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obaseki11:
my friend you re so right my brother who is the person handling our business in nigeria his account is very much active.
though can he write saying he will be responsible for ma flight tickets? will he include that on the letter of introdution?

Such a letter would hold no water, you are not going to Canada to study or for a course, you're going there for personal fun, and remember that tourist/visit visas are issued on personal credibility; therefore, as a qualified independent adult you would be expected to prove your accountability and capability: presenting someone as your sponsor may ruin your reputation and overall assessment.

obaseki11:
between the reason why i want to visit canada this summer is to visit her perents  and people
if we dont travel this summer we may end up not going for a long time as we have other things to do that will take our times

It's not by power nor by might, but by meeting the requirements; you may only end up loosing your money.

obaseki11:
the later of invitation from her perents says their re responsible for every expenses when we re there so no paying for hotels n stuffs

This would be good, but ensure that they make formal declaration of their intentions and accommodation details

obaseki11:
i have series of transactions in december and january and while i am here in china i i told them to be paying some money into the acc but not somuch as paying in like 500k at once may look suspiciouse and also will i add my marriage cert?thanx for ur response bro

Paying untraceable money into your account is not good enough, in fact, such activities might even put you into trouble; what the visa officer wants to see in your statement of account is the income of your salaries/wages and outgo of your expenses, not just money lodgement from sources that can not be traced: in the eye of a Canadian visa officer, such account may be considered criminal
And yes, as a married man, your marriage certificate will be required even though you're going for ordinary visit

obaseki11:
@vicjustice i am a freequent traveler to china and vietnam i am running a business with my brother and my question is,
can i use the letter heading of my brothers letter of incoporation ie letter heading stating i work with him how much i make monthly.

There would be nothing wrong for a company that employs you to write make a declaration with its letter-head document, but i do hope your payslips and bank statements support same

obaseki11:
. . .though my acc is not active as i dont bank much in nigeria but my acc is active since last december cos i had lots of things to spend money on.

It is OK to support your application with an international bank statement, but you need to also be banking in Nigeria if you're applying from Nigeria otherwise, the visa officer would deem that you don't have enough ties in Nigeria: You account needs to be active with transaction, if your account is standing in isolation, that would be a strong reason to refuse your application.
Note: The visa officer does not care about what you spend your money on, they are concerned about how much is available for your trip and how much would be left for you to live on

obaseki11:
also is 3months bank statement ok?

Though 6 months bank statement is the requirement, but 3 months would do if the transactions are transparent enough with nothing to question

obaseki11:
between can i submit it with about some balance of 600,000?knowing i am going to stay only one month.
though my wife is residing here in china and we and i will be re applying with her contract certificate.
any esperience pls help.going to reapply next month.

That would depend on the costs of your everything; but if you're purchasing your flight ticket from it, and you're staying in a hotel plus other expenses from the 600k, then, i'm afraid the amount might not be enough to get you the visa.
   Honestly, if i were you, i'd take the visa officer's advice and apply again only in due time

obaseki11:
. . .[/b]they re saying is that i dont show my strong ties to nigeria money and other assets as i dont have much money in my account but my question again is can my [b]cousines company which i deal with sponsor me? even as a married man?i dont have much personal assets in nigeria but my cousine have,thanx for advice

No, your cousin's company can not sponsor you, not even your own company can do that; except the purpose of your trip is for the company otherwise, you need a personal account for sponsor, not a company account.
   And besides, as your intended travel is for tourism, the embassy might not want to accept any sponsor but yourself for such a pleasure trip, but it would be fine had it been you won a promotional offer for the trip or some other sort of programmes. But since you're going for pleasure, you are expected to be able to take care of your own expenses otherwise, they fear you might vanish once in Canada.

oijeleo:
please i would like tog know how to write an introduction letter if i want to apply for a uk tourist visa for  my annual leave. i work under a private firm, and i also want to know the documents to tender. thank you.

Why do you need to write that?
   I personally won't advice you to add such letter, it's irrelevant: The more  irrelevant documents you add to your application, the more they find issues to question you on, and the more they find reasons to examine you.
   If however you deem it necessary to write such "introduction letter", i trust that you are intelligent enough to observe the letter samples in this thread and modify any as is applicable to your purpose.

didadavid:
Okay, lets say I have been granted the visa to visit her, what will I do to continue to stay there after my visa must have expired? Thank you so much.

