Hive-Naija Weekend Engagement #26 - "What Are Your Choices As A Nigerian?"
•Coretta Scott King
Hello everyone....How is the weekend going? Yes! I'm late and I'm sorry about that. I had terrible internet connection yesterday.
What's exciting this weekend? For football fans, today is champions league finals! For our ladies, Saturday is another wedding to attend.
Last week, we discussed the topic "Age Factor"
Thank you all for sharing your lovely opinions.
If you missed last week's engagement post, feel free to beck track it here Hive-Naija Engagement #25
Some months ago, I thought, I shared and I asked "Why don't we Chat on hive every Weekend?"
And you all said...
Well, we won't be the first as there are some weekend engagements trends already on Hive! But this would be THE NIGERIAN VERSION!
So Shall We?
I will drop a topic every Friday(Today's topic is below), share your thoughts on the matter, reply to someone else opinion, and interrogate the opinion if you like. Keep the discussion on. If you don't have anything to say about the topic. Just reply to someone else's comment.
Do all these in the comment section, as that is where it all goes down.
There are no further rules, please banter as you like, speak any Nigerian language (Igbo, Yoruba, pidgin, Efik), anything, as long as someone else can understand.
This week's engagement starts Immediately you see this post and ends on Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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Topic Of Discussion - "Choices As a Nigerian"
I tell people, to be a Nigerian is not easy oo. There are many choices that if we're given might complicate things. How many people still feel like they would be more productive if they weren't citizens of the country? Anyway let's discuss some of these questions, let's know your choices. What choice would you make as a Nigerian in these scenarios below?
Living in Nigeria and working remotely or traveling to work abroad? (Earning the same thing o)
30 million naira cash OR Full scholarship to study in the US or UK Or your favourite country?
A 2M salary every month in Nigeria or 50% coin flip on getting a good paying job in the US (salary not specified)
Feel free to ask more questions and share your thoughts relating to the topic in the comment section.
Note: If your choices keep you In Nigeria, then you know the truth... Our country ain't that bad or maybe the options ain't good enough.
Let the discussion begin...
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Truth is, I don’t mind living in Nigeria so far I earn well as a Nigerian and what do i mean by earning well. I earn in $$$ like the way someone would earn outside the country.
That way one can just hire a police officer as escort and pay him monthly. Reason for this is because of those other tout police men on the road that comes by troubling the peace of citizens.
Truth is the bills in Nigeria is not as high as other countries abroad. Over there, you pay massively on taxes that takes up to 50% of how much you earn. But who really pays tax in Nigeria?
With so much wealth, one can choose to go abroad anytime he likes for vacation and come back to his mansion palace to cool himself.
Now, how does that sound like?
That's why many of our billionaires are living in banana Island.... But is Nigeria safe? Don't you know when you have money, you will value your life more!
Even a poor man values his life! Yeah with your money, you can be a target but yet how you use your money determines your safety.
By the way if I have money, I may not choose to live in banana island. I don't like Lagos mostly because of traffic wahala.
See, you can't hide forever once you have money, like very wealthy oo
One of our African adages says that smokes follow those who carry light🤩.
Becoming wealthy is not safe any longer due to kidnappers and co...you might be living in fear no matter the security men around you.
Smiles, nowhere is safe. Even outside the country, we have kidnappers, we have everything there. As much as they are in Nigeria, they are also abroad. Only God assures safety.
When I say how you use your money, if you use your money for the good of others than just showing off, you would have more people praying for you than the other way round
Well, just maybe because I have made up my mind to leave!
You have a good point here👌
Who else no leave? But only for vacation.
It's all good 👍
Everyone is entitled to his or her choice
We move!!
Yeah..
We muvee
We be two here.
Maybe coz have made up my mind too to leave someday.
Hahaha
You too wan to japa🤩
I tell you😂😂
But come to think of it...... Some worse crimes happens outside here. I still believe in Naija, come rain come shine.
This is my Jerusalem.
Exactly... Crimes happen outside the country as well.. we are left to make this place a better country.
I tell you bruv.
It's Naija for life.
My generation will make this place an envy to the world, so we ain't running anywhere.
Everything just dey one kain
Lol..
Even in abroad you get money you no still safe.
It's is well oo
You will buy chopper na
True though..that safe part sef is necessary to be considered.
