₦airaland Forum

Gforce2015:
Why would a doctor be trained in Nigeria with tax payers money and then leave for another country in search for greener pastures?
Federal govt shld control all these abnormalities. There should be a policy that we compel all our medical students to use the knowledge they have acquired in Nigerian institution for Nigerians. They shld be compelled to work for the country for at least 5 years before traveling out for greener pastures

You have said the pure, undiluted truth and it is something that should be considered.

I trained as a medical doctor and I will be forever grateful to the Nigerian government for giving me that education at very little cost. Doctors in other countries pay heavily for their education and even take on student loans to help reduce the burden, loans that will continue to pay for over a decade.

The Nigerian government invests by heavily subsidizing medical education in this country, yet, at the end of it all, those whose education was subsidized will leave to other countries. Nigeria invests, while other countries reap the benefits.

Federal schools on average charge 30-40k tuition per annum, some also charge far less (Uniben charges around 15k per annum). Imagine someone who paid N15k-30k annual tuition claiming that 150k per month salary (N1.8M per annum) is too small. Nigeria is literally paying to produce medical doctors for other countries.

This thing has to be regulated. Students who study at government universities where their education is subsidized should be bonded to serve the country for 5 years. Those who want to leave before that should pay back to the government the total real cost of his or her training. Private University Medical graduates are free to do whatever they want since their education wasnt subsidized with the money of Nigerians. This should not be exclusive to medical students but to any professional course with shortages due to massive brain drain.

Illiteracy at its peak.

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NCAN911:
Dangote Refinery is another slave home... Indians and China paying peanuts to Nigerians for hard labour ...

If the salary isn't enough for anyone, then let them refuse the job or resign, no-one is being forced. You can start building your own refinery while paying your staff one trillion naira monthly.

Nigerians and entitlement mentality. .

AliHandsome:
Naija 120 and we produce oil like kuwait and saudi arabia o

Shame

Which Oil?

Saudi Arabia produces 10 million barrels daily for a population of 30 million. That's 3 people to one barrel of oil.

Norway produces 2 million barrels for a population of 5 million. That's 2.5 people to one barrel of oil.

Qatar produces 2 million barrels for a population of 2 million (out of which only 500,000 are there citizens, the rest are immigrant labourers). That's 1 person to one barrel of oil.

Nigeria produces 2 million barrels of oil for a population of 200 million. That's 100 people to one barrel of oil.

For us to be on the level of Qatar, we will have to produce 200 million barrels of oil daily, and current global daily production is 80 million barrels per day.

Shey, you see the difference.
Nigeria might be producing much oil when compared with other countries, but when you consider the population, our oil is nothing.

majamajic:
even if govt provide it , someone will go in at night bath and shit inside


do u see the case of someone using waste bin provided by government to store water at his home

Exactly. All the AC, fans, sockets and bulbs will all disappear in just one night, stolen by those living close by. Viju milk and Eva water bottles will be scattered everywhere. Mama Bisola will buy groundnut and be breaking them on the floor while eating, messing everywhere up, but why will she bother, after all, it is not her father's property. Those people that steal manhole covers in Lagos will come at night to strip these bus stops of every piece of metal that they can sell. In fact, after few weeks, only pieces of broken glass attached to iron poles will be left behind.

Bring everyone in Dubai to Nigeria and Nigeria will turn to Dubai in few months, even these bus stops will appear here. Take all Nigerians to Dubai and it will turn to Nigeria in a few weeks. All this AC bus stops will all be destroyed. Nigerians in Dubai will even start struggling for visa to return back to Nigeria.

Nigerians and probably the black race in general have a huge problem. We behave worse than animals in this country.

Doctors at Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta saved the life of a man who was pierced through by a giant wooden rod in an accident. He was rushed to the Accident and Emergency section of the hospital where Nigerian doctors immediately sprang into action and intervened on his case and it all ended successfully.

Nigerian doctors are truly wonderful. No wonder the UK and other countries are rushing them to migrate to their countries. May God bless the doctors responsible for this man's survival and Nigerian Doctors in general.

