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afam4eva: It seems everyone is moving to Texas. Me sef dey go Texas Texaco bus/stop, Orile.

LOL.

Tolaaaaannni: Ok so i will believe any other thing, but that bolded statement i won't believe. 20 cars in your mid twenties, Is your father a car maker?? Even obama gan hasn't had that much cars in his lifetime.

LOL. Thank you. Some people think everyone on the internet is dumb.

coogar: you'd know...you [color=#000000]e[/color]jaculate whenever you sniff tpia around...you obnoxious sex deviant!

Ride on. Do you have more abuse to rant on cyber space?

coogar: you are a simpleton...people like yourself have been bigging up nigeria....
did you not say you wanted to engage uk-based nigerians in your idiotic diatribe? faced with facts now, you are no longer interested in comparing?
stiffen your index finger and sit on it...

Ride on. People like you who resort to abuse to make a point are not worth my time. I wonder where I said I want to engage UK based Nigerians. Someone must have peed in his trouser. U suck big time.

manny4life: $10, YES a lot of olks have $10 savings, $10,000 and that's a different ball game altogether. Nevertheless, you we have to know what kind of savings you speak of. Most people might not have physical cash (current assets) savings in the bank, but a lot of them have them tied up in short/long term investment such as retirement savings account, etc

Are those the type of people you assume I am talking about?

coogar: it's not paining me....just putting it down that you are clueless comparing life abroad to the life in naija.
little did you know that the nigerians in diaspora pumped a total of $9 billion alone to naija economy on money transfers alone.....
that excludes the money given to aunty tpia going to naija or aunty kobojunkie going to abuja -

You lack the ability to think. Who is making a comparison? Abeg- walk past.

I have a few British friends who went back to look for work because the benefits they were getting from the government had been cut off- to them, things are no more rosy.

I have a few British friends who graduated from Uni and has no jobs. To them, things are not rosy.

I know Nigerian guys who used to earn 1500 pounds a week from IT contracts( I used to earn that in London), but now, they cant even get one contract - to them, things are no more rosy.

The British for example agree things are dull, down and not as before, but my Naija guy wants you to believe, no, the British guys are wrong, things are still as rosy as before, in fact, better.

coogar: i don't need to know you to know what you epitomize.....

I see its paining you - why not leave the thread?

dayokanu: is it not from their savings they send money home? or do you think its their rent they send to nigeria?

You mean from their pay cheque? I see you dont know what savings is.

pDude: No, I am just telling the ideal thing to do. Nigeria is a very nice place to be if you have money. In Nigeria you are surrounded by your family and friends. Abroad you have to swallow a lot of shyt from people because you are an immigrant.

Even though your passport is blue, Nigeria is still home and it is where you can feel free and not take shyt from anyone

I aint joining issues with you- i am not arguing whether naija is better than America. Question is, are things still rosy or not. Please.

coogar: you grew up in these areas so you'd know them.....typical village woman...



people like you, i suppose....
people who talk big and dream big but with no substance.....
nigeria is good, nigeria is lovely and this happened.............https://www.nairaland.com/767203/fred-olawale-makanjuola-crystal-services#9208574

7000 educated people scammed by one ordinary man because of a canadian visa.
canada of all places.....
i laugh in patience goodluck!

You better zip it and dont go personal because you dont know me. Zip it out.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]For a Nigerian to ask this question, you know that people are really suffering in Nigeria.

Haba!! $10.[/quote]Story. Go and find out. Dont believe what your mind tells you.

dayokanu: If they cant boast of $10 saving how do they now get the billions they send through western union yearly

You dont know the meaning of savings?

pDude: Hmmmmm, now lemme tell you a lil' something. If you want to work and earn good money, come to US. But if you want to enjoy that money and do minimal work, move to Nigeria.

The thing is that the system here is one that wants to continually siphon money from ur pocket through debts and taxes. But in Nigeria, your money is yours to keep.

The best way to live is to have plans to eventually relocate back to Nigeria and invest the money you worked for in a business. Nigeria is a good place to do business if you have the capital. Setting up a business abroad is very difficult and if you make any mistake, you can be sued out of all your investments.

You are telling this story to someone who has lived all over the place?

I have a few British friends who went back to look for work because the benefits they were getting from the government had been cut off- to them, things are no more rosy.

I have a few British friends who graduated from Uni and has no jobs. To them, things are not rosy.