Well it sounds good anyways, but why going with escort 🤣, our Nigeria mentality of crypto right. Don't you think your peace of mind will be more guaranteed over there in abroad? My thought though however, I love Nigeria as my country, we are a great nation but my choice remains to become a visitor here🤣🤣
Actually, it's not crypto-wise... naturally having an escort would even prevent unnecessary stop and search. They would respect the man in uniform.
And at the same time attract robbers😭
I tell people that security in Nigeria is bad but where exactly in the world is safe. Imagine kids loosing their life the other day to a teenager with guns abroad. So I don't know but I feel like with such amount of money I'll take the risk in Nigeria where there won't be taxes cutting off my income.
Exactly! You would live like a king in Nigeria. Imagine how cheap everything would be in your eye first.
It is impossible to live like a king IN NIGERIA. At some point, you will realise that you have to leave this place. You will need health care or security and find yourself running away. It is inevitable
Sounds like a wise man wey don tire for Nigeria 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
But that police escort no go work oh.
Last last is just to live a Lowkey life
Wo you dey on point
But how person go get money con dey live like say e dey suffer all coz the bad security in the country.
I just tire
I know they pay bills like tomorrow no dey, but hope you also know they pay hourly.
It is almost impossible to see hourly payment in Nigeria
Even weekly is kinda hard.
While you are at little advantage is that you earn in $$ and it is increasing daily.
But if e convert to Naira e go still finish 🥺
True though talking about tax it a nice point of view
And we dey enjoy here wey some people no pay tax for their life. and dem never collect their properties
You can't try that in abroad.
When you earn all that and lay police and then the police officer you higher now organises your kidnap nko? 🥲
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Hmm... For the first question I guess I would stick with living in Nigeria if I would get paid the same thing abroad, especially if it's a country like the US where before money enter your hand, all bills must be settled first.
Fo the second question, I will definitely go for the scholarship in fact I have high hopes that the one I applied for would click. I am pretty confident that after completing my degree I will land a high paying job abroad that will give me 30M in no time. My education is important to me and as we all know, ASUU isn't helping matters at all.
For the third question though, I am a bit uncertain haha, but I am more inclined to giving the coin flip a chance.
BTW I am new, I'd like a tag😊
Oh yes, the scholarship of a thing is just amazing. Of course, a good number of people are pushing for this kind of offer. Plus, the chance of securing a job while still studying 👍🤩
Yeah right. The chances of securing a job is far greater, especially if you're doing you post graduate program, but even as an undergraduate, at least you needn't bother about when next there would be a strike.
Exactly 👌
Scholarship is better though
Omo
Person fit finish school come day find job oh even for US and this university degrees are not guarantees to become wealthy
Omo this one self dey ooo
Nna ehn.
Me, I have made up.my mind long ago. If I have to leave Naija, it must be for vacation.
For me, this is where God lives.
🤣🤣oh so God doesn't live in another country?
Haven't you heard that Americans claim that US is God's own country? I am claiming that for Nigeria. We are relatively peaceful despite all our challenges.
Exactly my point..
Lol
Abeg help me ask oo😂😂😂😂😂
Hmm.. I can imagine the angle through which you've reasoned to have arrived at this. If it's what I think, you strongly do have a point. Besides there's nowhere like home. I too feel like I would never able to fully adapt to a new environment aside what I am accustomed to, but we take things as we see it and do what we have to do.
That's it ooo my bro.
I have checked over time and found out that with our recent predicament, Nigeria is still a date place to live in.
Despite the terrorist attacks, the nation has not turned upside down. Elsewhere, there would have been war. I mean, a full blown war.
You're right Sir, it would take more to topple the country over and we don't pray for that, plus Nigerians are natural "cruise catchers" lol. Truly we're a special breed.
So, for these reasons, I'd better remain here than go where people will be calling me niqqa, monkey or stuff, like Balotelli and the rest.
Sometimes no be say no place like home
We can always make home somewhere else
We can make house somewhere else but not home 😂😂
Guy 😂😂
We fit make home too
🤝
This is where God lives
🔥 👏
I tell you.
Else, we would be like Russia and Ukraine
No mean say God no dey other places
😂😂
Maybe na coz me sha one Japa
Coz work or no work
I can't bold point out one thing I enjoy in this country
Swears bro
God no dey Isreal e own land
Something way dey bible sef??
🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
God fit stay where corruption dey??
And are you saying God is not in other countries??
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The statement enter my body 😝
Lol, i just ask you sha.i need answer 😂😂😂
Which of the God?😆
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
God of Elijah 😂
Oga say God lives here
Omo you sure?
God can't stay where there is corruption oo
Lmao good for you.
Great to hear that you applied for one already.
I have no doubt you will get it.
Go and make us proud mate 😌 🙏
I will God willing. Put me in prayers 🙏😊
Yessir
I heard scholarship for masters are easily gotten outside.
30m boss???
Abeg carry me...lol
About Asuu, omo, sad that this country doesn't value education, and you till want to stay??
Is like you no read wetin I write well. Who say he go stay for here? 🤣🤣
I for talk😂😂😂😂😂
Waahooo...what a question! It's an interesting one, however, human choices are different depending on the perspectives we approach an issue...now unto my choice
Hint: My dear country Nigeria is such an amazing country oo, no doubt buuuuttttt security is not guaranteed anymore in so many states, I weep for so many wasted lives because of this issue...what about our naira which has lost value🤔, whatever money I earn here in Nigeria will vanish with just little expenses. Anyways, my answers are below..
I will gladly choose to travel abroad to work there without thinking about it twice, remotely or not so far I earn in naira, the value doesn't make sense anymore!
I have wanted to travel abroad to further my studies as A Dental Technologist. Having this offer is just a prayer answered. People still study abroad, work, and earn at the same time. So 30M is not an option for me, I go Japa fast fast 🤩, grab the scholarship and hopefully secure a job over there too.
2M sounds big but considering today's economy and unending family responsibilities, my choice remains to grab the 50% coin flip on getting a good paying job in the US. Even though the salary is not specified, I am optimistic it will be something good enough to live comfortably over there, remember the land is greener their oo🤩🤩
This is my choice!!!!
Dear ma Las Las all your replies ends with Japa-ing. Great choices haha 🤣🤣
A friend says that the goal is to pray for Nigeria while living abroad.
As a medical student while most of my colleagues are studying to serve the country I am studying to leave the country 😂😂😭
Hahaha
You are not serious 🤣🤣
Better serve your country small before leaving oo
😂😂😂😂
Sadly they don't even value medical doctors here
But please stay and save Nigerians life oo, if all of una run who go come save life??
Security isn't guaranteed here quite alright. But is it guaranteed anywhere in the world. Well from your replies I can see you're tired of Nigeria so feel free to Japan. 😂
Bottom line, you don't want to stay in this country 😅
You don nail m😂
You gerrit
Exactly my dear
Abeg make we run from this country 😂😂
Excellent. Get out faaast
Nigeria Is God's Own Country!!
I accept it is hard to live in Nigeria. But that has created us to be a different species of human that exist in the globe. Nigerians are wired to take every challenge that comes their way headlong.
2 Million Monthly Salary
Wetin I dey find again?
Biko, give me two million every month as salary, I will live, eat and die here.
I may not survive the discrimination against the black race in the US. So, I will just go with the devil you know is better than the angel you don't know.
With that amount as salary, I bet you, I will be an employer of labour and also add to the Gross Domestic Product of this nation if I venture into farming and computer hardware.
That Nigeria will become the envy of nations of the world to me is not a lie, so I rather stay here to play my roles than to go elsewhere.
Individual choices 🤩
Such a great choice of yours, it's good but me, I will leave oo
I trust women. Everything comfortable is a goal. 🤣🥰🤣
Before nko, stress no be food you know 🤩
Hahaha. Nah why you choose to run away, abi. No forget say, where you dey run co get challenges too.
Hahaha
We die there
It's my choice🤩
Ahahah.
Nah here we dey.
We be two here😂
That means if you are given the chance to forever leave this country, you won't?
Nna, we die here.
Lol, ok oo
LoL. The devil's you know is better in this case. Can't help but laugh 😂
That's it ooo. I know Nigeria too well. With 2 million monthly salary, what else?
It not as if we are wired to take on challenges we are just enduring..
Nobody likes tough challenges and all Nigeria offers is tough one
What is that one thing we enjoy in this country?
