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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by BigDawsNet: 11:12am On Jan 04, 2021
simplesearch:



But were those debt forced on you or anyone else in the first instance?

How about not going to school and staying debt free in ignorance?
How about not marrying and staying debt free while maintaining your single status?
What about staying homeless and debt free?

Human want is insatiable, unfortunately no system world over is perfect.

Just thank God you live in a clime where there is available platform to actualize your dream.
If a system provides you with an opportunity to add value to yourself, increase your earning and live a better life, there is no reason to complain against such system.


Omg grin

Nigerian are the same

Can't u read carefully

This story is not mine
But a random fact story


And getting a loan in the first world country is as normal as get a table water

In nigeria we see it as a big deal

Achieving those things as an average american without loans is impossible...

You can choose not to apply... No one will hold you

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Nobody: 11:12am On Jan 04, 2021
encryptjay:
The way they insulted that Muyiwa guy ehn. I didn't expect that sha.
Very vile comments. You can succeed anywhere, if he felt Nigeria wasn't good for him, fine! Don't know why they were dragging him like that.
Omo, hmm
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Wiifesnatcher(m): 11:13am On Jan 04, 2021
lexy2014:


How many are those ur friends in Texas and Canada? It seems u didn't see d English u wrote. U said:

"no white will give you license to defend yourself"

Emphasis is on "no white...".


is this not the same maadgoaat asking how many HOR in NA late last year


I've been responding to mad fellas, so unfortunate
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by shevy878: 11:13am On Jan 04, 2021
Any reliable Europe Visa Agent here, Visa for 3, any reliable country in Europe will be OK
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by planetx: 11:14am On Jan 04, 2021
Nothing special about Canada. Until you get there and the realities of living in Canada hit you, but for now enjoy your little fantasies.

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by emekafelix1: 11:14am On Jan 04, 2021
curse, mad, Nation
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by BigDawsNet: 11:15am On Jan 04, 2021
Debra911:

Making sense. The minimum wage salary in Nigeria is Discouraging, you'll work for hours but the pay is just annoying. Labour is less appreciated. I really want to leave the country but not now cos I'm going for a 2nd degree in medicine &surgery. Studying medicine in outside country is very expensive


Very expensive but if you can find a way to raise fund or go through scholarship you will never regret it...

With your first degree you can go for masters... That's pretty cheap...

Get a work permit and start working


Save some good amount of Money and go for nursing
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by LutanFyah: 11:15am On Jan 04, 2021
Wiifesnatcher:


I know blockhead like you will come up with this dunce, that's why I said you don't have self esteem again, even if I no hear English at all, I'm a Yoruba man, I know Yoruba too well slaves grin


Chinese and French don't feel inferior for English hence grammatical errors is not their concern as you've structured your life to be.

if African leaders get it right, do you think white will have reason to extort them in the course of helping them


Nigeria doesn't have light, electricity bla bla but no one is dictating how to work or drive in my country, do anyhow in that place if they won't send you packing, whereas their citizens do as they like and all they get is fine but you na deportation get you


I think you should work on yourself esteem and recover your lost senses


P.S I'm a Yoruba man and I don't give a fúck about any grammatical errors, continue being your slaves, your wailing won't change my stance
Was Yoruba the language of instruction while in your Nigeria university? Lols


Then,tell your thieving African leaders to sit up and do their job and stop hounding youngsters who want to migrate and better their lives.


I think you shouldn't worry about my self esteem but focus on the pot holes on your roads that can kill you, the police that can shoot you for having iPhone, the electricity that you don't have,the strike ravaging your children's lives, the Corona virus you will contract when you go for NIN registration. Lols


Nigerian graduate that can't read and write properly because "I'm Yoruba ".

LOLS

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by YourGrandfather: 11:15am On Jan 04, 2021
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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by mariahAngel(f): 11:18am On Jan 04, 2021
Eriokanmi:
Come back 15 years later and share your Canada experience with us young man cheesy. But when you come back, hope you'd not hide when you see your friends and mates you left behind Progress grin.

Nigeria is a land of opportunities to only those who have the inner eyes to see one. Nothing can ever make me take such a decision of relocating. If you want to go, bye-bye but you'd spot the difference in later years if you choose to remain there . Why not apply same spirit on developing yourself here? Go there for studies and come back with opportunities. I'd like to cite a few examples below on some of us who came back, against all odds.

