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Woman Gives N3m Lottery Cash to Beggar
07.17.2009
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A woman who won the national sports lottery has given all her prize money to a street beggar an hour after being given the cheque, a website said.
Rosemary Obiakor, 46, of Lagos , won more than three million naira in the National Sports Lottery, said a report culled from the website.
When asked what she planned to do with the money after she was presented with her cheque in a ceremony on local TV, Mrs Obiakor said she'd give it to a "lucky beggar".
"I have heard a lot of stories about how people win the lottery, and they get broke in the short run and come across a lot of misfortune. I am scared, and so I'll give it to a lucky beggar on the street," she told TV reporters.
She collected her cheque, cashed the money and gave the money to a female beggar who was sitting by the street side with her two-year old baby.
When Mrs Obiakor and a team of lottery executives handed the beggar a bag full of banknotes, she screamed with delight, and hugged them all.
She thanked her benefactor profusely and promised to start a food retail business immediately.
Before she went away with her money, the new 'millionaire' gave handfuls of money to other beggars on the street.


http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=148976

@ajileko , which one is slate roofing?

[/quote]decide on the ISP first, and calculate how much you will be paying for monthly subscription and compare with how much you will be making monthly.
then note that speed is the determinant of the success of any cafe.

PPl wont patronize u that much if you always have problems with ur ISP.
then think of buying p3/p4 computers, low configuration computers tend to drag when connected to the web. even at great speed
next get a networking eengineer, dont think you can handle the networking urself simply because you have networked 3 computers 2gether in the past.

choose ur location wisely, if ur cafe is hidden, it will take time for ppl to notice you, but sure, they will notice your presence
if it is too open, expect our disgraceful nigerian policemen on a weekly basis, this will also be alternated by touts. cos the society has to feed them.
(I dont know of PH but that is Lagos)

Try to invest also in burglary systems as burglars cant stand a cafe without it, do a ceiling burglary too cos they know how to come in from there.

how do u wanna cool down ur cafe's heat, trust me, computer heat plus human heat can make ur customers drip
AC or fan? if u wanna go for fan, try a bigger 1, a cafe of 10 computers will probably need 2/3 fans
how u wanna power ur cafe, diesel gen is better cos it tends to save you fuel, even though diesel costs more, it burns slowly
for 10 computers, plus fan, flourescent bulbs will probably use close to 5.5KVA generator, try talking to a generator service expert
next, decide on what cafe timer u wanna use, cafecentra, cyberklock. I will recommend cafecentra

have a minimum of 500K to setup a cafe of 10 computers, ISP exclusive, office space exclusive.
i have never set one up b4 but i did work in a cafe


cafeful, speed and location is it[quote]

Well said brother

Nairalanders, please provide information where i can get Yohimbe is an aphrodisiac.
WAiting for your response.

whatalife. next time you should be sincere and straight foword in your life,if you do not know how to do business tell me i ll teach you F.O.C. AND HOW MUCH IS THAT YOUR LEFT HAND DRIVE VOLVO.[quote][/quote]Mycoach what is the issue with you? i dont understand, am not the seller of the truck

oshadigital@yahoo.com, 08036691956
are u online now?

@ademlabi,
i called you on phone this morning.
this is the picture of the truck i talked about.

TRUCKMAN,
Can you help to get this truck?

Some of the lawmakers who also contributed maintained that the workability of the bill is not possible in Nigeria, particularly Lagos State. According to the Chief Whip, Rasak Balogun, "how can you tell a landlord that had suffered a lot to build a house not to collect more than three months advance payment?

"Even the state government is not collecting the land use charge monthly but yearly; so making a law that a landlord should not collect more than three months advance payment is unrealistic. May be we should just step it down," Balogun added.

BAC, your comment on this.

Lagos Lawmakers Disagree Over Tenancy Bill
By Akinwunmi King, Reporter, Lagos


Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday disagreed, as the House took the Second Reading of a bill for a law to regulate rights and obligations under tenancy agreements.

