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jibbish:
If you can survive in Lagos, u can in Abuja.
My first day in abuja, I slept in Jabi park. I can't forget in a rush. Mosquitoes finished my leg na small remain, I gathered all my strength and determined I was going to pass the interview. 1st house rent was in dutse Alhaji, so rough to the core. Now I stay in a comfortable place, own a ride and at peace with my boss.

Nice one. Really happy for you.
Just in case your need of anything ranging from auto spare parts, tires, panel beaters and auto electrician please don't hesitate to let me know.
Blessings.

xmileeasy:
If you have work for awhile you can save to rent an apartment in some areas with cheaper accommodation. You can start small. You have Gudu, Durumi, Apo, Duste Alhaji, Bwari, Lugbe, Mpape etc


In terms of transportation learn how to enter along, no form big boy or girl by taking drop. You can always get cab going along most routes, ask questions if confuse and also some distance are walk able.

I de tell you.

kowema:
My problem is people living very fake life in Abuja.
I see dem everyday mehn!..

Abuja is not as hard as people say though, especially for anyone who has lived in a tough place like Lagos.

To me ,housing nd Transport is relatively cheaper in Abj than Lagos.
Abj Landlords don't do d kind of Maths Lagos Landlords do.

If you are new here, please cut ur coat according to ur material, never ever envy or crave for what the next person has cus u never really know.

So true. Everybody wants to show class.
Well dressed in senator wears and when you have any business dealing with them make sure u collect your money or else it will end in tears.

uchelouis45:
I heard Abuja is the first planned city in Nigeria.

Can't really say but the city is planned.

law001:
This thread is inspired by a touching story of a Nairalander (Pretty002) on fp today.

READ!
https://www.nairaland.com/3019959/trials-fresh-abuja-resident

Introduction:
Abuja is a fast growing city that presents great prospects hence many Nigerian Youths especially graduates ( a handful from neighbouring countries) troop into this Nigeria Big Apple to either pursue their career or work for a living.
No doubt, Abuja's population is increasing by the day majority of which are youths.
Hence it is peculiar to meet various challenges in this fast growing city.
Some of the problems that are common will be listed and discussed and possible ways of coping with then will be proffered. While doing this, I'll briefly state my personal experience as a Fresher and how I'm surviving as I'm still a fresher.

Please note that there is no hard and fast rule of survival. What will work for Peter (my late father's name) might not work for Paul.
Read and learn.

1. Accommodation:
This was and is still the biggest problem in Abuja... for those who didn't read Pretty002's story, she discussed extensively how she has been suffering from this same issue.
But do you know that there are more empty houses in Abuja than the ones people live in? That's by the way side though. For freshers, this poses a big problem.

For those planning on coming to abuja to work or stay, accommodation in Abuja is very expensive far expensive than Lagos. For those doubting Thomas, come and see for yourself. So when coming here, plan on where to stay at least for the first few months before you can get your own place.

Solution:
Please and please before leaving home, create a network of TRUSTED friends minimum of 2 living Abuja already that you can stay with for the time being.

For me, I had 3 friends I could stay with when I was coming to Abuja. And to avoid too much shakara from any, I was shuttling the 3 houses during the weekends but I spent the week in one of the houses cus it was in town closer to my workplace.

Always suggest and support any arrangement that will encourage better leaving for your host.
As for me, the very first dat I stayed at my friends place, I contributed a larger part in buying gas, I did the dishes even when I didn't use them. Subsequently, I supported him financially in paying for water bill, bought groceries and cooked.
Please don't see it as slavery. You are the one at the disadvantaged end here.
Except you are very comfortable, do not stay in your friends place more than 3 months. Have a plan of getting your own place when you get a job, no matter how small or how far the place is.

Lastly, on accommodation, please ladies! Do not stay in a guy's house unless he's your brother or close and very close relative.

2. Getting a Job:
This is also another tough part in Abuja. Getting a job is not easy at all. Although I got my present job 2 days upon landing Abuja, I have friends who up till now are still searching for job.
Please plan well and don't rely on that uncle that promised to give you a job once you move to Abuja (due respect to those faithful to their words).

As for me, immediately I stepped into Abuja, I started searching for job the next morning. I moved from office to office, I printed my CV and made lots of copies. I submitted my CV in several offices.
On the next day I continued.
I still remember my line whenever I entered any office. "I'm a lawyer, my name is... I moved into Abuja yesterday and I decided to move round to see if there is any vacancy for a lawyer". The answer was usually NO until I walked into my present office and fortunately for me, there were conducting interview for lawyers and luckily I was the only one employed after the interview.