Hi. I have a Toshiba laptop running on windows 8. While I travelled, the battery started malfunctioning, lasting only a few minutes after a full charge. Later, it couldn't even turn on the laptop. However, the laptop was able to work while been plugged into power but it goes off whenever they take light. So I was using it like that with plans to buy a new battery when I return.

After few trip offs, the laptop started malfunctioning like it had crashed, unable to boot, showing screens of different colours. Later on and till now, it is showing a grey screen when I turn it on. It doesn't boot. Even after getting a new battery.

Please, how do I fix this.
Below is a picture of the screen when I turn it on.

Excellent write-up

Anyone who thinks school owners are greedy should go and set up his or her own school.

How can you be working in a school where students pay N10-15k as tuition per term (3/4 months) and be expecting to collect N100K as salary per month. And it's not like the students will pay the N10K on time oo, majority will owe till a day before end-of-term exams before paying up.

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Recently, Nigerians have been sharing their experiences with Nigerian health professionals especially doctors. Doctors have in turn, decided to share their experiences at the hands of Nigerian patients.

This one won't reach front page now oo, and Nigerians will behave like nothing happened. If it was Air Peace or any Nigerian airline, the enemies of Nigeria would have taken it to the front page by now, littering it with insults and attacks till the 10th page.

This kind of topic will never reach front page. If it was a story painting doctors bad, the story would have been on the front page, on the 20th page by now.

Nigerian patients are some of the most wicked people on earth.

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Flakky26:
I am thinking of starting an eatery on a low budget in my area in abuja. There is nothing like that in the area. The area is busy and has lots of traffic. The place will be a cool place where people can come in and take snacks and drinks. i am thinking of renting and joining 2 shops to achieve this with transparent glass and tv.

I look forward to hearing from you guys. Is it profitable and what are the challenges?

From my experience, fraudulent staff are usually the downfall of such businesses, especially when you're not always around. Nigerian staff are what kill most Nigerian businesses. Trust no-one, not even family members. Most times, family members and relatives tend to be the worst. Know that these your staff most likely believe in the silly wicked Nigerian saying that : na where person dey work, na there e dey chop, na e make dem dey callam workshop (work-chop)

If you're going to be there permanently, then good, but if you're not going to be there always, before you start this business, know how you will handle your staff. Put all needed internal controls in place.

Ensure division of labour. An entire transaction should never pass through just one person, it should be broken up. One person collects the money, another person issues receipt, another person serves the food. Each person will have their own individual records. If the records tally at the end of the day, good. If they don't, then you know something fraud is going on.

If you're buying a bag of rice, know how many plates you will get from it. If you're buying 25ltr kegs of oil, know precisely how many pots of stew it will be enough for. Know how many pieces of fried meat you get per KG. Or else, your staff will just be stealing almost half of everything you're buying while you'll be thinking that buhari is the cause for low revenue.

Show no mercy. Once anyone is caught in fraud, use police to give them trouble at the workplace where all other staff can see and then sack them. When other staff see how you dealt mercilessly with their previous colleague who stole, they too will become scared and reluctant to steal. If you forgive theives, it will embolden other staff to engage in the act.

Sometimes, tell your staff that you'll be traveling for few days. Then just appear unannounced while you're supposed to be away. You'll get a glimpse of what they do while away.

If possible, use some friends and relatives as spies. Let them be going there unnoticed to give an estimate of the number of customers. Let them make strange recognizable orders. For example, let them order 3 plates of rice without any meat. When you go through the records later that day, and the strange order is seen recorded properly "3 plates of rice without any meat" and the 3 pieces of meat are still remaining in the pot, then you know your staff are honest. But if the staff add the 3 meat while recording and the 3 meat are also missing from the pot, then know your staff are criminals.

Once again, trust no-one. Be particularly wary of the over religious ones, those ones that will add pastor and deaconess in front of their names. Trust absolutely no-one.

Grow your business to the level where you can afford to put an Indian in charge, probably after 2 or 3 years. They are not that expensive. Their pay might look much, but they are very honest (I have personal experience with this as a business owner) and you can focus your mind on other things while being that assured your business is being run smoothly and not being stolen dry by any Nigerian staff. You'll even be surprised your staff were already stealing more than the money the Indian manager will take as salary.