1- I've been around the globe, even acquired certificates, up to 4 different ones and some training skills in amazing facilities. I came back with an opportunity which is seriously proferring solutions to our problems in Nigeria. No manager in the leading oil and gas company in Nigeria can match my worth...no be bragging matter. I don hobnob with world leaders, including Barack Obama. I'd have regretted it, had I stayed back.

2-Anyone who goes to one of the old generation banks would see an inverter with battery banks on one side of their banking hall, powering their atms... its as a result of an innovation brought home by my uncle. He left union bank for Atlanta in the 90s, got employed at Walmart as stores officer. One day, as he was going home branched at a newspaper vendor( a mexican) booth to read papers as usual and there he spotted an Inverter company located in Arlington. I'm mentioning it as it is so people could check it out. Its called Trace Engineering, later changed their name to Xantrex. He applied to them to be their rep in Nigeria to solve the epileptic power supply in critical sectors but they refused his application for 3 reasons. One, that the product was new to Africa and 2ndly, that being black, it would be impossible to convince his people on adopting the technology. 3rdly, that they weren't ready to expand beyond the shores of America as at that time. He felt disappointed. 2 months later, they called and told him they had reconsidered his application and invited him for 2 weeks training after which he was asked to come to Nigeria with demos to show to his prospects.

Long story cut short, his friends of Nigerian decent blasted him, they said his village people had come calling. He summoned courage and left America with almost nothing. On getting home, he started from his 1-room apartment he left behind. He went to companies, the CBN and other places in government too. CBN told him they had constant power supply with 3 standby automatic switch generators so, they'd not need his ideas. He told them but its free, they now allowed him to install one at their IT dept. 6 months later they had issues with their generators as there were a major power outage from national grid so they over fired the generators. They all packed up within same time. They had to order parts from abroad but then they needed to keep their IT dept running to prevent loss of files. The moment the 3rd gen stopped , all the directors were panicking, rushed to the IT room only to find out that the staff were working as normal with lights on. The called my uncle over, thanked him for saving them a major disaster and gave him a contract to install the inverter on all the CBN branches nationwide. Shortly after that, the atm revolution came and CBN recommended this man to all banks starting from the old generation banks...this man won a global distributor of the year 4 times and was invited with family to the USA for an award each time. His colleagues back then can't even near him in anything. Rather he gives them money on each visit. If you want to go...go and school or you spend a little time and while you're there, study the environment, study our challenges back home and you'd not regret leaving for home ultimately.

A friend is talking with sanwoolu on ocean transport from ikorodu to lagos Island now and discussion is at advanced stage . He's worked with a similar company abroad for some years now and now he wants to tap into the opportunity and the company is ready to fund this project 100%. When you see his private jets or copter hovering ahead of you tomorrow you see him on forbes list, don't say money why...while working in the biting cold over there.

Kenny and D1 would have stayed put and remained stagnated. See the duos balling today. Their contribution to the entertainment industry is invaluable. These are the people we know. There are several other successful guys out there who took a similar decision.

My 50cents had been given...

This is more than 50cents!

This is great information for free. Priceless.
Those who have eyes to read and minds to reason, let them do both.

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Nobody: 11:18am On Jan 04, 2021
meobizy:
It takes x amount of Nigerians to destroy the system there. The place is getting too full of our brothers, I would check elsewhere.

Very intelligent.

They'll turn the place into Somalia within month's cheesy

Nigeria isn't hell , it's hell because of it's inhabitants

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by paix(m): 11:19am On Jan 04, 2021
Kriss216:
If I eventually find myself in Canada, I’ll first go and barb Kodo, so that Canada breeze go comot all the nonsense Nigeria suffering from my head.
This can be regarded as HATE SPEECH by the Buharists.
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by OvisFranko: 11:20am On Jan 04, 2021
Eriokanmi:
Come back 15 years later and share your Canada experience with us young man cheesy. But when you come back, hope you'd not hide when you see your friends and mates you left behind Progress grin.