There is not much either you nor the woman can do to extend your stay beyond the validity of your visa, except to seek asylum or become a fugitive illegal resident: I doubt you'd be eligible for marriage

Dyt:
^ i bet u dont know anyth abt Cotonou
if he goes dere wit millions of naira, u know ow large he ll live in dat city?

Now, i see you meant it the positive way, i thought you were only being sarcastic and making mockery of the Poster. I appreciate your clarification, and thanks for not taking offence at me.

Dyt:
awww very easy
go 2 Cotonou
its jst dere

The poster is 47 years old, so please, treat him as so. Now, consider actual people who are about that age and observe how you respect them in real live

chuks49:
By Pini Jason
LAST week, the Minister for
Trade and Investment, Mr.
Olusegun Aganga, was
meeting with some
stakeholders in trade and
investment, and I presume,
some investors too. As usual
the issue of cost of doing
business in Nigeria came up.
And as usual, the clichéd
promise Nigerian government
officials make to investors
was generously made. As I
watched this formality go on, I
wondered if the Honourable
Minister himself appreciates
how unfriendly the
investment climate in Nigeria
is.
To put it mildly, it is a crime
to want to invest in Nigeria,
unless you have your eyes on
such soft targets like
petroleum subsidy! But first,
let us consider the arrival of
an investor into Nigeria.
You probably have noticed
that nobody is talking
stridently about the 20:2020
any more. Ask yourself, which
country that wishes to be one
of the 20 biggest economies
in the world in the year 2020
would build itself cubicles for
international airports?
I have said it once here that
Nigeria is a very user
unfriendly country. Thus, our
airports are the most user
unfriendly airports in the
world! At our airports, it is
push- push, shove-shove. This
is a product of our makeshift
and potakabin mentality. We
have a small country, Third
World, we-are-not-ready-for-
it, concept of ourselves.
Processing passengers
through our so-called
international airports is a
torture. It is characterised by
pushing, shoving and
confusion such that, often,
passengers forget their
valuables at the screening
point. I would have thought
that adequate space helps in
thorough screening of
passengers.
Space is itself part of security.
Our Red and Green channels
are actually not channels.
There is no channel behind
which customs officers could
observe the behaviour of
passengers. They are just red
and green markings on the
exits!
You may not like it if I said
that you can put the Murtala
Muhammed International
Airport and the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport
inside Terminal Five of
Heathrow Airport and still
have a space for Aminu Kano
International Airport. But let
us go to the Kotoka
International Airport, Accra.
I used that airport for the first
time in December 1976. I
used it again in November
2008. I can tell you that no
expansion work had taken
place there. This is because it
was a cavernous airport from
day one. It was built with a
sight to the future! Here the
popular excuse is, we will get
there! With the money we
throw around, we should be
arriving at certain
destinations in our
development efforts!
Vision into the future
At the time the so-called
international airports at Ikeja
was constructed, we had
enough money and space to
construct an airport that
mirrored our vision for the
future, but we cheated on
ourselves! Our planners at
that time were people with
stunted vision and could not
see beyond their nose.
The Murtala Mohammed
International airport mistake
was repeated at Abuja. We
took off with a makeshift
Nnamdi Azikiwe International
airport that later became the
local wing while we built yet
another cubicle called
international wing.
I wonder if our planners and
those who accept the silly
designs their foreign
consultants give them
understand the health need
always imperceptibly
incorporated into airport
designs. In most flights you sit
for a minimum of six hours
with no more exercise than
walking along the cabin isle or
using the toilet.
Most of the frequent fliers are
senior citizens. Thus, in major
international airports in
civilised world, where people
do not cheat on themselves
or steal from themselves,
apart from providing ample
space for airport handlings,
deliberate effort is made to
provide for the health of
travellers.
You walk a long distance from
the plane to the immigration,
within which time you get
circulation back to nearly
swelling legs and get your
heart pumping again.
In some airports like Oliver
Thambo International in
Johannesburg, some portions
of the stretch to the
immigration hall are raised to
task the heart a bit. But here
we have airports where you
are made to jump from the
plane to immigration hall and
hop down to baggage claim
area where you push and
shove and quack at one
another with creaking trolleys
as if in a wheel chair game!
And yet some racketeers
charge you for trolleys and
N1000 for service charge in a
most user unfriendly airport in
the world! The only friendly
thing you get is: “oga we are
loyal o!” Or “oga wetin you
chop remain?”
If you are waiting for or
seeing off a passenger in any
of our airports you have to
stay outside in the sun or rain.
Our local airlines make you
come to the airport two hour
before departure because
checking in a war. There is no
guarantee that the flight will
take off on schedule or that
checking in would begin as
soon as you arrive.
Inside the checking in area,
there are no seats even for an
elderly passenger to rest his
or her legs before checking in.
If she has heavy loads,
relations are not allowed to
help her to the checking in
counter, which is not a
restricted area.
She must pay for airport
porters. If you think that this
has anything to do with
security, then somebody has
to go back to security school.
The clever idea is to keep
people to the barest minimum
in a cubicle that is not enough
for passengers.