The reason Nigerian staff complain about Indians bosses is because they are honest and hardworking with strong work-ethic, and they don't allow their staff to lazy around or engage in the fraudulent activities they we Nigerians see as normal and love to engage in (while justifying their theft with the adage: na where person dey work, na there e dey chop, na e make dem dey callam work-chop).

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The 11 countries with the lowest levels of public debt.

BusinessInsider, LONDON — Many countries around the world are struggling with rising debts and deficits, but others have consistently
kept their obligations low.

The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Survey examines the financial health and risks of countries around the world.

Many maintain low levels of public debt thanks to large supplies of natural resources, while others have pursued liberal market reforms which have made fiscal discipline a central policy.

Here are the 17 countries with the lowest level of
government debt.


11. Kazakhstan — 21.1%.

Oil-rich Kazakhstan runs Samruk-Kazyna, a sovereign wealth fund owned solely by the state which runs the national rail and postal service, the state oil and gas firm KazMunayGas, the state uranium company, and numerous other groups.

10. Algeria — 20.4%.

Algeria's government has consistently refused to resort to high levels of external debt to finance its economy, instead relying on oil reserves. Reuters reports that the North African state's economy will grow a healthy 4%, well above initial forecasts of 2.2% and above this year's growth rate of 3.7%.

9. United Arab Emirates —19.3%.

The country owns a huge sovereign wealth fund which invests funds from the country's excess oil reserves. It is estimated to be worth over $1.3 trillion.

8. Nigeria —18.6%.

The level of public debt as a proportion of GDP has been growing steadily in the past five years, but it remains well below the 40% critical limit Nigeria's Federal Government has set for the economy.

7. Kuwait — 18.6%.

Another oil-rich Arab state, Kuwait's economy continues to bounce back from a 2015 slowdown which was driven by falling oil prices. The country has relied on debt to finance its deficit despite a large sovereign wealth fund. Since April 2016, the country issued £8.9 billion in domestic debt and £5.9 billion of foreign debt, according to the Arab Times.

6. Russia — 17%.

Russia has one of the lowest debt to GDP ratios due to its enormous production capacity and large oil and gas reserves. Its natural resources are worth an estimated £56 trillion ($75 trillion) — over 30% of all natural resources in the world, according to the US Department of Energy.

5. Botswana — 13.9%.

The southern African nation of Botswana is a modern success story. Between 1966 and 1999 its economic growth rate averaged 9%, the highest in the world, and it defied the global downturn between 2007 and 2009 and maintaining a very low level of public debt.

4. Saudi Arabia — 12.4%.

Though oil-rich Saudi Arabia's debt level is low by global standards, its national debt ballooned during two years of low oil prices in 2015 and 2016. The kingdom's national debt rose to 316.5 billion riyals (£67 billion) in 2016, up 619% from 2014.

3. Estonia — 9.5%.

After it established independence from Russia in 1918 following the First World War, Estonia aggressively pursued liberal market reforms which turned it into one of the leading economies in Eastern Europe. Its economy is characterised by a balanced budget, flat-rate income tax, free trade policies, a fully-convertible currency closely pegged to the Euro, and almost non-existent public debt.

2. Brunei — 3.1%.

Economic growth followed Brunei's independence from the UK in 1984. It is almost entirely supported by exports of gas and oil, public GDP is high, and its welfare state is generous, providing all medical services and subsidising food and housing.

1. Hong Kong —0.1%.

Hong Kong's market-driven economy is characterised by a lucrative financial banking sector, well-regulated financial controls, large foreign exchange reserves, and virtually no public debt. Its GDP per capita is the sixth highest in the world globally at £32,000, slightly lower than Brunei's.


https://www.businessinsider.com/wef-countries-with-lowest-levels-of-public-debt-2017-12

Uchboggy:
I was going through the travel session of nairaland and i found out there is no thread for travelers or tourists(at least none that i know, if you know one please drop link) where we can share our tour experiences or exchange ideas of destinations or fun things to do in some cities.

