Flexherbal:
" He said the security guard job came loaded with benefits that the average Nigerian youth may never experience in Nigeria."

He is speaking the truth. We like to form in Nigeria, we like titles such as Manager, CEO, Chief and so on but by the time you're paid at the end of the month and you buy fuel, diesel, pay for security and other things that the government is supposed to provide for you as a citizen, you'll understand that the average security guard in America or UK is living a better life than the titled men here.

chuckjonesautos:
The problem of Nigeria starts from detrabilizing the military and armed forces.. there should be equal quota for all tribes.. then all the old politicians should be tried and jailed just like Jerry Rawlings did in Ghana. The youths need to come together to get ourselves out from the medieval ages.. Nigerian youths are the smartest individuals, without opportunities they survive, they adapt and are resilient. THEY need to come together and vote out these old politicians and advocate for real change.

is it the youths that sit down to discuss bbnaija?

Toks2008:
Security guard sef better...some people are cleaners here in U.K and they make over N500k Nigerian money a month

Lol...U're quick to convert the salary to Naira but fail to calculate other expenses in the UK.. Do you know what it means to pay bills? Do you pay tax? plus other deductions At the end of the day , N500k is nothing when converted to pounds..
I will never advice a graduate earning good pay to leave Naija and move abroad to be A CLEANER OR A SECURITY GUARD...WTF

Ishilove:
You won't realise what a shithole this country is until you go out and then get hit by reality. The difference is very clear

Ishilove! You too don bail out? Lolzzzz! Nigeria is really a mess..

TheAlchemist:


Dont make me lament... i actually had the financial means to RUN out of this country, but the optimist in me got the better of me ... now regretting my foolishness.

smile

How I wish they could park planes in Ojuelegba, or Holy Ghost in Enugu. Let them tell them that ticket is free to America. You will see how many people will leave that shithole

@highlighted Bros you are 100% correct

No youth will remain in Nigeria

Millz404:
Oga forget that story... U be gate man

They deceive yourself. U go soon start to grow old and then u will know u re doomed forever.

Streamsyjd:
Do You know how much security guards are making in Canada? I am writing an exam very soon so I can secure a security job. It is not the 10k they are earning in Nigeria. You can earn as much as 250k/300k Every two weeks just being a security guard. Who naija help. Nigerians will never ever understand till they are out of that country!

I believe you bro..Is there any way you can help a brother? Am not forcing you to do anything out of your will but am just tired of this country..Am a good footballer, and have gone for many trials but Nigeria is who knows who..Talents are dying in Nigeria..Mine is about to..Am an orphan, no mother, no father..One don't need to be in abroad to know that this country is messed up..Pls, reply me with my email-angelezeus@yahoo.com

ndy87:


Donald Duke is a very strict man ooo. Hope Nigeria will be able to cope. Give contract and inspects at midnight if u no do proper work Na bulldozer you go see for sight d next morning. Then he go give another coy again. Wunna go gree?

who is Donald Duke to be a Savior our problem is systemic thinking one man can do a miracle is stupendious of us

GLOBALINF:
Sorry bro! But you got it totally wrong
It’s not only politicians, fraudsters and whatever you call it that are making money in this great nation.
Everyone look for who to blame but can u be honest with you?
People are making clean, honest and legal money in this nation despite the economic hardship!
To be frank! You are just mentally lazy and looking for a easy way out of your mysterious lifestyle!
Some of your mate hv left security job abroad and return home to startup and they are glad they took that decision including me writing this
I left abroad after many years doing crazy job all for money! It dawned on me I will just serve those white fools all my life for chicken change and little comfort.
I made up my mind to return and I came back firing GEJ era with fear of uncertainty! Ebola, boko- haram, bomblast everywhere! Even friends advice me never to return but I thank God I came back!
In less than 5 years., God really blessed my hustle and where I am today, I can’t get there in 30 years staying abroad!
Saw a niche in the market, provide solutions and now I swim in millions!
Soooo many opportunities here if u r smart, honest and hardworking.
So bro don’t sell your birthright for a plate of pourade.
Wake up, think deep, pray and take that bold step to turn your story around and stop blaming one politician.
The earlier you realize they can’t help the better for you!
Build your empire and forget government exist!
My little advice sir!

