and rather criticised and booed me for "neglecting" my motherland. I was quoted to say my slogan "Africa is not a country" posted on my social media accounts suggested that as I went "abroad" Africa became "shit" to me. They expressed much disappointment.

Up till this moment, some are not in talking terms with me o. Cuz of that lone issue.

There is nothing new in the experience shared above. He is apt. You make some cash that goes back to the system.

I've seen lots of Africans who say they've been there for over 8 years. Yet nothing to show. Scattered hairs in the band of fashion, expensive necklace that sits in doubt and with an expensive chain wristwatch that hangs as shackles...

Just a few are OK. Others keep on doing assorted degrees that they don't work with. The essence, to keep their stay legally elongated.

German babes become an issue of interest for the males, while German guys are targeted by the females.

What are u coming back to do after spending fortune to study abroad and na scholarship

JaceBlaze:
Germans who are racists tend to hate the Jews more than they hate blacks.

The Jews were/are selfish. They get to a place, marry, born and colonise the region. Only them do one type of business, jewelry. Nobody else can compete. They kind of exclude others from their circle. This why the Germans hate them .
Its like the kind of thing some Igbo people do.

I stopped reading at "what our government can do"
Don't involve Nigerian government in any plan or suggestion except you want it to fail.