The bill, which was sent in by the executive arm of government, is also to regulate the relationship between the landlord and the tenant, including procedure for the recovery of premises.

Speaking on the bill, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Babatunde Ogala, explained that the bill would provide legal framework to tenancy issue in the state, adding that the bill has the obligations of both the tenant and landlord stated in it.

But Adekunle Ademoye, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Housing, who spoke on demerit of the bill, explained that even if the bill were passed into law, most landlords would not be ready to oblige.

"I am particular about the implementation of this law, because some of our landlords in Lagos may say that it is not the government that built their houses for them".

Some of the lawmakers who also contributed maintained that the workability of the bill is not possible in Nigeria, particularly Lagos State. According to the Chief Whip, Rasak Balogun, "how can you tell a landlord that had suffered a lot to build a house not to collect more than three months advance payment?

"Even the state government is not collecting the land use charge monthly but yearly; so making a law that a landlord should not collect more than three months advance payment is unrealistic. May be we should just step it down," Balogun added.

http://www.independentngonline.com/news/head/article06

@ what price please Ayodeji?

how much is this truck @ cotonu?

Ayodeji,
Please can i get something as clean like this from cotonu?
I actually see this truck on a site for sale.

Corruption is Synonymous with Govenance in nigeria. They will all go free. that is ngeria for you.

Common sense will tell you how they feed fat eating the best of the meals while the people they governed can't even afford to eat a decent ration.A total corrupt system

ARE NIGERIAN POLITICIANS GREEDY LIKE THEIR KENYAN COUNTERPARTS?
THIS IS KENYA PRESIDENT KIBAKI AND HIS CO ROGUES IN POWER .ANY SIMILARITY BTW THERE NIGERIAN ROGUES IN POWER?

Nigerians Lament Closure Of Businesses In Ghana
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Nigerians lament closure of businesses in Ghana
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Hundreds of Nigerian businessmen in Ghana are lamenting the closure of their businesses in the past 20 months due to their inability to pay the 300,000 dollars demanded by the country’s government.

On Nov. 28, 2007, the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) ordered the closure of the businesses of Nigerians who were unable to meet the demand.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the traders could not meet the demand, resulting in the sealing up of their shops.

A NAN correspondent in Accra reports that many of the shops, including electronics marts, have remained closed and efforts made by the traders to persuade the Ghanaian Government to re-open them have proved abortive.

Mr Jasper Emenike, the Secretary General of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association (NUTAG), told NAN that some members of the association had committed suicide due to their inability to feed their families.

“We have recorded some suicide cases and attempted suicide by scores of Nigerian in Ghana because of their inability to feed their families and meet other obligations due to the sealing up of their shops by the Ghanaian Government.

“We are appealing to the Nigerian Government to give this matter the urgency it deserves because Nigerians are passing through severe difficulties in trying to make a living in Ghana.

“We are at a loss as to why it is only businesses owned by Nigerians that should be closed down in a country where millions of businessmen from other countries, including ECOWAS member countries are flocking to daily to do business,’’ Emenike said.

He said although the association had taken its case to the ECOWAS Parliament, which condemned the closure of their shops, nothing had come out of the effort.

“We have also taken the matter to the courts in Ghana but the case was struck out with an advice that we should try to get the matter resolved through diplomatic means, rather than through litigation.

“It may interest you to know that no Nigerian trader has taken the law into his hands in spite of the obvious provocation by their Ghanaian brothers,’’ he said, and appealed to the Federal Government to show more commitment in resolving the matter to save the traders from starvation.

Emenike argued that the closure of the shops was contrary to the ECOWAS Protocol, which allowed free movement of goods and people within the sub-region.

Commenting on the closure of the shops, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, said the High Commission was handling the matter and that ``it will eventually be sorted out’’.

