₦airaland Forum

Gerrard59:
I have nothing to say about the rest of your post, but the bold is a BIG FAT LIE! Very BIG FAT LIE! I am surprised someone who earned 1.1 million naira per month can type such on Obasanjo's Internet. Now, I see why a few people doubted your story ab initio.

There are lies, and there are abominable lies. The bold is one of such abominable lies.

chybyke2:
Good evening brother. Please, can I pm you?

OBTOREPA:
Don't mind them abeg.
How do I reach out to you sir

Jokerman:
I believe you Sir... I will still move too Sir... I'm working on it with my wife...

I click into your testimony

OBTOREPA:
I'm very happy for you sir.
I connect to your grace.
Congratulations 🎊.
Please I need your email, want Australia migration plug/advise.
How do I reach out to you sir?

Treadway:
Gerrard leave usefulsense abeg. Someone with cognitive dissonance can't be reasoned with. As always, na that conversion to naira be the main thrill.....and yet on the earlier thread he said life is not about the money, but na the money he dey use as justification now onto say he buy land of 11m, like say all the small small island boys with good jobs wey dey buy the 20-30million cars on Nairaland auto section are from outer space. 11m that won't even buy Lexus RX350 2006 Toks in Nigeria today, but surprisingly some people still dey buy, e dey shock even me sef... na im bros say top manager in Tier one bank no fit spend 11m from one year savings.

Usefulsense do visit Nairaland auto section and see the prices of cars there (due to the same worthless naira that now make you feel like homelessness for Aussie sef better, and horrendously high custom duties on top), and yet there are those that are still doing well despite the Cray Cray in Nigeria and buying those cars. Look up 'Madison spices' and 'Aristo bar and bistro' in Akure. Both are owned by a friend that we did our MBA together. Dude is just 40. He is doing way better than even me. Achieving things like that are what I find inspiring...not some dude who is screaming at the top of his lungs every 3 market days about running to another country being his sole life achievement. I can only imagine how good my said friend feels when he wakes up every morning. He won't leave what he has built to go and pack shit.

We are talking of the stuff you are made of, not your environment. You have described what you are made of, not everyone is like that fortunately/unfortunately. You can't take credit for the environment, you didn't create it.

No matter how hard the wind blows, a mountain will not bow to it. Lions know their place, a gazelle knows it's place. Environment or not, a gazelle cannot live like a lion, and vice versa.

Adiós!



PS: Isn't it interesting that even he and the Aussie crew found it odd that a Financial controller was packing boxes..I wonder why that was concerning...they for just leave you to dey pack the boxes na afterall that should be enough na....that and of course clear skies, picturesque landscapes and access to education and healthcare.💯

Gerrard59:
Why should he save 50 million when inflation and devaluation eat up the money? Why do you think it is not possible to save that amount as a bank manager? I think most of you people under-rate certain professions and the earnings they make. Yes, there is corruption, but people do earn quite a lot in certain industries in Nigeria and legitimately as well. I believe the major problem is the dearth of accurate information regarding salaries in corporate Nigeria. Most importantly, the mama-put woman is an entrepreneur, not an employee. Apples to oranges, not apples to apples.

That said, the mama-put woman has done well for herself. But if she migrates to Australia to pack sheet, she can never live a decent life compared to while in Nigeria. Again, no sheet packer in Australia lives a decent above a bank manager in Nigeria. If you disagree, maybe you should define what the phrase "decent life" means as a sheet packer.


If anyone wants to pack sheet, that is okay. But correlating that to living a decent life in Australia above a bank manager in Nigeria is abominable.

sonofanarchy:
Can you tell us how you did the application

haybhi1:
Congrats.

timwudz:
Congratulations sir. Happy you made it there!
The good Lord that did it for you will do it for others aspiring to make a move also, including me.

Congrats once more!

RealityKings:
God came through for you. Hopefully, you'll get better jobs as time goes on.

baba4thegehs:
Congratulations. I pray it keeps getting better for you.
I like that you come back to share the small wins in your journey and also give gratitude God.

You see that's easily the seed for more victorious experiences.

Cheers mate.

nairalanda1:
A cleaner overseas pays for fuel at market price, and pays for power at market price, that;s why they get it well well

They also pay property tax and council tax to get a good rail and public transport service.

If we did the above in Nigeria, you guys would cry and cry, so we pay cheap, and get cheap....

We under pay for power, and we get bad power, and we underpay for fuel, and get scarcity, and a host of other things and issues.

And we don't earn enough money, and the corruption worsens things, which is why a cleaner cannot make a decent wage.