I am a real travel lover and travel is my new hobby. i wish to share my experiences with like minds, learn about new destinations and even the economic importance of being a tourist. so if you are a tourist, you love tourism or just love talking/hearing about tourism LETS MEET HERE,

I made my first major trip out of Nigeria in august 2017(i had been to Cotonou and Ghana on some occasions before then) and since then i have been to 9 countries(France, Italy,Turkey,Poland...) already(all thanks to my schengen visa), i plan to visit more countries this year starting next week with Norway, Hungary and Austria....then later in the summer,Russia (world cup), USA and more European countries.

please drop your experiences/advice/suggestions/questions/inquires lets make tourism fun.

I have dropped few pictures from previous trips, i will also drop more pictures next week from my hungary/Austria trip. please feel free to do same.

LETS HAVE SOME TOURIST FUN.

Please dont leave without saying something

Hi.
I'm a frequent traveller but I'm always so scared of traveling to countries whose official language isn't English, so I travel to English speaking countries only. This has limited me a lot. There are so many countries I'll like to visit especially in Northern Europe and Asia but I'm scared because of the language barrier. I just can't picture myself in an environment where I can't understand a word people are saying.

Please, can you give tips on how to overcome the language barrier and survive and enjoy oneself in a country where I can't speak the dominant language

seankafor:
take it easy fool.
I ain't the cause of the poverty that runs in your poverty stricken lineage.
How many business men pay tax to start with?
How many of y'all b'tches pay electricity Bills?

Instead of you to go out there and hustle through, you re busy trading blames .

Continue of it gives you joy..

Am done with you..now you can go on wailing spree..

I tire for him oo, especially concerning the tax part. The truth is that Nigerians pay very little to no taxes. Whatever you think you're paying as tax here in Nigeria is nothing compared to what is paid in that Denmark and even in fellow West African countries. If the taxes people pay in Denmark are implemented in Nigeria in a bid to get funding for projects, they will start calling buhari names, saying that he is wicked and lacks conscience. Only VAT increase from 5% to 7.5% (which is still one of the lowest in the world), they were insulting buhari but will rush to compare Nigeria to countries that pay VAT of 25%.

If Nigerians were really paying taxes, we will not have one of the lowest tax to GDP ratios in the world.

If more than half of each Nigerian's income were going to the government in the form of taxes like is done in Denmark, Nigerians will not collect N1000 or a bowl of rice to vote a fool that will mismanage their taxes running into tens and hundreds of thousands of naira for the next four years.

The truth is that Nigerians don't pay tax.

franchasng:
When you are in certain countries or environment, you don't need to dream or wish of becoming a billionaire to be on world billionaires list unless you are from a highly influential political family like Aliko Dangote.


Dangote didn't become rich by hardwork or any special talent or invention, he became who he is today based on his family background which gave him political connections and favors from successive Nigerian governments.


So people should stop celebrating Dangote as if he did anything special to become rich; he was just fortunate to come from a rich family background with strong political links, nothing special


People that worth celebration are the likes of Mark that invented something from nowhere at his age, people like Seun of Nairaland, people like Linda Ikeji, and all the people who worked the soil from nothing to build their wealth not people climbing through political ladder enjoying free FOREX money and government monopoly in business because of their influential family background and where they come from.



So all you Nigerians dreaming to be like Dangote, you all are wasting your time because Nigerian environment and government don't make policies that encourage and favor people from nobody's family background to climb to that ladder of becoming a billionaire in the world.


Even Otedola, his father was the former governor of Lagos. So if you look at all the so called billionaires from Nigeria, especially those from Northern Nigeria, all their wealth can be traced to politics and Nigeria's crude oil shady deals.


So if you want to become a billionaire in $$ and you are a Nigerian that doesn't come from the top looting political families in Nigeria, you are wasting your time, you better find a way to get out of Nigeria to counties like USA that support dreams of anybody ready to work and use his or her talent.