He said the traders were coming together as entities to raise funds to meet the conditions imposed by the Ghanaian Government for them to continue to do businesses in the West African country.(NAN)



http://www.sunday.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=554:nigerians-lament-closure-of-businesses-in-ghana&catid=41:latest-news&Itemid=26

Escape from American ‘hell’
By Sunday Oguntola Published Today News Unrated

Oriola

A Nigerian female journalist who relocated to the United States to join her husband became a victim of human trafficking and sexual abuse, writes Sunday Oguntola with Agency reports



Bukola Oriola, a returnee from the shadow of the valley of death, knows what affliction is all about. She had seen it, tasted it, touched it and lived it. Yet, when she left the shores of Nigeria in 2005 to cover the United Nation’s 60th anniversary and General Assembly in the US, she would have taken on anyone who predicted that she was heading for a serious ordeal. Not when the whole world appeared under her feet. At the now rested National Age Newspapers where she was responsible for producing a three page pull out on education, she was not only a star but also an award-winning journalist.

Her good fortunes literally soared when her US-based Nigerian husband who was introduced to her on phone by a mutual friend begged her to stay back shortly after the UN assignment. "He promised to change my status from a work visa as a journalist to a spousal visa," she recalls at a state Capitol news conference last Thursday in America where for the first time she let out her bottled-up disenchantment. Before then, both families had consented to the union back home in Nigeria. So, she had no hesitation whatsoever. For her, here was a lifetime opportunity to practise her chosen profession in a more organised and rewarding environment. She was also going to be united to a man she was married to traditionally.

But for the next two years, her life was as nightmarish as it was traumatic. The same man she married and looked up to for succour and happiness turned her to a victim of human trafficking. "He isolated me for two years; I suffered hunger, slavery and hardship in his hands," she begins her moving story. She was also placed on confinement even when she was pregnant. "I was alone in the house. I cried to go out. I always look forward to Sundays to go to church because I stayed home for up to three weeks sometimes without going out. I only peep through the window like a prisoner".

Bukola was shocked and devastated by the turn of events. Yet, she was hoping giving him a child was going to change him. The man had told her she was divorced because of childlessness. So, Bukola reckoned the arrival of a child would tame him. Months later she discovered he was only testing the potency of a fertility drug he was taking on her. By then, she was an emotional wreck. She was horrified that the man she gave her heart and life was a big let down. Yet, she held on to the glimmers of hope against all hope. When the baby finally arrived, it was a boy. His arrival however added to Bukola’s misery. "He did not care for his own child. I took care of our son like a single parent when his father was living with us in the home. He would not even provide clothing for his child. Whenever I tried to complain I get punished".

With Bukola cowed and his potency confirmed, it was time to move to the next level of the grand plan. Now, Bukola must earn a living for him and the discovery that she could braid hair was perfectly timed. "He used me as a maid at one of his girlfriend’s shop in Brooklyn Park when I was pregnant. I braided hair while he collected the money. He complained that I was living in free house, eating free food, watching free TV, using free phone and Internet so I should count myself lucky to have these basic stuffs in America" Bukola further reveals.

Yet, the game was far from over. Bukola must satisfy his libido without any consideration for her trauma. "He complained to his friends that I was not giving him enough sex and they called to harass me for not giving my husband enough sex and that I was behaving like an American woman. I became his sex slave." Knowing Bukola could regain her boldness as a former journalist, her supposed husband unleashed a regime of threats and intimidations to continue the oppression. "He constantly threatened me with the law by using police and immigration to harass me. I became depressed to the point that I could no longer see myself in the mirror and I thought only death could take me out of the slavery".

While waiting for death, help came her way surprisingly. It was in the form of a public health nurse who smuggled her and the little boy to safety. She was referred to Alexander House and connected to a support group for immigrant women and kids who took up her case. She is teaming with the organisation that helped her to save others as an activist sort of. Her ordeals in Minnesota, which is among 13 states with the highest rate of human and sex trafficking in America, convinces her there are still many women like her holed up in confinements and deprivations.