We live on money meant for a country of less than 10 million...all 260 million of us, and then we wonder why we cannot have good electricity, refineries, and decent wages.

And you still vote for the same APC and PDP, and co.

drlateef:
You get fever. Better go and take chloroquin😂

Malroux:
Get something doing man.

helinues:
Shame of using the initial moniker?

Teamfrosh1201:
I will sure do that.

Teamfrosh1201:
@48 😳😳😳. Wow.

Validated:
If you have a good certification, still in your thirties or below 40, or even early forties, you are able to save up to N10m and have a child or two children and not a political actor or a clergy of a big church, may I ask, "What are you still waiting for"?

You see, 7 months ago, your N10m was about $22K. Now, it is only about $8590. However bad, it could still take you to UK, atleast. Then you can begin sorting your life. Even if you have a business, it will be eroded soon.
What the likes of GSK, P&G, Unilever, Suntory, etc are saw or are seeing and moving should give you signal that this train is headed to a total anarchy.

Even if you do not love yourself, for the sake of your family, move. There is no hope in the foreseeable horizon. I am not a doomsday prophet, but if you understand the times, you know that things are going to get worse.

10 years ago, I called a friend and advised him to come over to Canada. He said he is not going to another man's country to "slave". He would rather come and visit and enjoy holidays. Funny enough his subordinate took the initiative. His (surbordinate) wife got a scholarship and in two years he relocated and he and his family now lives big in Ontario.

Fastforward to 2023, my friend is now in his early-50s, he has lost his job, his tottering business is now almost moribund. No thanks to Tinubu's economic janglova. Now, he is asking me to help him and his family relocate. 4 adults (Him, his wife and 2 children). How?

My reply may be brutal abd unfair, "Bro, you are 10 years late". He is now franticky looking towards the UK, looking for buyers of his inheritance, but the Tories are locking the gate on Dec 31, 2023. Not sure if he can still make it across.

My advice, if you can leave this sinking ship, please do ASAP. Today, it is armed robbery and kidnapping. In few years, a reminisce of the 1000000 boys will resurface.

Someone is going to come here to preach that it is not rosy out there. Yes, at first it will be rough. With time you will get along, learn the system, culture, then boom, you will just know you made a bold move. Nigeria is not getting better soon. Atleast, not with the huge debts and dwindling revenues that is over 50% channelled to debt servicing. Not with over 45% budget deficits to be financed on loans. Not with low purchasing power of the populace. Not with this "owambe" government. Not when our oil production is already swapped for loans for next 5 years and steeply declining productivity.

No, not with a Tinubu that does not understand productivity.

Gerrard59:
The more children a man has, then I can support the decision to relocate at that age since their futures have to have secured. Looking at the Nigerian economy and state of things, it seems you made the right decision.

onadana:
Like my son,I know he won't return back to Nigeria because he has no stake there.He never speaks about Nigeria and is not interested about anything Nigeria. He did Nursery Primary and secondary school in Nigeria but never had Nigeria at heart.He is gone for good.

SoNature:
My biggest concern about leaving this country is starting a generation that will never return to their country ever again.

siina:
hello house, please which one is the suitable path way for me to get into Australian with over 12years experience as an Accountant in Education sector, HND(Ado), B.sc(OAU) ACA(Nigeria), CGMA(UK), CPA(Australia) and over 42 years old? and also married with 3 kids

exnovio:
Dear beloved Nlander I need your candid advise because am in between two choices that might make or break me.
Iam in my very late 40s living in Spain for 19yrs am married with two toddlers 8 and 4,my wife and I have stable jobs I work during the week she works weekends with this time table we can take care of the kids.
Now for the sake of my kids I decided to relocate from Spain, because I want my kids to be English orientated because here in Spain the chances for them to succeed is slim ,first choice was Scotland but I ruled it out because of this brexit thing,so settled for Ireland because its the only English speaking country in the EU where I can easily settle and start work as European passport holder.
So early this year I spoke with my manager at work he is a very good friend he helped me to secure this job ,I told him am leaving in April this year,he told me to think about it very well because leaving where you are doing good for the unknown is scary,I told him Iknow ,he was right ,after some weeks again i told him I still want to leave I told him he should negotiate with the the bigger boss so I can get my payoff he flared and vowed I will never get nothing from the Company,my plan was that before I lay my hands on something in Ireland with my payoff at least I can sustain myself and my family.he told me I must not go.
So I paused the plan am thinking could God be using this guy to save me from a wrong move or the Devil using him to stop me from achieving God’s plan for me.

oyetunjibaba:
I use God take beg u sir
No reply that man again