Well I get your point fam
But sometimes it okay to find alternative moves and sometimes that alternative move is the answer
"Live, eat and die here". Nigeria might make the "die" part come faster
Ahaha. The die for us is not as quick as it would be elsewhere, away from home.
Ahhhh, good to be back
I will gladly stay back here and work. The fact that I earn the same amount is juicy enough. I don't want to pay them crazy taxes or worry about some Public shooter, or some dum gun laws. At least here I know what to and what not to do, and where to go and not to go. As much as I also gravitate towards "Japa" Part of me is and will always be patriotic. I will stay here and build.
I'm a big fun of knowledge. I'd pay anything to learn something, well not anything perse,😂😂 but I almost always pick knowledge over money. But this case, one has to be logical. There's no guarantee of employment after scholarship, so I would take the 30mill, school myself I'm Stanford or somewhere on a course I love, and still have millions left.
I am black, I'm African, but most importantly, I'm Nigerian. Immigrating won't change that. Please give me my 2milli every month jejely let me lead a simple life.
Get a car or two, build a small house somewhere in a private estate, put a share for my family, and get an early retirement while checking items of my bucket list 😌
Okay that's fucking crazy tho 😂😂😂. I guess that's why it's hypothetical. This things just challenges the primal nature of man and the order of existence 🤣
Hmmmm, your first reply??
You sure say you go stay Nigeria?
Even though I no believe the phrase "the devil you know, is better than the angel you don't know", I go still day with this devil because the thing I have heard about the angel eehn 🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂 na devil we know (president) keep us like this oo
You day spit wisdom 🤣
No be lie. Na the devil still out us like we day so 🤣
It's well sha
God will deliver us
I see....your love for Naija 🤣
That's a great choice, people still make it here comfortably but in terms of choice, I will prefer to leave!
I won't fault you if you choose to leave tho , 😅
The country is not in a great place atm
And with all happening omo the future sef still blur..lol
Wo we go sha dey okay one kain
Lol
Great choices. Same as mine, although I'm browsing to see if anyone will choose abroad over Nigeria in this context
Plenty people have 🤣
Okay.
So this is actually my first time joining this weekend engagement here in hive naija community. Honestly I do not know this happens here on weekends. Maybe I didn't browse through the community well enough to know. And please I'll like to be tagged to the future questions on the weekend engagements.
So straight to the question. I'm gonna answer all three.
Living in Nigeria and working remotely or traveling to work abroad? (Earning the same thing o).
At first I thought this question was tricky until I read the part you get to earn the same thing. Nwanne, if that is the case I will gladly work in Nigeria. Note we weren't told the particular abroad it will be. Believe me Benin Republic is still abroad, Ghana is still abroad. In a situation it turns out to be the European countries. I'll still choose to work here. Why because the bills to pay over there are crazy once your pay drops. Not only that, why struggle to be king in a foreign land when I can be king in my father's land, helping my people the little way I can. Then travel abroad just to enjoy my money. Either way I'll choose here, until the earnings differ. Then we can sign a new contract.
30 million naira cash OR Full scholarship to study in the US or UK Or your favourite country?
Look, nwanne this question needs no waste of time or thinking. Bunyem the money first later we'll discuss the scholarship. I'm taking the 30 million and investing it in profitable businesses. Make my gains and enroll in a university here. Now don't come asking what if the business fails. Because you never know if your tomorrow is guaranteed if you choose a scholarship. Wait sef,what if the person in charge of the scholarship dies or has a change of mind tomorrow.
Please, let's sign for the money then I'll bid you farewell. Nmadu agaghi ano ndu, ncha abanye ya n'anya.
A 2M salary every month in Nigeria or 50% coin flip on getting a good paying job in the US (salary not specified)
Tricky question, very tricky. But a bird at hand is better. I'm taking the 2M monthly. That one is guaranteed. Besides from the question it didn't specify if I'm gonna be working to be placed in the 2M salary. So that means there might not be any work involved. Now I have time to do other stuff, engage in other businesses. Whereas I might pick the other one and I get nothing nada. Even if I get something, I get to work because it was specified there.
Choices are different. What may be good for the goose might be bad for the gander. But the above answers are my choices.
You've spoken like a true Igbo man
In whom I'm well pleased ☺️
😂😂😂
Daalu nwanne. You're funny.
Welcome fam good to have you well
Omo you no lie base one the bills you get to pay when your money drops over there
I like this angle came through from.