The state first acquired this unenviable reputation in 2007 when 25 traffickers were arrested in a Minneapolis prostitution raid. Investigations revealed the Minneapolis house was providing sex to 60 men a day. Minnesota has a high rate of human trafficking partly because it has a long border with Canada; it also has a couple of large immigrant communities that can easily conceal human-trafficking activities, social workers say.

Bukola says, ". I am speaking out to help other victims of human trafficking and domestic abuse because I did not know that there was help. I don’t want to see a woman or child die. The same message goes to men who have been trafficked into the US and suffering in the hands of their traffickers. There is help out there and all they need to do is to make a phone call to be free from slavery and torture."

Civil organisations are already offering support to victims like Bukola. Their efforts are supported by the US authorities. Last month, the federal government’s U.S. Health and Human Services Department awarded $100,000 to St. Paul-based victim advocacy group Civil Society.

Linda Miller, an attorney and Civil Society’s executive director, said the money will be sent to small non profits that identify victims of human trafficking and try to get them to seek help. "Though it is not enough, we are grateful for what we have received," he was quoted to have said.

But Bukola is up for a big comeback after the great setback. After a series of rehabilitation efforts, she now has her braiding hair business in Anoka from which she cares for her son and she is trying to regain her footing."I need to stand on my feet and balance before I take the next step," she says.

That next move has to do with her first love-writing. Bukola, 32, still has journalism running in her blood. Not when she even has a gripping story to tell the world. "I hope to help others by using my experience and story. I have written a book on my experiences and now looking for a publisher so that everyone, including health practitioners, victims, law enforcement agencies, international organisations, human rights organisations and other relevant bodies can utilise it as a tool of rescue for victims of human trafficking and domestic abuse, most especially human trafficking." She also hopes to return to journalism some day.

But where is her husband? "I don’t know anything about him. I am doing fine and my son’s health has improved greatly she replied".

http://thenationonlineng.net/web/articles/9236/1/Escape-from-American-hell/Page1.html

From Brazil with Cocaine: How a dream wedding collapsed at Lagos airport
Written by Shehu Abubakar, who was in Lagos
A middle-aged newly wedded Ngozi, who travelled all the way from Uga in Anambra State, in company of her friends and relations to receive her groom who arrived the country from Brazil collapsed and fainted at the arrival hall of the Murtala Mohammed International airport, Lagos when she saw that fierce- looking operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had grabbed her husband and dragged him to a secluded area of the airport.

Ezennia Christian Okwui, 39, had arrived the airport aboard a South African airline from Brazil only to be arrested by NDLEA operatives shortly after the screening machine had raised an alarm, indicating that Okwui might be carrying something the machine did not approve of. Efforts by the lady to welcome her groom were frustrated by the operatives who led him away into their search room for further scrutiny.

But Ngozi could not hold herself as she broke down in tears when she was told that 53 grams of cocaine were found in the canvass of her newly wedded husband. She immediately collapsed and fainted when Okwui, now in handcuffs and held on both sides of his trousers, was brought out of the screening room and taken to where he was to be detained while his case was being investigated.

When the lady was revived, she told Sunday Trust that her disappointing experience was the handiwork of her detractors back at home. “People are wicked. I know some people do not want me to travel out. They do not want me to progress at all. The wicked ones are at work again! My people warned me not to let anybody know that Ezennia was coming to take me to Brazil, but I did not adhere to the advice. Look at what is happening now!

“Ezennia and I agreed that I should organise a reception for him. The reception was to take place in the village tomorrow. Everybody knows we are travelling to Brazil together next week. I know some people do not like it and they must do everything to scuttle the plans. We have already bought drinks and invited drummers. The stage is set for the reception. See what our enemies are doing now to disgrace me,” she cried.

Ngozi said she had already printed cards and distributed to her friends, including the students of Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka in Anambra State from where she graduated. She said she had hinged her hope of making it in life on her husband. She said she had already obtained an international passport in readiness for the trip.

But Okwui, who said he had lived in Brazil for over seven years, alleged that his Brazilian girlfriend with whom he had lived, was responsible for his ordeal. He admitted that he had earlier promised to marry her but later decided to marry a Nigerian (Ngozi), a development that made the Brazilian lady very angry, and threatened to deal with him.