All you need to make it big in countries like USA, etc is the talent, the zeal to work and focus. Then find one challenge in the society there or a problem within your location in that country and use technology to find a solution to it and you are on your way to becoming rich, unlike in Nigeria where dreams are killed everyday, while looters, business fraudsters and political clouts are the only people that make free money and still get celebrated like they did anything special

Rubbish

It was Fraudulent staff.
I learnt my lesson never to trust Nigerian staff again, especially with anything having to do with money.
Since then, I only put Nigerian staff in non-sensitive roles. All roles where there is access to company money are given to Indians.

Indians have been incharge for almost a year now and not a single kobo had gone missing. Unlike when Nigerians were incharge, there was no week we didn't experience deficits and shortages and even inflated invoices.

The speaker of Egypt’s parliament has asked the
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to mediate its
dispute with Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam, reports
Bloomberg .

In a meeting yesterday with the Nigerian Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo, Ali Abdel Aal said that relations between
Egypt and Nigeria were progressing.

The $5 billion dam near the border with Sudan is
currently under construction on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile.
Ethiopia plans to begin filling the reservoir next year but
Egypt is concerned this will reduce its share of the Nile
water and threaten its own supplies.

Egypt relies on the Nile for roughly 90 per cent of its
irrigation and drinking water needs and claims historic
rights to the water as enshrined in two treaties, one
from 1929 and one from 1959.

The UN has predicted Egypt will suffer water shortages
from 2025.

Egypt says it has tried all avenues to resolve the dispute
with Ethiopia and Sudan, which Ethiopia denies,
asserting that the dam is essential for its own economic
development .

Egypt wants Ethiopia to release 40 billion cubic metres
of water, whilst Ethiopia wants to release 30 billion.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who recently won
the Nobel Peace Prize, has said that “no force could
stop Ethiopia building the dam” and if the two countries
go to war over the dam, millions of Ethiopians would be
ready to defend their country .

During a meeting on the sidelines of the African-Russia
summit in Sochi last week General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
raised the demand for a mediator when he met the
Ethiopian prime minister.

Egypt have also put forward the suggestions of the
World Bank, the US, or Europe. Russia has stepped
forward and offered to mediate.

The US has issued an invitation to Egypt, Sudan and
Ethiopia to a meeting on 6 November to try and
negotiate the dispute over the dam, which Egypt
immediately accepted.

Ethiopia has previously rejected having a mediator and
accused Egypt of trying to sidestep the process.
Last week the two leaders agreed to resume work on
the technical committee to agree on the operating
terms.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191030-egypt-asks-nigeria-to-mediate-dam-dispute/

Eyah

I remember the debate he participated in back in 2009 in London. The topic was "The Catholic Church is a Force for Good in the World". Supporting the motion was this Cardinal Onaiyekan and British MP Anne Widdercomb, and against the motion were Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry. The team of Hitchens and Fry won that debate after intellectually decimating the Archbishop and the MP. The Archbishop was stammering when serious questions were put to him

Before the debate, about 50% of the audience voted against the motion, about 20% were undecided, and about 30% supported the motion. After the debate, about 80% voted against the motion, around 5% were undecided, and 15% were for the motion.

Final verdict that day in London was, the Catholic Church is NOT a force for good in the world.

genq:
It's quite a shame you responded to KingCurtis21 in such a distasteful manner.

Your initial post made you sound like a upper middle class gentleman - But unfortunately, this comment of yours as exposed you to be some sort of local agbero who happened to make a lil change, so you go around insulting those who you perceive to be 'below' you. Of course being the money-miss-road that you are.

Disgusting.

You responded to my post in a very proper and polite manner like we all should normally do and I responded to yours with the same respect and courtesy. He however has shown that he had poor parental upbringing by accusing me of being a fraudster and a thief. You behaved like a proper human being and were treated as such. He however, behaves like an animal and must therefore be treated as such.

Your recent comments though have proved that the first impression I had of you was wrong and I will therefore no longer waste my time replying you. Feel free to think whatever you want of me. It has absolutely no effect on me in reality. Nigeria will continue to be a wonderful place for all those who are ready to work hard and diligently. I am in my country, you're free to go to wherever you want, whether North America, Europe, Asia or the Pit of Hell.