Nigeria is a land of opportunities to only those who have the inner eyes to see one. Nothing can ever make me take such a decision of relocating. If you want to go, bye-bye but you'd spot the difference in later years if you choose to remain there . Why not apply same spirit on developing yourself here? Go there for studies and come back with opportunities. I'd like to cite a few examples below on some of us who came back, against all odds.

1- I've been around the globe, even acquired certificates, up to 4 different ones and some training skills in amazing facilities. I came back with an opportunity which is seriously proferring solutions to our problems in Nigeria. No manager in the leading oil and gas company in Nigeria can match my worth...no be bragging matter. I don hobnob with world leaders, including Barack Obama. I'd have regretted it, had I stayed back.

2-Anyone who goes to one of the old generation banks would see an inverter with battery banks on one side of their banking hall, powering their atms... its as a result of an innovation brought home by my uncle. He left union bank for Atlanta in the 90s, got employed at Walmart as stores officer. One day, as he was going home branched at a newspaper vendor( a mexican) booth to read papers as usual and there he spotted an Inverter company located in Arlington. I'm mentioning it as it is so people could check it out. Its called Trace Engineering, later changed their name to Xantrex. He applied to them to be their rep in Nigeria to solve the epileptic power supply in critical sectors but they refused his application for 3 reasons. One, that the product was new to Africa and 2ndly, that being black, it would be impossible to convince his people on adopting the technology. 3rdly, that they weren't ready to expand beyond the shores of America as at that time. He felt disappointed. 2 months later, they called and told him they had reconsidered his application and invited him for 2 weeks training after which he was asked to come to Nigeria with demos to show to his prospects.

Long story cut short, his friends of Nigerian decent blasted him, they said his village people had come calling. He summoned courage and left America with almost nothing. On getting home, he started from his 1-room apartment he left behind. He went to companies, the CBN and other places in government too. CBN told him they had constant power supply with 3 standby automatic switch generators so, they'd not need his ideas. He told them but its free, they now allowed him to install one at their IT dept. 6 months later they had issues with their generators as there were a major power outage from national grid so they over fired the generators. They all packed up within same time. They had to order parts from abroad but then they needed to keep their IT dept running to prevent loss of files. The moment the 3rd gen stopped , all the directors were panicking, rushed to the IT room only to find out that the staff were working as normal with lights on. The called my uncle over, thanked him for saving them a major disaster and gave him a contract to install the inverter on all the CBN branches nationwide. Shortly after that, the atm revolution came and CBN recommended this man to all banks starting from the old generation banks...this man won a global distributor of the year 4 times and was invited with family to the USA for an award each time. His colleagues back then can't even near him in anything. Rather he gives them money on each visit. If you want to go...go and school or you spend a little time and while you're there, study the environment, study our challenges back home and you'd not regret leaving for home ultimately.

A friend is talking with sanwoolu on ocean transport from ikorodu to lagos Island now and discussion is at advanced stage . He's worked with a similar company abroad for some years now and now he wants to tap into the opportunity and the company is ready to fund this project 100%. When you see his private jets or copter hovering ahead of you tomorrow you see him on forbes list, don't say money why...while working in the biting cold over there.

Kenny and D1 would have stayed put and remained stagnated. See the duos balling today. Their contribution to the entertainment industry is invaluable. These are the people we know. There are several other successful guys out there who took a similar decision.

My 50cents had been given...
Thank you so much for this inspiring write up.
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by rontolo(m): 11:21am On Jan 04, 2021
Leaving will be extremely profitable, the very best decision both long and short term if you have the mindset to pursue further education and integrate into a profession

You will likely be 100 times better off than Nigeria for the man without a Godfather

If you are uneducated or have no desire to get educated and develop in that sense, your progress long term may lag.

Overall, if you get the chance to leave Nigeria in your youth, leave! Nigeria is a perilous nation with horrible leaders and poor future

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Debra911(f): 11:21am On Jan 04, 2021
BigDawsNet:



Very expensive but if you can find a way to raise fund or go through scholarship you will never regret it...

With your first degree you can go for masters... That's pretty cheap...

Get a work permit and start working


Save some good amount of Money and go for nursing




The scholarship ain't easy to get for medicine. I've always wanted medicine not nursing. My 1st degree B.sc medical physiology.