“I strongly suspect my Brazilian girlfriend whom I did not marry to be responsible for my ordeal. She sent hoodlums to attack me in my house in Brazil but I escaped. I am sure she was the one that leaked the information to the authorities that I always travel with drugs and that information was communicated to the NDLEA who set up this trap for me. I am sure she is the one that planned this against me,” he said.

Okwui said he came to Nigeria to take his bride to Sao Paulo where he lived. According to him he was in jewellery trade and owned two shops in Brazil. Okwui claimed to have a valid residence permit in Brazil, thanks to his Brazilian girlfriend.

But the NDLEA Commander at the Lagos airport, Mr. Victor Cole-Showers, who was not categorical on whether the agency was actually hinted by any foreign partner on the movement and activities of Okwui. He said the agency possessed the latest model machine for detecting illicit drugs. It was donated to it by the United States government.

He said Okwui would be charged to court as soon as undercover agents of the agency concluded their investigations on the suspect. He said Okwui was helping the agency with useful information on global illicit drug business.

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NDLEA, Mr Mitchell Ofuyeju, said there were clear indications that Okwui was a habitual drug peddler who must explain to the agency his past deeds. He said the agency would be interested in knowing his contacts in Nigeria.

But Miss Augustina Onyeakusi, who was with Ngozi at the airport told Sunday Trust that neither the bride nor herself knew that Okwui had anything to do with drugs. “I know that he visits Nigeria from time to time and whenever he comes Ngozi would invite me to go and see him. He is a nice guy, he is so caring. I just hope they will let him go.

“I am sure Ngozi is so worried because she doesn’t know how to explain to the crowd waiting for us at home that we could not return home with Okwui. You know, when we were leaving home, it was like we were going to come back with the only man of the society. All the boys and girls, and even the elders are there waiting to see our arrival and how the ceremony goes,” she said.

Efforts by the bride and her acquintances to confer with the suspect were frustrated by NDLEA operatives. The bride was prevented from seeing her groom on the excuse that Okwui was writing a voluntary statement to the agency, hence he must not be obstructed. It was not clear if the bride succeeded in seeing her detained groom before leaving Lagos for the village.


http://www.sunday.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=516:from-brazil-with-cocaine-how-a-dream-wedding-collapsed-at-lagos-airport&catid=41:latest-news&Itemid=26

Nigerians lament closure of businesses in Ghana
Written by .

Hundreds of Nigerian businessmen in Ghana are lamenting the closure of their businesses in the past 20 months due to their inability to pay the 300,000 dollars demanded by the country’s government.

On Nov. 28, 2007, the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) ordered the closure of the businesses of Nigerians who were unable to meet the demand.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the traders could not meet the demand, resulting in the sealing up of their shops.

A NAN correspondent in Accra reports that many of the shops, including electronics marts, have remained closed and efforts made by the traders to persuade the Ghanaian Government to re-open them have proved abortive.

Mr Jasper Emenike, the Secretary General of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association (NUTAG), told NAN that some members of the association had committed suicide due to their inability to feed their families.

“We have recorded some suicide cases and attempted suicide by scores of Nigerian in Ghana because of their inability to feed their families and meet other obligations due to the sealing up of their shops by the Ghanaian Government.

“We are appealing to the Nigerian Government to give this matter the urgency it deserves because Nigerians are passing through severe difficulties in trying to make a living in Ghana.

“We are at a loss as to why it is only businesses owned by Nigerians that should be closed down in a country where millions of businessmen from other countries, including ECOWAS member countries are flocking to daily to do business,’’ Emenike said.

He said although the association had taken its case to the ECOWAS Parliament, which condemned the closure of their shops, nothing had come out of the effort.

“We have also taken the matter to the courts in Ghana but the case was struck out with an advice that we should try to get the matter resolved through diplomatic means, rather than through litigation.