The Honourable Minister of
Aviation, Mrs. Stella Odua, on
assumption of office,
undertook an inspection tour
of major airports in the
country. I wonder if she
inspected the toilets at the
International airports! Most of
us, including our planners and
leaders, came from the
culture of latrines.
In the villages, latrines are
where you did dirty business.
They were, therefore,
constructed a distant from the
house, hidden from sight. In
the cities, they occupied the
back of the yard so that the
night soil men could carry on
their business unseen.
Then urbanisation turned
latrines into toilets and they
could be incorporated into the
house. It became fashionable
to have toilets in-suite, that is,
inside the bedroom. The
world has since moved from
toilets to restrooms. At
international airports today
you could shower, shave,
change clothes and feed
babies in restrooms.
Restrooms and not latrines
What we have at our
international airports are not
even up to the standards of
toilets. At Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Ikeja,
they are worse than latrines.
They are all shallow
swimming pools. Water is on
the floor instead of inside the
water closets.
The water closets are broken.
They hardly flush. They stink
like latrines. The toilet rolls
are kept by the cleaner who
dispenses them to users for
exchange of tips. At the local
wing, one of the female
cleaners, utterly shameless,
once ran after me: “Oga you
want toilet roll?”
I shouted back at her: “Do
you want to help me unzip
and probably hold my thing
while I urinate?” She scurried
away. That did not stop her
from reminding me as I came
out: “Oga we dey here O!”
At the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, the
toilets cannot accommodate
three people without their
brushing against one another.
At the local arrival, only two
people at a time can manage
the toilet. I try not to take any
liquid in the flight to avoid
having to queue for the use of
the toilet on arrival!
At the Sam Mbakwe
International Cargo Airport,
the word for the toilets is,
disgrace! The questions that
constantly prey my mind are,
why do we shortchange
ourselves? Why do we do this
to ourselves? Why do we love
planning for insufficiency?
What is it in the head of our
leaders that makes them
confine us to backwardness?
Where did we get this kiosk
mentality?
I noticed that there is
reconstruction or
refurbishment going on at
some of these airports,
including the Abuja airport.
The local airlines have been
relocated to the international
wing. This exercise has shown
that the so-called
international wing is even
inadequate for the local
flights.
The international wing is
shared into cubicles for the
local airlines and the agony of
passengers is further
aggravated. But we can
endure it if the understanding
is that at the end of the
exercise we would have user
friendly airports.
I don’t know the scope of
work at the Abuja airport,
whether it involves
expansion. If it does not aim
at the ease and convenience
for processing passengers,
then, the exercise would be
another waste of money.
I do not know if the Federal
Government is undertaking
the reconstruction jobs going
on at some of these airports.
If it is, then the question is
what has become of the talk
about concessioning of the
airports? Has the plan been
abandoned? Why? Politics?
Whether we like it or not, the
only sensible direction for our
economy is privatization.
Most of the things that work
overseas and for which we
drain our foreign exchange to
go and enjoy are in private
hands. The airports should be
concesssioned while the
Federal Government
prescribes and regulates the
minimum standards of
operation without such
regulation amounting to
infliction of nuisance by civil
servants.
What we have today as
International airports at Abuja
and Ikeja should be the
minimum standards for local
airports. And only private
funds can provide that.
Whether an airport or road is
build and operated by
Chinese or Japanese, it will
still be on our soil and
providing jobs!
My friend Otunba Segun
Runsewe at the National
Tourist Development Board is
talking tough about making
Nigeria a tourism hub. I have
heard the talk about Nigeria
being the aviation hub of
West Africa. There is the talk
of financial hub, investment
hub and shipping hub.
All these hubs need
seriousness in providing the
facilities that make our
country user friendly. Last
week, we were rated 135
among 138 countries where it
is very difficult to do business,
that is, counties considered
user unfriendly.
We must remember that
whenever we talk about
investment the operative
word is “attract” investment.
This presupposes that an
investor is not Red Cross. You
have to “attract” him. That is,
you must make the prospect
of investing in your country
more attractive than
competing options like
acquisition and mergers
readily available in his clime.
With so much to do in the
Aviation industry to get it up
to standards acceptable, I am
surprised that the Minister of
Aviation is preoccupying
herself with the distraction of
floating another national
carrier. No matter who is
selling her that idea, she
should perish the thought.
It is a scam. She has said that
the Federal Government
would not invest a kobo in the
project. Then, why is it her
business? Whatever goodwill
the Federal Government will
invest in such a project should
better be extended to any two
of the Nigerian airlines
struggling to keep our flag out
there. Like what she did for
Arik to get it flying Abuja-
Heathrow again.
British Airways planes have
the Union Jack colour at their
tails. British Airways is NOT
owned by British Government.
Virgin Atlantic is owned by
former drummer boy, Sir
Richard Branson, not by the
British Government.
The Honourable Minister
should find out what the
British Government does to
help these airlines to
represent everything British
and do same for our private
airlines. But first, she should
give us airports that represent
what we truly think of
ourselves as a people.