I must commend your bold step to come back and invest..Not everyone is mentally lazy as you wrongly put it, Nigerians are talented people but the means, facilities, and avenues are not there. For instance, I want to start a business and there is no fund to do that..I have the idea but the means is not there. Would you tag me as been mentally lazy? You can share your business ideas with people so that they can tap into it..

Timoleon:


are there not Nigerians who are gatemen here in Nigeria? if in your own country you earn 100_120k per annum and a persotden decide to go be a gateman where he can earn up to 9million per annum who do you think has more self esteem?

how many gate men or security guards live better lives....ours is a system dat is nt functional...de is moni in dis land Bt only few De enjoy...today u have contract workers here and dee Hw much are pple paid to ensure income flow in the country....

Chevronstaff:

Lol...U're quick to convert the salary to Naira but fail to calculate other expenses in the UK.. Do you know what it means to pay bills? Do you pay tax? plus other deductions At the end of the day , N500k is nothing when converted to pounds..
I will never advice a graduate earning good pay to leave Naija and move abroad to be A CLEANER OR A SECURITY GUARD...WTF

Tell me what I don't know..

I'm talking about after tax and even after all expenses for a frugal hard worker..

Feeding for the month £150
Accommodation £300
travel card £85 bus only one month
Misc £50

Tax about 30% meaning if he earns £1800 he will be left with about £1500 and about £800 in savings a month meaning about N400k savings...
with quality life style only the rich can have in naija.

That is just a hard working cleaner but for other better jobs you could be earning way over £3k a month.

I believe Nigeria will be great again and as a budding politician I desire to be part of the Joshua movement so let's pray for the country to be great again..

#makenigeriagreatagain

nwakibie3:


Bro abeg help me out na

I wan comot for this country plz

Bro to be honest it is not easy as many countries are seriously reviewing their immigration laws to make it harder for migrants to come in. Not only Trump is serious with it only that he makes noise about it especially with his shiithole comments many countries are hard on immigration.
The best would ve been to fix the country but sadly it remains a dream

MIKOLOWISKA:


guy wan go jail for assault
see he hasn't learnt much


yet does nothing about it yet blaming same on politicians who are only copying you

how i wish they will pack oyinbo ppl to ojuelegba and come back in 10 years the lazy beings that ran away will start claiming indigene ancestral land


you failed at 46


security guards don't live like human beings
forget all these pictures ppl are taking upandan


that cannot solve problems in nigeria


very local champions if you have to do security to survive


instumentalists or backup vocalist


unintelligent to gather meaningless unapplicable papers
what need of plumber if it's carpenter market needs


gardening puts food on table in nigeria too



dreamer
why should they step aside


who donald duke(failed tinapa gbese) or fela epp(big big grammar that hasn't industralised his village let alone nigeria)



laziness

plenty hope for those that know


does this guy know he is a mini leader?


1 talent
2 talent
5 talent
god will take the 1 talent from the lazy 99% and add to the billions of talents of the 1%
keep dreaming
bible say from him who has little shall be taken from him and addedd to he with plenty
keep praying prayrer that has never worked in human history



be like say you like to be anally raped
jail go be him portion for assault

Good analysis, but not everyone see things from your point of view..Many talents are wasting in Nigeria that should have been tapped..Why do you think the best don't want to remain in Nigeria? With the talent that you cannot succeed here, someone is doing well with half of it abroad..

GLOBALINF:
Sorry bro! But you got it totally wrong
It’s not only politicians, fraudsters and whatever you call it that are making money in this great nation.
Everyone look for who to blame but can u be honest with you?
People are making clean, honest and legal money in this nation despite the economic hardship!
To be frank! You are just mentally lazy and looking for a easy way out of your mysterious lifestyle!
Some of your mate hv left security job abroad and return home to startup and they are glad they took that decision including me writing this
I left abroad after many years doing crazy job all for money! It dawned on me I will just serve those white fools all my life for chicken change and little comfort.
I made up my mind to return and I came back firing GEJ era with fear of uncertainty! Ebola, boko- haram, bomblast everywhere! Even friends advice me never to return but I thank God I came back!
In less than 5 years., God really blessed my hustle and where I am today, I can’t get there in 30 years staying abroad!
Saw a niche in the market, provide solutions and now I swim in millions!
Soooo many opportunities here if u r smart, honest and hardworking.
So bro don’t sell your birthright for a plate of pourade.
Wake up, think deep, pray and take that bold step to turn your story around and stop blaming one politician.
The earlier you realize they can’t help the better for you!
Build your empire and forget government exist!
My little advice sir!