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Nobody: 11:22am On Jan 04, 2021
yanabasee:
Infact, even if it's Ethiopia..... I'll rejoice and be glad indeed......

Even Ghana is a better country to Nigeria....



Nigeria is a war zone.... If you see people post "up and grateful" everyday of their lives on social media...You'd wonder why they have to be that happy to be alive.

I wanted to relocate to Ghana this year for a saner cline but I was talked out of if. There is nothing like a sane environment.
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by inumidun2010(m): 11:23am On Jan 04, 2021
Nuttella:
Haba no na, God is working on this country, it will manifest soon. It won't be that long.


God is not working on any Country.. God works on a Man and the Man affects territory, but who is God working on here in Nigeria where I was disappointed during Christmas to see almost every youth in my town become Yahoo guys and Runs Girls..that is the narrative in almost everywhere in Nigeria.. The more religious a country Is, the poorer they become because they believe God will do everything for them..

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by planetx: 11:23am On Jan 04, 2021
ednut1:
canada is taking highly educated people who typically have worked 3 years. They have tactically seived out potential fraudsters and riff raffs. You also need to score high ielts scores. There was a 83% rejection rate for Nigerian student visa application in 2019. They know what they are doing
Highly educated people to do jobs that white Canadians will not do with the excuse of Canadian experience and education, you people are being played big time. It is only in Canada you will see a foreign doctor driving a taxi while the Canadian system string him along about getting the necessary prerequisites to practice until 10 years later he has forgotten how to practice medicine again.

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Raychee(f): 11:24am On Jan 04, 2021
Nawa o. What works for Titi will not necessarily work for the Tife. Let everyone do whatever they they think is best for themselves. Some people who relocated are doing amazingly well just like we have extremely successful people here in Nigeria. It's not that difficult. All these shades and insults are uncalled for. In the end you would be left alone with the results of your decision so nobody should be making or trying to make them for you. DO YOU!!

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by ojoolawalegbeng: 11:24am On Jan 04, 2021
Hi.. I hope it will not end in PREMIUM TEARS.

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by lexy2014: 11:24am On Jan 04, 2021
Wiifesnatcher:



is this not the same maadgoaat asking how many HOR in NA late last year


I've been responding to mad fellas, so unfortunate

That doesn't shed light on d following:

How many are those ur friends in Texas and Canada? It seems u didn't see d English u wrote. U said:

"no white will give you license to defend yourself"

Emphasis is on "no white...".
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by lexy2014: 11:26am On Jan 04, 2021
Nuttella:
Haba no na, God is working on this country, it will manifest soon. It won't be that long.

Really? How's God working on this country?
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Toktee(m): 11:27am On Jan 04, 2021
Wiifesnatcher:



I've friends in Texas, Florida both secondary school and university friends, some in Ontario Canada


you people see abroad as Heaven and when anyone against going to be slave you bounce on the person to exhibit ya foolishness


I never condemned those travelling there, I only made my own opinion, everyone can't be a slave to white
You sound so much like....
1.a muslin who sees western world as a necessary evil,
2.a historian that red a book titled "How Europe underdeveloped Africa"
3.one who is a local champion and has no business expanding the scope of his knowledge.

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Thattallgirl(f): 11:28am On Jan 04, 2021
Eriokanmi:
Come back 15 years later and share your Canada experience with us young man cheesy. But when you come back, hope you'd not hide when you see your friends and mates you left behind Progress grin.

Nigeria is a land of opportunities to only those who have the inner eyes to see one. Nothing can ever make me take such a decision of relocating. If you want to go, bye-bye but you'd spot the difference in later years if you choose to remain there . Why not apply same spirit on developing yourself here? Go there for studies and come back with opportunities. I'd like to cite a few examples below on some of us who came back, against all odds.

1- I've been around the globe, even acquired certificates, up to 4 different ones and some training skills in amazing facilities. I came back with an opportunity which is seriously proferring solutions to our problems in Nigeria. No manager in the leading oil and gas company in Nigeria can match my worth...no be bragging matter. I don hobnob with world leaders, including Barack Obama. I'd have regretted it, had I stayed back.