www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/our-airports-windows-to-our-disgrace/

This is what i call a skyscraper

oz4real:
Please i need information on this three European Country Latvia,Estonia & Lithuania Have plans on Studying my MSc. in either of them.
I will appreciate your prompt response and thanks in advance.

What do you need to know?

dancewith:
I dunno. But I have travelled variously to the UK and at the point of entry stated a different place from where I originally planned to stay. In life, we all know that plans change. She is well within her rights to have a new accommodation plan as long as she can afford it.

Yes, you may be allowed to enter the country if your original place of residence has changed, but the Immigration Officer reserves the rights to deny you entry by his own initiative, especially if he is not satisfied of the reason for the change in circumstance; and bear in mind that immigration officers are so empowered that they can refuse anyone entry into their country for any silly reason, even if the reason is simply the dislike of your personality: you may not even find anyone to complain to as your movement in the terminal is strictly limited and you may not be allowed to see a superior officer unless you make a formal demand for that.

frank 94:
Guys I need your contribution, Graduate studies in south africa or malaysia which one will you choose interms of low tuition fee,work while studying and safe study environment.

Nigerians have soiled it's name in both countries, but i'll suggest South African because, in Malaysia, you would be executed if caught with drugs, but in SA, it's just another story

frank 94:
Simply go to alias france daz(french cultural center)in your state for translation.they have centers at lagos,enugu,abuja and ilorin.daz the one's i know.dont give any body money to translate for you,their are tutors in french,german,spainish and intalian language their who can do the interpretation for you.i went their to interpret spainish lag to english lag, when i wanted to travel to madrid.

Perfect answer

dancewith:
Hi All,

A family freind was denied entry into the UK last week. She was issued with a six months validity visa and travelled visa KLM to Heathrow terminal 4. The border agent proceeded to contact the hotel she booked and claimed the hotel reservation has been cancelled. Although she had 2,000 pounds (cash) with her and her credit card (including her staff ID: she is a mdille level employee in one of Nigeria's new generation banks), the agent still cancelled her visa and she was removed back to Nigeria.

She is quite upset, considering she is not even aware the reservation is cancelled as claimed. She also feels she had enough cash to support her one week stay (with or without the hotel reservation as she can pay cash for a cheaper hotel if need be). I daresay she was badly treated, with no benefit of doubt. She had previously travelled to UAE & South Africa and is well into her early forties.

What options can she pursue to reverse this cancellationa and denial of entry?

The border agent is not to blame, the hotel authority is also not to blame, the onus is on the woman to properly make her reservation and to confirm same prior to her travel.
   Now, since the visa was issued based on her hotel reservation, the border agent reserved all rights to cancel her visa and deny her entry into the UK if the reservation became invalid, and at that stage, no emergency or improvised accommodation may be considered then.
   The woman has no ground whatsoever to make any legal challenge in this situation, and even if a border agent denied her entry into the UK for any other reason she still would have no ground to take legal actions. You can't really take someone to court for anything pertaining to Immigration or visa except on the ground of physical abuse as well as racial or religion profiling (and some few other extreme issues). Order than these, there is no legal ground if one is refused a visa or is denied entry into any country: You are given the Privileges does not mean you have the Rights

justwise:
justwise=Vicjustice

Lol, you've taken my credits before, so, it's ok if i take yours this time. I don't blame those who accused or suspected us of being the same person

MRbrownJAY:
@Vicjustice
thanks again for the help yesterday.