I will tell you to shush without second guessing...

Nigeria is a failed system and I'm talking from experience...

At 26 I was a millionaire talking about 2001 and I gave people's life a meaning and helping people with hundreds of thousands until I had a terrible accident that catapulted me to square 0 as a result of the crazy health system that could not tend to me on a timely note and I had a nerve damage..what a country where human lives mean nothing compared to a country where firemen are called to save the life of a cat.

What am I driving at? you wrote that you left naija to go hustle abroad,made good money then came back to invest then you went ahead cursing the same white man country that gave you the opportunity to make money for your investment.

Do you think you are better than the average graduate in Nigeria with fantastic idea? why did you not raise that capital in Nigeria?

Don't get it twisted. .people make it from the scratch in Naija but very very few.

Nigeria is a country that will not do anything for you,will not make you useful for her and make you redundant to help yourself.

You think I envy most of these rich artists and billionaires cultists? Nigeria is a failed nation and we all need to pray for the country.

Frenchfriez:
I can feel the pain and frustration but read between the lines, you would get the story.
I can't for the life of me , be a second class citizen anywhere in the world. No matter the benefits.
I'd rather be a local champion in my country than be subservient in another man's country. Forget the talk about 'stooping to conquer', there is what is called self esteem.

wen ur body is saying odawise #lowesteem#

ONLY foolish, stoopid and irresponsible Nigerian youths will think and say otherwise in contrast/opposition to what he said.

ndy87:

its not a laughing matter o,which way Nigeria ? who else will rescue this Nation?

Omudia11:
If you wanna come to dubai message me.

Don't dare it..Dubai is mostly for tourist..I have a friend that went there and came back empty handed..Going there to look for job is hard unless you already got a job here before going.

mceze:

Ishilove! You too don bail out? Lolzzzz! Nigeria is really a mess..

I no get choice na. This country is a shithole

Ishilove:

I no get choice na. This country is a shithole

EgunMogaji:


I only know USA.

You need either student, fiancé, spousal or investment visa. I cannot advise my worst enemy to come to USA illegally. Not impossible but my hand no dey that one.

Tourist Visa unkor?

Ishilove:

Although you're right about the monetary aspect, but at the end of the day will you be fulfilled in that role, knowing you can be so much more? It gets to a point when life begins to lose meaning because deep down, you are not happy despite the 200k fortnightly.

Ish, bone that matter pelu fulfillment in life. Come and take my fulfillment and give me the kudi. Who fulfillment help?

I dey para abeg (no be for you sha). The matter don tire person.

dfrost:


Ish, bone that matter pelu fulfillment in life. Come and take my fulfillment and give me the kudi. Who fulfillment help?

I dey para abeg (no be for you sha). The matter don tire person.

Heh. Nigerians are very angry people

Osahon7:
Tourist Visa unkor?

That’s not a legal path to working and living in the USA.

My hand no dey.

Ishilove:

Heh. Nigerians are very angry people

My dear sister, the feeling is mutual. Lot of things to get angry about. How's life?

Chevronstaff:

Lol...U're quick to convert the salary to Naira but fail to calculate other expenses in the UK.. Do you know what it means to pay bills? Do you pay tax? plus other deductions At the end of the day , N500k is no

My question is...How many of the graduate you know around you works & earn good pay? When I say good pay,you know what I mean...Be realistic!

dfrost:


My dear sister, the feeling is mutual. Lot of things to get angry about. How's life?

Same old same old, we thank Jah

EgunMogaji:


That’s not a legal path to working and living in the USA.

My hand no dey.

Thanks Boss

mceze:


Good analysis, but not everyone see things from your point of view

Fact is not a point of view
It's fact
Verifiable

..Many talents are wasting in Nigeria that should have been tapped..

True talent doesn't need tapping
It finds a way

Why do you think the best don't want to remain in Nigeria?