3. Cost of transportation: after accommodation, transportation is the most expensive thing in Abuja. Some people spend about A thousand naira going to work every day. Have a plan of financing your transportation at least before you get a job to when you get a job and paid. Do not rely on your host to give you transport even if your host is your relative.

4. Feeding:
this won't pose a major problem unless you are eating at your hosts house. Always support the cooking arrangement in the house. Do not be a virus. Even if your host is not the cooking type, please suggest you guys cook to save money. And even if you don't know how to cook, try it. No matter how bad your cooking is, your host will see your genuine interest in supporting him/her.

5. Neatness at all time:
Please always appear neat and presentable at all time. It is very sacrosanct to your living in Abuja. Always clean your surroundings, where you stay and work. No matter how dirty and untidy you are at home, please always clean your hosts apartment whether you contributed to the dirt or not.

6. Define your class:
Please be informed that all classes exist here in Abuja. Below low class, low class, below middle class, middle class, below high class, high class very high class, etc.
It can be tempting to leave above your class especially if you meet the wrong persons when you get here.
As for me, when I got here, I stayed with a friend that loves drinking every night, I mean every night. Even though I was not the one paying, I felt it is not appropriate to do so especially as it was affecting my new job. So most times I discourage them from going or I don't go with them and this prompted me to get my own apartment quickly as I didn't want to lose focus of what brought me to Abuja.
Abuja presents an environment to lavish your money if you are not wise. Spend cautiously and remember those you left home.

7. Be prayerful:
This point is very vital. To me, I got my job through the prayer I said before I entered the premises of my current workplace.
No matter what believe you have or your religion, please be prayerful. It's sacrosanct to your survival here in Abuja.


Conclusively, please note that I am less than 2 months in Abuja.
I got my apartment from my first salary, soft loan from a friend and home support. Although I was flat broke after I rented my place, I'm happy and I have rest of mind.

Very insightful and I'm really happy for you. People underestimate the power of prayer in fact they are certain problems we have that take care of themself at some point without our effort. We just know that help came out of the blue. That's your prayer working right there.
Anyways I'm also in Abuja and I'm the automobile line just in case you are ever in need of spare parts, anything auto related please don't hesitate to let a brother know.

Adeniyi27:
KEEP SAYING YOU CANNOT DO NETWORK MARKETING BUSINESS SOMEONE ELSEWHERE IS ALREADY NETWORKING YOU AND MAKING MONEY FROM YOU ��

- If you have a glo line, you are in Mike Adenuga's network.

- If you have a Facebook account, Instagram account, Telegram, Snapchat, Twitter or you use whatsapp, you are in Mark Zuckerberg's network.

- If you have a desktop computer or laptop, you are in Bill Gates' network.

- If you have ever bought anything on Amazon, you are in Jeff Bezos' network.

- If you have GoTV or DSTV at home, you are part of the network of Naspers Group and Adewunmi Ogunsanya.

- If you have ever bought Dangote cement, sugar,salt, spaghetti, noodles, flour, then you are part of Dangote's network.

- If you have a bank account with any bank, you are part of their network.

- As a worker/employee with any organization or company, you are not only a part of the owner's workforce, but also a part of the owner's network

The earlier you stop getting edgy or angry about network marketing and start asking yourself questions like "who are the people in my network", "what are my products & services" and "who are my customers & clients", the better.

"The richest people in the world look for and build network, everyone else is looking for work". Great minds, have a rethink and start building your team!

Impossible means I'm possible (Dangote)

For more info, call/whatsapp: Kenny 08064427803

I'm interested.

magphilips:
I graduated 2005 from AAU, Ekpoma,i read international Studies and diplomacy, i didn't not bother looking for a job. i just start a business and i grown the business, and with time i invest in developing myself in other skill like network marketing and now am a pro in that area, making 6 figure monthly
my brother e dey sweet. i can show u if you like

Network marketing?

Whiteangel1234:
Graduated from Anambra State university , Political science Department 8 years Ago . . I look for Job in Governmental Ministries for 1 year and no job then I went and learn trade for 2 years , Travel outside Nigeria and set up my Business . Happily Married to a Foreign Wife and Bless with a Daughter

Which kind trade?

Naanlong01:
This year makes it three years that I have been a graduate. I didn't bother to look for job and told my Parents not to bother about looking for one for me.
Business is what I wanted to do and I am priviledged to be a barbing salon owner and a playstation business owner. I also do part time teaching in a private School so as not to completely make my Certificate useless. Planning to launch another business next year. This part of the North is a land full of opportunities for a visionary enterpreneur. The truth is, I came here as a Corp member.

Which part of the north?

kaywhy09:
Long story short, I'm becoming a pastor soon.

Kindly preorder prayer request

Way to go.

