₦airaland Forum

OgaTheTop2:
What is beautiful there? A place that looks like glorified village..

tensazangetsu20:
Which town in Nigeria has available drinking water and waste management system?

tensazangetsu20:
I won’t lie — I get really sad whenever I remember Africa, especially Nigeria. Chile is regarded as a developing country, and while I’ve lived here for 16 months, I don’t see anything “developing” about Chile. I mean, you’d go to a conference, and when they ask developing nations to stand up, Nigeria, other African countries, and Chile would all rise together. That comparison makes zero sense to me.

I lived in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest metropolitan city, and until I left, we never had running water. We always had to pump water from a borehole, and even then, the water wasn’t drinkable. We had to buy sachets of pure water every single week. There was no waste management system, so whenever our waste bin got full, we had to wake up at 6 a.m. to find an aboki (waste collector) to come and carry the trash. This was in 2024, in the largest and most modern city in Nigeria.

If life in Lagos is like that, I can’t even begin to imagine how life is in the smaller towns and villages across Nigeria. The disparity becomes even starker when I compare it to Chile. I briefly went out with a Chilean girl who invited me to visit her village, and to my surprise, her village had piped running water in every home, stable electricity, and a waste management system. A village!

Back home, we haven’t even solved the most basic issues in many African countries — how can we begin to tackle larger problems like growing the economy or creating jobs? Anytime I think about Africa, I feel a deep sadness. It’s frustrating to see how far behind we are, even on the fundamentals that make life livable. The black man has failed!!!!

Cuteandkind:
Greetings everyone!

This is to appreciate everyone who contributed their opinion and advise during my decision stage. Some people have emailed me to know how the whole journey turned out. It is also wise that I give update on how it went.

Goodnews is that I have relocated and settled in UK now, and here is the story.

I accepted the offer in Brighton. We were still at processing stage of the job offer, while waiting for my NMC pin. Yes I passed my OSCE!

So I needed to get NMCN verification letter to be able to process my NMC pin, that was when I discovered that NMCN verification portal was shut. I could not verify. My pin was delayed. My employer could not proceed with the job processing. They got tired and cancelled the offer.

I was frustrated like most Nigerian nurses then due to the NMCN verification wahala.

But I kept faith on. I began to apply for jobs again. And after some months, I got another offer, a better offer than the first one. Thankfully, the NMCN lifted ban on license verification. I was able to verify my license, and proceed with getting my NMC pin.

The Trust (employer) sent me the necessary documents, including the almighty COS with which I applied for my visa.

In 7 days after my biometrics in Lagos, I got email that my visa (and that of my husband) have been approved.

We are happily settled here now and God has been so kind!

Thank you all.

MondayOmoAdugbo:
Miracle fiy still happen sha.

MondayOmoAdugbo:
Imagine now after today now it's 8 days to Christmas....👀 No chicken,.... Ahhh 😖 I no go fiy tiff person Christmas chicken o,.. no pity at all.

Na to kill ponmo o 😂 and give gratitude.

MondayOmoAdugbo:
Dem tiff our Christmas chicken for adugbo

richmond500:
If no be Buhari govt policy weh kill my POS business for warri, who be Elon musk?

tensazangetsu20:
Right now no point to be honest and don’t even plan to work for too long. I want to invest heavily in crypto currency. If it goes well I won’t work for anyone from 40 years old.

pansophist:
One-off indulgence once a while no bad.

Perth? Wow. That's very far. Does it worth it?

My one-way flight from Stockholm was five hours. That duration sef made me so bored that it felt like forever.

But it worth it sha. Tired of wearing winter jacket and day getting dark before 4pm.

pansophist:
The food just dey there jare. I mean, you can't compare it with Nigeria where the ingredients are fresh and authentic.

It's hot, largely portioned, good meat-soup ratio, nice ambience, reasonably priced, awesome customer services, fresh, and opened until 1am.

Although they lacked flexibility. I asked for a mixture of egusi and vegetable soup and I got a sharp NO. But the girl fine sha, so I no vex.

I'm easy to satisfy, so for me, it's above pass mark. But if you're coming from Nigeria to visit, don't come here looking for Nigerian food.

Enjoy Chinese, Jamaican, Morrocaan and other dishes, then go Naija and eat Nigerian. I flew from Scandinavia, so there is no Naija restaurant there.

All in all, it was a good experience. Tonight, I'll masticate some KFC bucket of chicken

pansophist:
I found one Nigerian restaurant sha. See the attached pics below.

130 MAD for a plate of vegetable soup with goat meat and pounded yam with bottle water.

pansophist:
Did you find any Naija restaurant while you were in Marrakesh?

I've been looking for one to visit with my colleagues. Can't find any.

sonofanarchy:
don't try it, so many are stranded and can't return to Nigeria. Bobo doulasou is polluted with stranded Nigerians their escape is to bring other gullible Nigerians to replace them. It's like a Ponzi scheme. It's a den for Boko haram. Boko haram slaughter people there. so I heard.

Alakoriomo:
It’s true.