2-Anyone who goes to one of the old generation banks would see an inverter with battery banks on one side of their banking hall, powering their atms... its as a result of an innovation brought home by my uncle. He left union bank for Atlanta in the 90s, got employed at Walmart as stores officer. One day, as he was going home branched at a newspaper vendor( a mexican) booth to read papers as usual and there he spotted an Inverter company located in Arlington. I'm mentioning it as it is so people could check it out. Its called Trace Engineering, later changed their name to Xantrex. He applied to them to be their rep in Nigeria to solve the epileptic power supply in critical sectors but they refused his application for 3 reasons. One, that the product was new to Africa and 2ndly, that being black, it would be impossible to convince his people on adopting the technology. 3rdly, that they weren't ready to expand beyond the shores of America as at that time. He felt disappointed. 2 months later, they called and told him they had reconsidered his application and invited him for 2 weeks training after which he was asked to come to Nigeria with demos to show to his prospects.

Long story cut short, his friends of Nigerian decent blasted him, they said his village people had come calling. He summoned courage and left America with almost nothing. On getting home, he started from his 1-room apartment he left behind. He went to companies, the CBN and other places in government too. CBN told him they had constant power supply with 3 standby automatic switch generators so, they'd not need his ideas. He told them but its free, they now allowed him to install one at their IT dept. 6 months later they had issues with their generators as there were a major power outage from national grid so they over fired the generators. They all packed up within same time. They had to order parts from abroad but then they needed to keep their IT dept running to prevent loss of files. The moment the 3rd gen stopped , all the directors were panicking, rushed to the IT room only to find out that the staff were working as normal with lights on. The called my uncle over, thanked him for saving them a major disaster and gave him a contract to install the inverter on all the CBN branches nationwide. Shortly after that, the atm revolution came and CBN recommended this man to all banks starting from the old generation banks...this man won a global distributor of the year 4 times and was invited with family to the USA for an award each time. His colleagues back then can't even near him in anything. Rather he gives them money on each visit. If you want to go...go and school or you spend a little time and while you're there, study the environment, study our challenges back home and you'd not regret leaving for home ultimately.

A friend is talking with sanwoolu on ocean transport from ikorodu to lagos Island now and discussion is at advanced stage . He's worked with a similar company abroad for some years now and now he wants to tap into the opportunity and the company is ready to fund this project 100%. When you see his private jets or copter hovering ahead of you tomorrow you see him on forbes list, don't say money why...while working in the biting cold over there.

Kenny and D1 would have stayed put and remained stagnated. See the duos balling today. Their contribution to the entertainment industry is invaluable. These are the people we know. There are several other successful guys out there who took a similar decision.

My 50cents had been given...
Someone said earlier that the west are using Africa's resources to build their nations...why not we Africans use their resources and connections over there to build ours? Like the examples you gave. Go abroad, learn everything you feel we lack in this country that is taken for granted over there, get necessary connections and build in your home country. The government can't do everything in this country. It lies in the hands of individuals. When individuals start business that this country lacks, they'll in turn provide job opportunities and pave ways for other ideas, hence, the development of the country.

For security, no place is safe. Only God provides safety.

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by galaxy2020(m): 11:28am On Jan 04, 2021
Nigeria comes after hell fire...
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by damoceile: 11:29am On Jan 04, 2021
God when you go answer my prayers biko, I am getting tired of being a Nigerian and still living in Nigeria with each passing day

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by BigDawsNet: 11:30am On Jan 04, 2021
Debra911:

The scholarship ain't easy to get for medicine. I've always wanted medicine not nursing. My 1st degree B.sc medical physiology.


Funds is number one priority to study medicine in
the Us...

Run a Master of Science (MS), in Physiology

You can get a
Job as
Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC)

Associate Product Manager.

Biologist.

Clinical Project Manager.

Clinical Research Assistant.


Work for 2year max and save up for Medicine degree... Still may not be enough for ur full degree but you can still work and school
Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Wiifesnatcher(m): 11:30am On Jan 04, 2021
Toktee:
You sound so much like....
1.a muslin who sees western world as a necessary evil,
2.a historian that red a book titled "How Europe underdeveloped Africa"
3.one who is a local champion and has no business expanding the scope of his knowledge.




lolz! I sound more like someone who don't give a damn about religion extremism and white



I don't care about these two and imbeciles that see them as something

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by lymelyte(m): 11:30am On Jan 04, 2021
Eriokanmi:
Come back 15 years later and share your Canada experience with us young man cheesy. But when you come back, hope you'd not hide when you see your friends and mates you left behind Progress grin.