“It may interest you to know that no Nigerian trader has taken the law into his hands in spite of the obvious provocation by their Ghanaian brothers,’’ he said, and appealed to the Federal Government to show more commitment in resolving the matter to save the traders from starvation.

Emenike argued that the closure of the shops was contrary to the ECOWAS Protocol, which allowed free movement of goods and people within the sub-region.

Commenting on the closure of the shops, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, said the High Commission was handling the matter and that ``it will eventually be sorted out’’.

He said the traders were coming together as entities to raise funds to meet the conditions imposed by the Ghanaian Government for them to continue to do businesses in the West African country.(NAN)



http://www.sunday.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=554:nigerians-lament-closure-of-businesses-in-ghana&catid=41:latest-news&Itemid=26

I have always maintained that nigerian Banks are nothing but organised crimes in high rise buildings.
Can we blame them , when the regulalatory agencies look else where when nigerians are inflicted with all kinds of funny bills. Was it not the same Nigeria where Gsm Operators sold a sim card for N30,000 when same sim card cost less than a dollar four -five years ago in other advanced Countries , Obasanjo and his Senators look elsewhere, But Glo came to save us from thier shackles.
I support Redman44 , let rise up against this criminals in suits .

Hello Nairalanders in USA , Please enlighten me on this, I found a forclosure house in a State in America, Can i buy it from Nigeria,Have never visited States before is it possible?

American Hawks Gala On Lagos Highway!


Alsilski
An American, Mr. Sean Alsilski, was seen hawking a particular brand of snacks called Gala at the Ojota area of Lagos State.

He easily drew a large crowd as people laughed and wondered what could have made him to hawk Gala in Lagos, and on a sunny day too.

But Alsilski, unperturbed by the people watching and giggling at him, continued to sell his stuff to motorists and passers-by who were eager to buy from him, some just for the fun of it.

He rebuffed people trying to ask him why he was out in the streets selling snacks, saying he was too busy to talk to anyone. After much prompting by the writer of this report, he opened up on why he was out selling Gala on Lagos streets.

Alsilski said he came to Lagos to carry out a six-month research project on hawking and street trading in Lagos, and the best way to get the answers that he wants was to get involved in the real business rather than be an observer.

He said he had already spent five months in Lagos, hawking snacks at different parts of the state.

“I am here to do a research on hawking and street trading. I was billed to be in Nigeria for six months as part of the Fullbright exchange programme.

“I have been here for five months now, hawking. I have one month to go. I am going to give a presentation to the United States Embassy about my research,” said Alsilski.

Born in the city of New York, the United States, Alsilski lamented that from what he had observed, government was harsh on hawkers and street traders.

“Hawkers here are under stress right now from the government and I am studying what the government is doing right now. We can make some recommendations.

“Government is harsh on them. Some of them have had their goods taken away. I am not sure that is the best way to go about it.

“In some cities, hawkers and traders are given licences and allowed to go to certain areas to hawk. But hawkers should not be allowed to hawk in places like Oshodi,” he stated.

Alsilski’s hawking business has taken him to Yaba, Ojuelegba, Mushin, Ojota, Mile 2, Apapa, Lagos Island and Agege.

Culled from nigeriafilms.com

http://www.tribune.com.ng/27062009/away_home.html

Meltdown: Nigerians Now Send Money To Relatives Abroad!

By Olaolu Afolabi

In the past, when Nigerians travelled outside the country, it was not for economic reason. Then the economy of the country was better. Foreign currencies were not as valuable as they are today.

In those days, Nigerian parents who had children studying abroad, even wives who had husbands abroad, did send money to them for upkeep. It was a general belief then that they had gone abroad to study, and not to make money. So, a relief package was arranged for them to cope with the challenges their academics might pose.

These accounted for reasons Nigerians who won scholarships to study overseas, or even those who had their parents or guardians sponsoring them, returned to the country after a stipulated period to live in affluence, enjoying what their overseas certificates had earned them.