PapaNnamdi:
not up to 10yrs though, this should be my 6th year after nysc



I got my first job in 2015,
there and then I realized immediately that working isn't really for me,
I hated dressing corporate, that was the first problem I had at the job,

I always hated going to work,

work wey I suffer get


to too it all, my boss was now harassing me sexually,
omo naso I vex one-day after a heated argument carry my bag and stormed home,



I remember at night I was just thinking if na spirit enter my life,

anyhow that week gave birth to a business idea in me that changed my life,


I am presently a graphics designer, web developer and junior programmer,

my business is not really in need of my skills, but I just learnt it anyway cos I have alot of free time,


see enh, work no be for everybody


na once u de know,

and once u knw,

find ur calling,

My brother tats why the challenge lies.
Many graduates after school just want to get a job and survive. Ask them after 10years weda their are happy with what they are doing my brother you will be shocked.

[quote author=Emuf post=93722648]Very good path. I will advice you learn project planning first. Learn a planning software (primavera p6 and Microsoft project) it will give you a strong foundation in project management. Project planners make better project managers from experience.
You can then move further to do project management courses.[/quote
thanks you very much.
I really appreciate.

donestk:
Well, i have realized that we live in changing times. What sells in 1990 isn't selling now.

Tech industry is the number one wealth creator today.

I studied mass communication and learn a bit of wordpress. Was able to put up https://errands.ng for nigerians to get things done quickly.

This is nice.

smartgenius:
2011-2012 - nysc
2012 - 2014- masters in Nigeria on Exxon Mobil scholarship.
2014- 2019- Manager at Nigerian Breweries plc
2019 to date- Canada Permanent Resident, manager at a top company, doing MBA and also doing PhD on full scholarship.
I graduated in Nov. 2010.
Resiliency is the word. Just keep pushing. Don't give up.

Giving up is not an option.

Kachi11061998:
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Emuf:
Graduated as a Mech Eng. Completed NYSC in 2011
Lectured for some months in a Poly
Moved to Manufacturing sector and was there for 2year.... I didn't like the sound of machines, I got tired of seeing wrenches, ratchets etc.
Moved into Project Planning - no wrenches and ratchets - just laptop
Then moved to Proj. Mgt.
God has been faithful.

I have interest in project management. Have done some couple of little projects, how do I keep improving myself before the big break comes?
I'm in Abuja and don't mind hooking up or working together with someone on any project.
Thanks

Prodigee:
Most graduates these days are just managing to survive if we want to tell ourselves the truth.

You can't learn a skill with an empty stomach.. Daily income first before any other thing.

Whizdorm001:
I'm 17, an undergraduate,200lvl to be precise and I have no skill whatsoever, please what skill will you advise me to learn.
Naija hard abeg

It depends on where your interest lies..
There are skills that I call survival skills like barging and driving which u can use to survive anywhere you find yourself.
Mechanic
Plumbing
Anything related to IT.
my two cent though.. I still de find my own.

Offpoint:
10 years after graduating and you can't find any problems on earth to solve with knowledge you acquired, then I'm afraid to say you're waste or you've wasted your time and resources.

Didn't even go to school, I read books upon books and find out to be rich you need to provide solutions to people problems.

I look around me, there was no problem... So I created one.
As sharp Yoruba guy, I enter Yankee begin dey knack oyibo "Ata" (pepper) for my neighbourhood and still cure them.. Naso I take hammer.

People wey create virus na dem create anti-virus.

All these sickness wey full world now, wey dem lie to una sey na from animals... Na people create them to take cash out.
Every sickness get permanent cure, but if them make permanent cure Na bad business for dem pharmaceutical companies, scientists and researchers... So dem give una temporal cure. Permanent cure means NO CASH OUT, temporal cure means STEADY CASH OUT.

To make money for this life na brain, nobi degree.

U even get money WA u carry enter yankee?

Holyterrorist:


Did int'l relations in uni after graduation no job,I sent out application letters to every known major organization still yet no job.

Alot of people came with the idea that I should learn a trade and create job for myself,I put on my thinking cap but still yet I couldn't figure out what biz or trade I could venture into because of no capital.

Man cannot go and kill himself,I just jejely look for one hp system,bought Airtel WiFi,got a solar system that can power my laptops 24/7 and then start my bombing hustle and I have never for once regretted this decision because I now earn more money than the average bank manager.Even my colleagues criticizing me back then are the ones pleading now to learn from me.

Bombing hustle?

winkmart:
Well, It is exactly 10 years this year and I must say the journey has not been that easy. I never sought for employment though. I had been running business: Recharge Card in Bulk before it went South after some robbery incident.

I got some few connections with Baba Obasanjo, so I worked at OOPL for 2 years from 2015-2017. But that life was not what I was designed for. I resigned and went back to the drawing board.