KingCurtis21:
It’s very obvious that he’s from one of those aristocracy clan (public fund looter) or into yahoo.... it’s crazy how you can be a motivational writer and be claiming success without letting people know how you get your initial capital or source you use to fund your business. SMH

NB anyone suffering in USA or other developed countries went there illegally or over stayed their welcome. Even those people have still have 3 square meals and best social amenities. 24/7 light included or the person is just too lazy to work and waiting for white collar job with Nigeria cef. People that work in warehouses have save at least $500 every month after all expenses.

Majority of homeless people in developed countries are illegal immigrants or drug addicted folks. While some white lazy will just decide to be homeless because the government deducted from their money allowance ( dis mostly happened in Europe)
Even dead Italy still house illegal Africa immigrants that use the sea and pay them monthly. provide foods, clothing, phones and other things for those immigrants.

He’s here comparing sane countries to Nigeria that more than 10m people live on top of water in Lagos, millions living in zinc house and under bridge in lag.

SMH talking about student loans
When majority of Nigeria (parents) can’t pay 30k tuition fee. Majority of the young ladies are into prostitution or sleeping around just to make end mean while the guys are into yahoo or start stealing. If you’re ready to go back to school the government in a developed countries the government will help you and you’re going pay back in interest ( I don’t see taking a student loans of $150k as enslaving oneself) when you start working you’ll make more than that in your first two years and payoff the loans in the next ten years because the government won’t take large part of your salary and leave you to work your ass out. It’s just too easy to make it in a sene countries.

He also talk about mortgages
It’s advisable not to buy house but to start a business along your main job and when you’ve made enough money you can later buy your house in full payment and it’s easy to start and run a business here. You’ll hardly have someone that’ll try to scam you or employees that will want to steal money.
The advantage of mortgage is that it allows you to own a nice house and stop paying rent and it’s the quickest way to own a home and you can spread your payments the way it you like.

He forgot to mention that majority of civil servants in Nigeria can’t build a house and it might take those government workers 10-20years to finish their house and some will just pack to the house like that without treated water, light, good road, majority of those people even build their house inside bush.

Come here de talk thrash

He even mentioned changi airport that was build with $1.3b and his bad leaders de loot billions of dollars each year without any social amenities or infrastructure.

SMH

It is your useless father that is a public fund looter and your whorish mother that is into yahoo. You think we don't know the so-called ballers in your abroad are into drugs and fraud.

He's talking about capital that I accumulated through intensive savings during my housemanship and National Service. Go f,,k yourself. You think everyone is lazy and stup1d like you. All they know is complaining of no money to start business but theres always money running into millions available to move abroad.

Carry on, how many hours have you worked this week? 300 hrs?

We know your type. Running daily from ICE, involved in fraud and drugs, sharing a room with 10 other people, living like dogs, while snapping pictures in front of fine roads and fine buildings they'll never be allowed to enter just to post on social media to deceive the gullible ones here. Shame will not allow them to admit their regrets and return home. That country that is the capital of homelessness, where more than 70% of their people are just one paycheck away from living on the street.

He's talking about saving $500 per month when confirmed statistics say almost 70% of Americans don't have enough money to deal with a $500- $1000 emergency need. Shey almost 70% of Americans are lazy na. Go and find out how much traders in many Nigerian markets make per month. Any trader in alaba market will buy you and your friends and relatives over there. One paycheck away from poverty people.

Same country where tens of thousands are been killed daily like chickens due to gun violence. And instead of the government to bring in gun control laws, they're busy playing politics with the lives of their citizens. I visit the US for just less than a week and a shooting takes place at the same location I visited the previous day. Thank God for my life. Just one week in the US and I'm almost shot dead.

Continue in your capital of homelessness and depression and crime.

Why should I even be wasting my time replying this ba5tard. He might even just be in one interior village in Nigeria, using free MB, typing into his 3.5" itel phone held together with numerous rubber bands, or at best, a visa agent looking for gullible ones to defraud.

genq:
Dude it's great that Nigeria favoured YOU but unfortunately and realistically, your story doesn't apply to the vast majority of Nigerians living in Nigeria. There is no true middle class in Nigeria you are either rich or 'just getting by'.