History is full of such people who had done the country proud in foreign lands in those days. As they finished their pursuits, they came back home to the banters and drums of their relatives, and even fellow countrymen who celebrated with them, their excellence and accomplishments.

Such people had cars and employment already in waiting as they arrived the country, since they had endured “the suffering” they encountered in foreign countries. They had no business taking asylum in foreign lands.

But as the years rolled by, the trend changed. The economic crunch which faced the country in the 80s led to the emancipation of Nigerians who preferred residing abroad and doing all manners of jobs to staying in the country and doing nothing. The political instability at the period also forced many to relocate.

Since the economy had become so bad, the stipend being sent from abroad was worthwhile here. The honour and recognition given to those abroad when they came home also made many to nurse such ideas.

At the period, the economy of foreign countries became flourishing, leaving behind Nigerian crippling economy. Nigerians now see any foreign country as a land full of green pastures. The dictatorial tendency of the military government then worsened the case.

Infrastructure in the country began to decay. Education was relegated to the background. What were the pride of Nigerians were devaluating due to leadership crisis. Even sports, where Nigerians once celebrated their local leagues, was set to base value.

Nigerians began to celebrate anything foreign. Foreign foods, clothes, cars, furniture, , Everything, even “foreign Nigerians” (Tokunbo).

But can one say the economy which opened ways abroad has started treading the downward path as there had, of recent, been reversal to the old order.

It was learnt from a reliable source that in a bank in the country, transactions in money transfer from Nigeria to countries abroad had reduced due to the economic meltdown. Some Nigerians living abroad had undergone shock in their finances and such could not cope except through interventions from well-wishers from Nigeria.

The source said that of recent, there were transfer of money from Nigeria to countries like the United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands and Italy.

When asked why the trend had changed, the source said it was generally due to the meltdown which had affected the world economy, to which Nigerians living abroad were not immune.

Also, a middle-aged man, who has children in Canada and the United States, was asked how his children had been faring in the face of the “economic shock.” He said “I have helped them to cope by sending some stipends to them from here.

“My son in America called me recently that he was sacked at his place of work. When I asked him if he would come back to Nigeria to engage in some businesses, he said he could not leave the United States for Nigeria now.

“After a long discussion, he told me to send money to him so as to buy a car which he would use as taxi there. I had to send about N800,000 to him.

“At least, he is my son, he has to live,” the man said. Another Nigerian woman, a cloth dealer, who had a son in the United Kingdom, said: “I always travel abroad to see my son. Anytime I get there, I give him some money.

“What is the big deal there. Everyone knows the situation the whole world is in. There’s nothing strange in sending money to one’s children.

“When the economy was good, he used to send money to me. So, if time changes, I should reciprocate the gesture.”

The process of sending money abroad is not even easy. It is costly to send money overseas. If you’re lucky enough to be sending money from your bank account to another in a foreign country, the process is somehow complex, but not very costly.

While no one wishes Nigerians abroad bad times, it is hoped that the economy would turn around, and Nigerians at home would begin to enjoy remittances from abroad.



http://www.tribune.com.ng/27062009/away_home.html

welcome back the Law(i rest my case be4 this honourable court)

rip

any picture to view?

How i wish our leaders visit forums like this and learn to change this country for beter.
The last 7 responses from nairalanders are realy beautiful.
I had my NYSC programme in lagos ,i went through hell due to accommodation problem ,i had to squat with a friend whose family just use a single room for family of 7. I and my friend dont sleep in that room we only come and eat and hang out with his friend who just got a job with first bank then and was able to rent a 2 bedroom apartment.We normally sleep in his sitting room. To cut a long story short ,after NYSC service i could not afford the rent in lagos as i have not secure a job yet so had to relocate back to my state.Now that God has helped me to build a house of my own, i know how difficult it is to build and capital intensive let Fasola leave Lagos landlord alone.
he should concentrate his energy elsewhere because i know he cant win that battle. The same lagos state govt. will sell 3bedroom apartment for N8million and call it low cost houses, who is deceiving who?