Presently I freelance and I think I have made in 3 years what I was only able to gather in 7 years.

My ADVISE:
Enterpreneurship is not for everyone and office is not for everyone. Understand your calling and follow it. But I think it is okay to gather experience working with a corporate firm for 5-10 years before launching your own business full time.

Note:
It is foolish working at a Job without having a side business for passive income

the last line is everything.

justbonny:
Haaaa.... Labour market?
Hmmmmmmmmm

I suffer ehn.... But God took glory at last. It wasn't easy. I didn't know anyone in Port Harcourt, but God has answered me a whole lot.

Same thing I'm passing through I'm Abuja, but we keep grinding believing that one day, our time will come. While we are still waiting,we keep on learning more so that once the opportunity comes, we won't look foolish.
How PH nah? It's been long oooo

chariisGRACE:
They can never be steady electricity in this Nigeria.
If the greedy thieves give you 24/7 electricity, who will buy their diesel and petrol. (We all know they own oil wells)

Another angle again.

kikero:
Because we sell power at a cost less than what we produce it, complicated by the fact that as much as 40-50% of people don't pay their bills, and even when there is meter, some bypass the meter....that means that the power sector does not have enough money to make the needed improvements

In fact the power sector is in a one trillion naira hole financially . All the discos and gencos are running at a loss.

Modified

Going through the thread I see that people are ready to blame everyone, Buhari and GEJ inclusive for the power problem.

The reason why we don't have light is because in Nigeria we think we can get a Ferrari for the price of a bicycle.

Yesterday I told someone the actual cost of power in this country as related by ex CBN bigwig Moghalu, and he accused me of lying.

We know power costs a lot of money, but accepting that truth, that in order to have stable power we need to pay as much as 60 naira per kWh is too painful

So we blame the Hausas, Buhari, the IMF, GEJ, the discos, the gencos, the executive list , etc etc.

Meanwhile most of us refuse to pay our bills, chase electricity workers with cutlasses , bypass meters, and cheat on our bills and we expect light 24/7

I think Nigerians tend to live in sugar candy land too much

Most of the time we blame the government for all our mess yet we ourselves are the cos the problem. Government mount transformer some group of hooligans will go and vandalize it, again people will refuse to pay for the little light tat we get not to even talk about those tat by pass their light. This is indeed a wicked problem. At times we deserve the kind of leaders we get.

Lipscomb:
Here in the estate since last year we have been having 24/7 light. But the billing is much

Which do you prefer high billing and steady light or no light at ol?

Mistakemaker:
Then what do the fg stand to gain by keeping it in the exclusive list and suffering the people.. To me states should be allowed to generate power and supply their states, you will find out some states will have stable electricity

I believe that if states are allowed to generate their own power things will get better but you see thus thing called national grid? Let me not just go there.

Kaduna1stson:
Incompetent leadership, we chose a man who has never had light as he trained his cows for the past 30 years as president. Failures begets more failures.

God bless Umaru Yar'Adua

But last time I checked it didn't start today, this has been going on all through the previous administration.

valentineuwakwe:
Me self serve my country in Adamawa state..so Make una show me love self...

Jimeta, Numan, song, Hong, fufure, madagali, garkida, yola town, guyuk which side bro?

HRabujajobs:
The following vacancies exist in a distribution company inside Garki Old Market, Abuja.

1. Cashier
2. Storekeeper.

Interested candidates must have at least an OND with minimum of 2 years experience in the role applied for.

Proximity is vital. Applications from outside Abuja will not be considered please.

Qualified? Please send CV to abujahrconsult@gmail.com on or before Sunday 6th September 2020. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview almost immediately.

What's the pay like?

Stricklybidness:
A brother needs your help in Abuja, a job will be really appreciated before hunger go kill person. Times are hard at the moment and business is slow. Even if it's to get a car for transport purpose or anything that one can be using to sustain for the time being.
Thank you.

Forgot to mention that i reside in APO at the moment.

A brother needs your help in Abuja, a job will be really appreciated before hunger go kill person. Times are hard at the moment and business is slow. Even if it's to get a car for transport purpose or anything that one can be using to sustain for the time being.
Thank you.

Jaqenhghar:
In abuja you are either very wealthy or you are wretched. There is no middle ground. You will find out that even the people who claim to be doing fairly well are actually wretched and are just putting up appearances. If your salary is not up to 1m a month you can't live comfortably there. The prepare yourself. No friend in abuja. Even your relatives dont know you. The only time people will say hi to you is only when they think they can get something from you.

So true. Some of the so called people that dress nice are just criminals. Believe them at your own peril they will even end of taking the little that you have all in the name of helping you. Looking for a cab to start up from scratch sha.