Nigeria is a land of opportunities to only those who have the inner eyes to see one. Nothing can ever make me take such a decision of relocating. If you want to go, bye-bye but you'd spot the difference in later years if you choose to remain there . Why not apply same spirit on developing yourself here? Go there for studies and come back with opportunities. I'd like to cite a few examples below on some of us who came back, against all odds.

1- I've been around the globe, even acquired certificates, up to 4 different ones and some training skills in amazing facilities. I came back with an opportunity which is seriously proferring solutions to our problems in Nigeria. No manager in the leading oil and gas company in Nigeria can match my worth...no be bragging matter. I don hobnob with world leaders, including Barack Obama. I'd have regretted it, had I stayed back.

2-Anyone who goes to one of the old generation banks would see an inverter with battery banks on one side of their banking hall, powering their atms... its as a result of an innovation brought home by my uncle. He left union bank for Atlanta in the 90s, got employed at Walmart as stores officer. One day, as he was going home branched at a newspaper vendor( a mexican) booth to read papers as usual and there he spotted an Inverter company located in Arlington. I'm mentioning it as it is so people could check it out. Its called Trace Engineering, later changed their name to Xantrex. He applied to them to be their rep in Nigeria to solve the epileptic power supply in critical sectors but they refused his application for 3 reasons. One, that the product was new to Africa and 2ndly, that being black, it would be impossible to convince his people on adopting the technology. 3rdly, that they weren't ready to expand beyond the shores of America as at that time. He felt disappointed. 2 months later, they called and told him they had reconsidered his application and invited him for 2 weeks training after which he was asked to come to Nigeria with demos to show to his prospects.

Long story cut short, his friends of Nigerian decent blasted him, they said his village people had come calling. He summoned courage and left America with almost nothing. On getting home, he started from his 1-room apartment he left behind. He went to companies, the CBN and other places in government too. CBN told him they had constant power supply with 3 standby automatic switch generators so, they'd not need his ideas. He told them but its free, they now allowed him to install one at their IT dept. 6 months later they had issues with their generators as there were a major power outage from national grid so they over fired the generators. They all packed up within same time. They had to order parts from abroad but then they needed to keep their IT dept running to prevent loss of files. The moment the 3rd gen stopped , all the directors were panicking, rushed to the IT room only to find out that the staff were working as normal with lights on. The called my uncle over, thanked him for saving them a major disaster and gave him a contract to install the inverter on all the CBN branches nationwide. Shortly after that, the atm revolution came and CBN recommended this man to all banks starting from the old generation banks...this man won a global distributor of the year 4 times and was invited with family to the USA for an award each time. His colleagues back then can't even near him in anything. Rather he gives them money on each visit. If you want to go...go and school or you spend a little time and while you're there, study the environment, study our challenges back home and you'd not regret leaving for home ultimately.

A friend is talking with sanwoolu on ocean transport from ikorodu to lagos Island now and discussion is at advanced stage . He's worked with a similar company abroad for some years now and now he wants to tap into the opportunity and the company is ready to fund this project 100%. When you see his private jets or copter hovering ahead of you tomorrow you see him on forbes list, don't say money why...while working in the biting cold over there.

Kenny and D1 would have stayed put and remained stagnated. See the duos balling today. Their contribution to the entertainment industry is invaluable. These are the people we know. There are several other successful guys out there who took a similar decision.

My 50cents had been given...
the bottom fact is that if you hadn't left 9ja at all, you will never smell such an opportunity in the first place.. So what are you actually talking about?

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Nobody: 11:31am On Jan 04, 2021
Eriokanmi:
Come back 15 years later and share your Canada experience with us young man cheesy. But when you come back, hope you'd not hide when you see your friends and mates you left behind Progress grin.

Nigeria is a land of opportunities to only those who have the inner eyes to see one. Nothing can ever make me take such a decision of relocating. If you want to go, bye-bye but you'd spot the difference in later years if you choose to remain there . Why not apply same spirit on developing yourself here? Go there for studies and come back with opportunities. I'd like to cite a few examples below on some of us who came back, against all odds.

