Among Nigerians outside Nigeria:
All Nigerians in Nigeria are having a really tough time.

Unfortunately, this is a lot of times, far from the truth.
An unfortunate number of Nigerians are struggling, both here and in the diaspora. Some have a better life here and some others there.
My take, you can be successful anywhere you go, some places might be easier. But the question is, do you have what it takes? Give a man the tool he needs and let him sweat it out; not the finished project.

The things my Dad had to do so that he could put food on the table and make life better for us…..they would never ever understand that. It's been by God's grace that we've been surviving.

Recently one of my Uncles who's been in Canada for a while won the U.S lottery. He's gonna be here with his family in a few weeks. I'm glad because he was able to understand that there was so much we could do.

It's not like we don't care but at this point they've left us no choice. My mom always hopes that someday they make it to the states so that they have a feel of what life can be living here.

Some of the people living abroad too don't help by going home to show off during trips back home.

The issue that really gets to me is when people blatantly disregard the rules/laws of the country they want to migrate to, and then complain when they feel trapped by those very laws. Or they expect that relatives can bail them out when they get into trouble.

Nigerians generally believe that stepping your feet outside the shores of Nigeria lands you in 'el-dorado' or mini heaven.

The poverty level in Nigeria, corruption in the government, no regard/value for the human life, people cannot enjoy basic infrastructures, frustration et al makes it difficult to criticize people for wanting to 'check out ' of Nigeria.

People that say there is no need to relocate out of Nigeria are comfortable, have good jobs, are very healthy and their lives necessarily do not have to depend on our health care system.

I also agree with Danny Bagucci, I work in an industry where your eyes see all sorts because you are not 'oyinbo' so you are tempted abi na frustrated to 'jet-out' and go be like 'oyinbo' or at least get something close to them

but I agree with you, people should learn to do things properly, obey the law, get the necessary skills /documentation needed to migrate lawfully to a foreign land

I salute your family for deciding to stick with obeying the law.

It is not worth it.

I feel you o jare

I don’t know how people can even think this way!

Life is life everywhere you go, it just depends on what you make of it. Yes, things are more difficult in some areas than others because of systems that work, still if you really put in the effort, it will work.

I had the opportunity to work in the US for a few months and visited a few relatives there. One of them was struggling so bad with his wife and 5 kids that I nearly declined to even sleep over at their place. I mean they barely had any spare change! And they lived in THE America!

Like Adaeze said, i guess we’ll always have this sort of thinking to deal with till eternity comes!

I’m usually of the opinion that when you see folks taking the high road on issues like this, they’re either legal & settled in their country of choice.. Or doing rather well in Naija..

There’s usually no in-between

It’s a bit harder to criticise when you walk through the person’s shoes.. and see what the person has been through..