People might read your story and feel encouraged in the moment but once they put the phone down, they are slapped in the face by the harsh reality of this HELL we call Nigeria - just one encounter with Sars is enough to make one flee this misery of a country, not to talk of the numerous bottlenecks that makes this dumpsite of a country inhabitable for sane human beings.

Trust me, I used to be a strong advocate for Nigeria myself but I got my wake up call. This country is done for!

I visited the US, and went to a shopping mall while there. The very next day, almost 10 people were shot dead at that very same mall. Just imagine how lucky I was, imagine if I postponed my shopping till the next day, I would probably been at high risk of been shot dead. And you think such experience isn't enough to make me flee such country, where everyone marches around with guns, and can just shoot anyone at will. Let me not begin with the police who are ready to shoot down anyone for just being black............God forbid bad thing.

Every country has ups and downs. Like I said earlier, if Nigeria favours you, then stay. If you think it is abroad that will favour you, then go. Everyones destiny is different.

Well, my travels to abroad have never been to stay there, just mostly for vacations, so nothing much to say about that. From Vancouver to New York to London to Paris to Sydney. I love traveling. My favorite destination is Singapore though (you can spend an entire month at Changi Airport and not get bored). If not for language barriers, I'll have loved South Korea too, and maybe Japan and Scandinavia.

No matter what country I visit (even my favourite Singapore), the happiest and most joyous moment of my trip is always when I land at MMIA Lagos, and see the three words highlighted in yellow- WELCOME TO NIGERIA. My heart just swells uncontrollably with joy and tears of joy flow from my eyes.

After I finished university few years back, majority of my mates started making plans to move abroad. Some succeeded and moved, while some are still at it today. However, I decided to remain in Nigeria and contribute my quota to national development, and I have never regretted it. In fact, staying in Nigeria was the best decision I've ever made in my life. What I see of some Nigerians abroad whenever I visit, especially in the US, the Middle East and most especially Asia, is not encouraging at all.


Nigeria has been a blessing to my family and I. From the almost free university education I received (without debt on my neck like my counterparts abroad) to a very fruitful business environment. Business has been booming. If I'm to be return to this earth, I'll choose to return as a Nigerian. I will forever remain in Nigeria. I can frequently go for visits abroad, maybe for a week or two, after which I'm returning back to my wonderful country. I feel sad that my fellow Nigerian youth fail to see the numerous opportunities I'm this country. All they think about is moving abroad. Even the Lebanese, Indians and Chinese have seen that Nigeria is a goldmine and are all rushing here to snatch a share of the gold.

However, everyone has different destinies. Nigeria will favour some people, while it won't favour some. Abroad will favour some, and won't favour others too.

My advice is, if you want to live a modest life, working jobs, driving one car at most, owning one house after paying mortgage over decades, then abroad is for you (legally oo, and be ready to endure excruciating amounts of racism). But if you want to be rich, Nigeria is the place to be. My wife, kids and I have chosen the later over the former.

Nigeria is the land of opportunities.

busomma:
Here in America b4 u get into medical school u must've obtained a bachelor's degree mostly in science which takes 5yrs after which u go into medical school for another 6yrs,internship inclusive. Simple math gives u the number of yrs.
Thanks for ur sympathy though.

Would you keep kwayet?
In the American system, you get a first degree in any course usually after 4 years and then go ahead to study medicine for 4 years. That's 8 years, with 2 degree, only 4 was actually spent studying medicine. After which, the doctor can choose to specialize which can take from 5-7 years.

In the system practiced in the UK (which Nigeria takes after), you go into a 6-year medicine programme straight from secondary school. If you have a previous degree or A-levels, it is reduced to 5-years (like Direct Entry). Some universities in the UK are even planning to reduce their medicine programmes to 5 years. After all this, the doctor can then choose to specialize which also ranges from 5-7years.

Nigeria practices the UK system.
I wonder why these Nigerian Doctors we call incompetent are always being rushed by foreign countries.