I know Nigerian guys who used to earn 1500 pounds a week from IT contracts( I used to earn that in London), but now, they cant even get one contract - to them, things are no more rosy.

The British for example agree things are dull, down and not as before, but my Naija guy wants you to believe, no, the British guys are wrong, things are still as rosy as before, in fact, better.

But my people here will say, I am lieing.

coogar: they are all acquired via high interest mortgages, cars on hire-purchase and what-nots. nigerians spend 60% of their income on "looking good".
it's the only country in the world where the phone one carries is immediately used to determine one's status. many people drive those cars and stay in those bungalows and wallow in debt.....it's what they call "packaging"!

LOL. Who do you mix with while in Nigeria?

pDude: Dude, what percentage of those people who "build those houses" compare to the total Nigerian population? I assume that you live in an urban centre like Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt. Have you ever visited any real rural area in South West, North and South East? If you see the standard of living there, you will shed tears. Don't forget that a greater percentage of Nigerians live in Rural communities.

So don't use the number of cars and skyscrapers in Lagos or Abuja to grade the standard of living in Nigeria. Go to the rural communities in Oyo state and see how Nigerians suffer.

What percentage of people who travel abroad can boast of 10 dollar savings? Abeg.

LOL. Noone suffers in the diaspora? Noone lives under the bridges? Noone begs for bread?

I know thousands of people who havent stepped outside Nigeria but are comfortable - live in their own houses, no credit card debt, kids school in top schools, no mortgages on their neck, yet, you think they are third class because they have never been to the diaspora. Shuo!

dayokanu: Who are those you see in the Embassy trying every possible way to jet out of Nigeria?

WHo are those you see filling visa lottery form every yr hoping one day they would be lucky

I guess they are Aliens

LOL. Nigeria is hell to you indeed.

Looks like there is this belief that you can never make it in Nigeria. So, those estates that spring up daily, those nice bungalows around town, those gaily dressed men and women I see every day in Nigeria, those fancy cars in town are all owned by people who came in from the diaspora?

Laughable. Maybe you will then say they are government apologists or armed robbers or what?

pDude: Because in the long run, your hustle will pay. In Nigeria you will hustle all your life with nothing to show for it on your deathbed.

Says who? So those who hustle in Nigeria dont make it? Nigeria must indeed be hell. Who are those who drive those cars I see on the streets and build those houses I see around town? People from abroad?

One question I always want to ask. Why do Nigerians travel to the diaspora and begin to work round the clock - doing three to four jobs. Is that something to be envious about?

pDude: Guy no be lie o.

You know he is lieing. Tell him.

dayokanu: And what happens to them after residency?

I am sure pdude would give you first hand experience.

I have a friend who is a doctor, the guy was telling me maybe he would go on the street and start hustling cos the thing doesnt pay at all in Nigeria.

I know several Doctors who are now bankers due to poor conditions of living

Big lie and you yourself know you are lieing..

kokoye: [s]
We all know what your problem is. I dont need to say it.

Is America part of the diaspora...or not, according to you?

Am I allowed to talk about where I live ..why do you have a problem with it?[/s]

Whats my problem? I havent been to or lived in America? LOL.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI][s]I think it's bothering you that you aren't hearing what you want to hear. [/s]

LOL[/quote]

Most of you have not been in the diaspora when it was actually very rosy. So, I am not surprised at the answers here, just womblings. Even person wey never work before they talk.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]LOL I'm a full time student (Not this summer tho ), I work part-time, and I pay some bill

Technically not in the "real" world yet. Gimme a few more years, then I'll be back with a substantial reply.

But so far, I'm more than okay over here. Live in Nigeria right now? Why would God wanna punish me like that? [/quote]Is that the issue on discussion? Na wa o.Full time student derailing a thread like this?

Is America the only country in the diaspora? Or the meaning of diaspora is lost on some folks. Retardeens.

Abeg - how has this thread turn to comparing America with Nigeria?

and what has the question here got to do with if America is better than Nigeria? Question is - is it still rosy out there. Simple as ABC. We know those who will twist the topic just to make a point that America is better than Nigeria. We all know that already, so stop preaching and answer the question so others may learn.

Simple question and some folks still find it necessary to abuse one another? If you abuse another just because you want to drive home a point, what does that make you? Its not the amount of the abuse in your comment that matters, but the amount of sense you are able to make. Abeg.