Cos they are lazy so not really the best
Just most fortunate

With the talent that you cannot succeed here

That is not talent

, someone is doing well with half of it abroad..

cos really talented ppl paid the price and laid a path for others so that even dunces can prosper

Naija is a shithole yet people esp foreign institutional investors made between 75%-150% ROI playing with funds in the debt and capital market alone. I know this because I manage such funds for them

I was also abroad had a very good white collar job (earning 70K plus) but woke up one morning and decided to come back home and I don't regret it. I live in my own house in a serviced estate in a very serene part of Lagos state, have a lucrative side hustle and I thank God for what I have achieved so far a lot of which I wouldn't have achieved if I was still abroad.

I feel for Femi O because I have been in his shoes before and he sounds really pained probably because his contemporaries that he left in Nigeria are not doing bad (Saheed Balogun et.al) More so he wont be a security guard for the rest of his life and its very difficult to save considering that he has three kids to feed.

I belong to a semi formal think tank of professionals from different sectors in the country and we met recently to discuss 2017 events in retrospect and one thing dawned on me which is that there is no sector or business in Nigeria that does not have new or existing growth potential. Literally every sector still has opportunity for growth be it upstream oil and gas, automobile, retail and even real estate. However how difficult the barriers to entry is, there is still room for growth. I give you an example Dangote is building the largest refinery in Africa, I can bet you that such an investment decision will be dead on arrival in place like America, UK or any of the developed nations around. On the flip side our country and economy is still developing so there is room for growth and we also have the advantage of a youthful and growing population.

My barber makes an average of 10k daily cutting hair @ 300naira per person and this is excluding house calls and also sells hair treatment products and other accessories. He reminds me every month to sharpen the blade of my personal clipper which cost me 500 naira. He also does some entertainment stuff by the side like downloading movies and songs and selling to people at 50naira per download. He has a small portion of his shop where people can come and sit and charge their phones at 50 naira per charge. I use him as an example because I know when and how he started and I thank of that I was part of his growth story.

We are quick to blame our leaders when in the real sense we should also take a large portion of the blame. One for sure, we are not honest in any way. I have done cross borders deals with people over the phone without meeting face to face and the other parties have kept to their own part of the bargain but in Nigeria even with an iron clad agreement and all sorts of default covenants Nigerians will still look for one way or the other to renegage on the agreement and some will even do all sorts of unprintable stuff to default on the agreement.

There is dignity in labour but if we ask the same Mr Femi to come and run a security outfit in Nigeria (a sector that is very lucrative by the way) he will say God forbid..........I am a movie producer bla bla!

For me I think our inferiority complex, mentality about religion has contributed to the state of our nation. Here Pastors will speak prophesy into people's lives telling them that and I quote "by this time next week you will be the MD of your own company bla bla" and the person who does not even have the capacity to run a small team will begin to have grand and distorted illusions.

I know of someone that started exportation business (exporting hibiscus flowers)) to Mexico with just 750k and today the guy has a confirmed profroma to export over 120k USD of hibiscus flower to the US and he even got 30% upfront payment from the buyer guaranteed by his bank in case he fails to perform and guess what he got the contact to do the first shipment from an online forum and the rest as we say is history

I know we have our issues and to be honest I don't think that seemingly simple things like light, water, good roads should be an issue but hey even these simple necessities come at a cost abroad. I remember I was paying about 50-150 dollars for light alone and about 100 dollars for water back in the day. Now tell me how many people do that in Nigeria, the Discos tried to increase tariff so they can pay and improve power generation we all kicked against it. even to pay 3k bill is an issue for those that can afford. the same Nigerian will collect post paid electricity meters and still go ahead and bypass wires so they can enjoy free light and then lets not even talk about taxes esp from small business owners.

I also think that we need to recalibrate our educational curriculum and teach people to be more vocational and entrepreneurial instead of going through the four walls of a school to come and start looking for jobs. One thing I know for sure is yes we have our plethora of issues but Nigeria will be great again. I mean the chinese, lebanese, indians and others are coming here in droves and making millions so why cant we do same in our own country? Despite the so called recession, Shoprite revenue in Nigeria increased by 57% dwarfing sales from the rest of Africa combined in 2017 alone!

I think I have said enough and yeah..................God bless Nigeria!