What "help" was that, i can't recall

Ptimes:
When Nigerian-born illegal, Timothy, couldn’t feed himself, he approached the Dutch food bank. But because he was an illegal, he was refused

Every Thursday, Osaror Timothy rides his bicycle to dispatch 2,600 newspapers to the same number of homes in Tilburg, a Dutch city of over 200 thousand people. Dark and of average height, Timothy’s major problem is not the delivery of the papers, but evading police arrest.

Timothy’s fear of arrest is not borne out of committing any immediate crime, but because his stay in the Netherlands is un-official. By Dutch law, he is an illegal immigrant.

“Each day I move on the streets, I move with the fear of getting arrested by the police,” he said.

Illegals

Timothy is one of the 100,000 illegals living in the Netherlands, READ MORE AT: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/foreign/3689-nigerian-illegals-in-netherlands-live-tough-and-risky-life.html

Interesting piece; "Timothy" works once a week (on Thursdays only) for 15 hours and earns E220, that's not bad for an illegal worker.
   But why not paste the full articles here? That report would become outdated and may be deleted someday, and then, this thread will become a "nonsense"

didadavid:
I really need your help. I have someone in Belgium, a white woman who has visited me in Nigeria twice, she takes me as her Son and loves me so much. In fact I call her MUM and she calls me SON. I told her I wanna come live and work in Belgium and she's very happy. I'm a plumber. Please how can she invite me, and after the period of invitation has expired how can I continue to live there. Or is there other means of getting there without invitation? Your detailful advice will be so much appreciated. Thank you.

Invitation letter might not be enough to ensure you a visa, you would need to meet the requirement of an invited person of which above all, you must be able to prove your obligations or ties to Nigeria, and you must have a job on documents (not just a job that provides income); and your wages must be good enough to convince the visa officer that you would leave Belgium in due time.
  know that you would be asked to state and prove the nature of relationship that exists between you and the woman who is inviting you.
  I understand that you intend to reside and work in Belgium, and for this i must let you know that (unless she is in a position to grant you employment) she is not eligible to invite you for anything more than a visit, and like i said, both of you need to prove who you are to each other or else, the invitation may be disregarded.

Bwoodlt:
Thanks! I thought as much. Does it mean he'd have to fill the same form he used for his initial application? Or a different one since he's just renewing?

Thanks for your help.

Update:

Finally found one of your post addressing this.

Cheers.

Usually, visa application or renewal forms are more or less the same and requires same thing of every applicant; ie, data and information without partiality: the only thing that would be making a difference is when an applicant tick the category that is appropriate for the purpose of the application and then, s/he fills the form as is applicable to his/her own case

Bwoodlt:
Hi All,

For visa renewal (visiting), I believe the form to fill is the VAF10. However, In the policy guidance, it was specifically mentioned that only family members (Married and Unmarried partners, child under the age of 18 e.t.c) are allowed to use this route. My question is does this include one's cousin?

I anticipate any helpful inputs.

Thanks

Cousin? No way.
   A cousin may apply for a Family Visit visa, but that doesn't entitle him/her for the Family Member's rights or privileges.
   By "Family Members" they mean the nuclear family; Father, Mother and Child/ren, anyone who doesn't fit into any of these or is an adult-child (over 16 or 18 years depending on country's policy) may not be considered eligible for the "Family Member" category.

MRBrownJ:
@Vicjustice
you are right about that but shouldnt that person FIRST confirm that the guy smells before making such request? i would surely get offended if someone qualifies me as smelly, simply because some black guys have never worn deodorant/anti perspirant in their lives.

That's a point

drnoel:
They too smell, if u've gone close 2 one b4 u'll know.  Thats why they almost finish a bottle of perfume b4 they leave their house. The main problem is not who smells or who doesn't, the main problem is the generalizing of a whole race. That one kills me 

At least, they make efforts to control the smell by "emptying a bottle of perfume before they leave their house"

drnoel:
Hello guys I just came across this story I would like to share.