1- I've been around the globe, even acquired certificates, up to 4 different ones and some training skills in amazing facilities. I came back with an opportunity which is seriously proferring solutions to our problems in Nigeria. No manager in the leading oil and gas company in Nigeria can match my worth...no be bragging matter. I don hobnob with world leaders, including Barack Obama. I'd have regretted it, had I stayed back.

2-Anyone who goes to one of the old generation banks would see an inverter with battery banks on one side of their banking hall, powering their atms... its as a result of an innovation brought home by my uncle. He left union bank for Atlanta in the 90s, got employed at Walmart as stores officer. One day, as he was going home branched at a newspaper vendor( a mexican) booth to read papers as usual and there he spotted an Inverter company located in Arlington. I'm mentioning it as it is so people could check it out. Its called Trace Engineering, later changed their name to Xantrex. He applied to them to be their rep in Nigeria to solve the epileptic power supply in critical sectors but they refused his application for 3 reasons. One, that the product was new to Africa and 2ndly, that being black, it would be impossible to convince his people on adopting the technology. 3rdly, that they weren't ready to expand beyond the shores of America as at that time. He felt disappointed. 2 months later, they called and told him they had reconsidered his application and invited him for 2 weeks training after which he was asked to come to Nigeria with demos to show to his prospects.

Long story cut short, his friends of Nigerian decent blasted him, they said his village people had come calling. He summoned courage and left America with almost nothing. On getting home, he started from his 1-room apartment he left behind. He went to companies, the CBN and other places in government too. CBN told him they had constant power supply with 3 standby automatic switch generators so, they'd not need his ideas. He told them but its free, they now allowed him to install one at their IT dept. 6 months later they had issues with their generators as there were a major power outage from national grid so they over fired the generators. They all packed up within same time. They had to order parts from abroad but then they needed to keep their IT dept running to prevent loss of files. The moment the 3rd gen stopped , all the directors were panicking, rushed to the IT room only to find out that the staff were working as normal with lights on. The called my uncle over, thanked him for saving them a major disaster and gave him a contract to install the inverter on all the CBN branches nationwide. Shortly after that, the atm revolution came and CBN recommended this man to all banks starting from the old generation banks...this man won a global distributor of the year 4 times and was invited with family to the USA for an award each time. His colleagues back then can't even near him in anything. Rather he gives them money on each visit. If you want to go...go and school or you spend a little time and while you're there, study the environment, study our challenges back home and you'd not regret leaving for home ultimately.

A friend is talking with sanwoolu on ocean transport from ikorodu to lagos Island now and discussion is at advanced stage . He's worked with a similar company abroad for some years now and now he wants to tap into the opportunity and the company is ready to fund this project 100%. When you see his private jets or copter hovering ahead of you tomorrow you see him on forbes list, don't say money why...while working in the biting cold over there.

Kenny and D1 would have stayed put and remained stagnated. See the duos balling today. Their contribution to the entertainment industry is invaluable. These are the people we know. There are several other successful guys out there who took a similar decision.

My 50cents had been given...

Your iq is at least over 120.
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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Wiifesnatcher(m): 11:31am On Jan 04, 2021
lexy2014:


That doesn't shed light on d following:

How many are those ur friends in Texas and Canada? It seems u didn't see d English u wrote. U said:

"no white will give you license to defend yourself"

Emphasis is on "no white...".


yaba left is your family house, visit there and save me from your madness


get lost

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Re: "Relocating To Canada Is A Huge Achievement" - Nigerians by Toktee(m): 11:32am On Jan 04, 2021
Thattallgirl:
Someone said earlier that the west are using Africa's resources to build their nations...why not we Africans use their resources and connections over there to build ours? Like the examples you gave. Go abroad, learn everything you feel we lack in this country that is taken for granted over there, get necessary connections and build in your home country. The government can't do everything in this country. It lies in the hands of individuals. When individuals start business that this country lacks, they'll in turn provide job opportunities and pave ways for other ideas, hence, the development of the country.

For security, no place is safe. Only God provides safety.
For security our case is different in a negative way.



Nigeria environment is not safe for business in many aspects, security is zero, government policies is nothing but strangulation, corruption, poor workers wages, etc.

Unstable economy.

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