A middle aged woman who flew economy class on a TAM Airlines flight going somewhere 2 the west kept on disturbing the cabin crew personal to change her sit for her. AS she was asked for the reason she wanted her sit changed she couldn't give a factual reason. The cabin crew personal tried 2 make the journey more comfortable 4 her by giving her extra blankets, and also extra wine an all but all these did nothing to make the woman change her mind. She kept on insisting her seat be changed. The woman made so much problems that the captain had 2 be involved in the whole thing only 4 them 2 find out the real reason 4 the woman's discomfort was cos the person seating next 2 her was a black guy. The lady also later insisted that the guy smells and she find can't and will not sit there anymore. The captain willing 2 please the middle aged lady asked the cabin crew 2 confirm if there where any empty seats still available. They found out the seats available where only in the first class. The captain knowing it will be a scandal if he asks the woman 2 move over 2 the first class after all the problem she had caused, quietly told the embarrassed black guy. Please let us upgrade u 2 first class, we have found a free sit there 4 u. The black guy, the captain of the flight and the cabin crews all got a standing ovation for that act and the way they comported themselves.

Its just a sad thing that in 2012 racism still exists. Do u guys have any such flight stories please share here.

Well, no matter the year, racial disgust would never change. I remember witnessing a woman who refused to sit with a black man in an inter-city bus in Greece, and i've seen many others who refused to stay next to black people in regular commuter buses.
   Now, i don't know if all of these white people are really "racists": now, assuming you were a white (non racist) person, and you were in a bus on a journey that took 3 hours, and you sat with a black guy who talked very loud on phone, and yet had body odour, and you managed to endure that for 3 long hours, how would you feel to sit next to another black person next time?
   Well, as regretful as this may seem, let's not ignore the fact that there are lots of black (African) people who never used deodorant before. This is the bitter truth

justwise:
I know its difficult for you to understand what the issue here is all about, what show are they enjoying? Did you listen to that worthless human being called David? Would you want your sister to be treated like that?

Then again some Nigerians like you are morally dead, so such treatment means nothing to you.


. . . by the way i'm directly referring to you.

That's a very polite way of putting it, i call such people (like oti-igba) EVIL

Logic Mind:
of course I read your posts. it's all part of the smoke and mirrors.
posting other peoples private pictures without their expressly written permission as an advert for commercial purposes can land you in big trouble. It may also land nl in trouble.
So I ask you one again did you get permission before posting those?

Are you really OK?
But my post did not contain any big vocabulary, how come you didn't understand it?

mbm:
My friend just renewed his tourism visa without tax cert and with  272k in his account.

Even Wanaj0 had said he got a visa with no money at all in his account; so maybe your friend and Wanaj0 can help you do the same since you have 2 times more money than they have in their accounts

Logic Mind:
nice looking family. did you get their permission before posting those photos?

Who needs to get what permission from whom?
Well, that's my own nuclear family; I guess you didn't really read the opening post

chika98:
Your son is good looking.

Ah we await Dayo, Sagamite and the other resident bullies on NL to marry as well.

Thanks, but what about me? It takes a butterfly to give birth to a butterfly

Real Treas:
Ur pics r nice.
U have a very beautiful family.
Happy married life.

Thank you so much

wanaj0:
Brag. Thank you.

You should have known that NNPC will not show on your CSCS statement.

Whatever, whether it's NNPC or whichever company is not the issue, the point i'm making is that your claims are all false; no offence intended

wanaj0:
Well, I was not planning to travel two days after my application.

My monthly salary can handle my travels and UNTIL I am about to make the trip, I invest my CASH!

My Payslip shows how much I earn. The flow through the account tallies with my payslip and my CSCS statement shows what I use the money to do! So the ECO need to judge whether based on my income I can afford the trip (not whether I have the cash already stored).

How many people anywhere in the world keep $6,000 RAW cash just because of visa?

There is no need to brag: what nature of "investment" is it that you are putting your billions into, that is now making you broke?
   Well, even if your "payslips" say that you earn 5 million Naira a month and you are "investing" every penny with NNPC, and your account has no balance available for your trip, you would be refused the visa because, you have no evidence of funds available for maintenance.
   With this awareness, i insist that your claims are false

wanaj0:
I've applied for visa with Zero account balance. I only attached my CSCS statement showing my stock holding. When asked why the account was zero, told them I dont keep cash but invest it.

I've applied with ZERO account balance and I was given. My payslip was enough as proof of my income.

More than your account balance, your INCOME and FLOW through the account is what is important.

[size=50pt]YOU LIE[/size]

mbm:
My guy, I obtained the uk tourism visa in 2010 with only 580k. I only with to renew with only 530k. Anyway I will wait till the end of the month, so that it will be approx 700k.

I'm sorry, but your claims are unreasonable. If you indeed applied for a tourist visa with 580k, and the application was successful, then, why are you bothered that you have 530k this time?
Please, make a bit more sense