My gee 🤝🏿
Lol, this your Nwanne make me laugh😂😂
Igbo men can use any opportunity to make a good thing come out.
Na to open big business here sha like obi cubana
I sight you bro😂
Like Cubana my brother. I Sight you too ✌️
Yes dear
"Nwanne bunyem di money"🤣🤣🤣
Very funny,lol.
Oh yes , I respect your choice and they are great and smart.
However, I am sure you know my choice 🤩🤪, although there is already a shift in my mind but still processing.....
When the shift in mind have finally been actualized, do well to let me know. 😂
Sure, I will make a post on it in hivenaija community, just keep an eye over there.
The truth is that I have learned many things from this weekend's engagement 👍
Omo, someone should pass me 30 million naira cash make I use an stake Hive for my account.
I love my country. No matter what.
My country and I? We die here 😅😅
I don see person wet carry my kind.of spirit #WeDieHere.
Naija for life.
Everything about Naija is different but we are okay still. We don't have to pay all sort of taxes, or try driving school.for like ten years before getting the licence.
I believe in Naija.
Nah here we dey.
Make America hold himself.
If you go Havard, I go go U.I,
Make them give Americans scholarship to come school for Naija too. Abi Nah taboo?
We already have some Europeans in some of our higher institutions as undergraduates or post-graduates learning our language, our arts and so on.
I am proudly Nigerian.
Haha..... I am proudly a Nigerian oooo
Every time when I hear someone say they want to leave the country I just dey look am.
For my mind, I tell am make him go so space go dey for us to flourish 😅😅😅
Hahaha. We are made in Naija.
Surely we are 😅
You go use the whole 30m stake hive? 😏
Hahaha.... I would only take a few and pay off my debts, the rest is for Hive..... and hive engine tokens with good curation rewards.
Hahaha 😂😂
Let be frank with each other living in abroad actually comes with a lot of positive benefits unlike Nigerian
Citizens benefits unlike in Nigeria that we are deprived of
Even with earning the same amount
I'd still prefer living in abroad all because of the citizens privilege.
And for the second question
Oh I might actually go for money here to skip the stress of going through school stress
Don't mind me..i don't like stress.
for the third one since salary is not specified I would go for 2m salary every month in Nigeria.
2m every month wound be so nice to live a fulfilling life in Nigeria
Uncle, what are the benefits abeg.... I am lost 😆
Only the fact of Asuu strike in terms of education is enough reason leaving here. My friends that are there are done me and struggling with 5 years course for 7 years
They might have crises over there no doubt. Even our government still have houses and properties there meaning sef dem no value their country
Just like abroad or Nigeria or anywhere, if you have money you will enjoy benefits.
Money answereth most things 🤷
Na the koko be that
I'll like to know the benefits.🙄
Me too
I guess we're two now. 😂
You can easily live comfortable with loan without struggling even having cars all that is need is you have a job
You get allowance when you get to certain age.
But all these we are deprived here in Nigeria
Lol, man no wan stress e head
But education there is not hard oo, unlike the stress they give us here and the time wasting.
Also studying there and coming back here is an added advantage.
They value your certificate. I have seen people
True though...you are right
Yes, happy you agreed😂
I'm In total Support of everything you have said...
The major aim of going to another country (apart from the fact that you wanna change environment) is to make money, and so If i can make that money in my country, there is no reason why I should leave it for another.
And just as @mrenglish64 has said, I'll only prefer to go out there for vacation..
Imagine earning 2M per month, MY GOD I won't take it easy, you'll envy my country I promise you...
Me, I already know what my picks are. However, I want to read and catch cruise with other peoples choices here
Hahahahaha
I for like hear your picks
I disagree with you babe🤩
Oya gist us, we Wana know your choice, you know life is a choice.....🤣
Let me summarize then.
Shey you see all those options that involve straight forward money, those are my choice... Yeh! Who stoned me?
🤣🤣🤩🤩
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Please give me abroad jeje... I know every country have their own bad hard and hardship, tasks and racism, in some Country.
But Nigeria is just making this thing hard, prices of everything increase, but salary remains the same, dollar increases. Yeah they pay taxes over there, no doubt, but omo na there sure o.
Scholarship please, i know the money is a lot to start a business or something but i notice that when a person studies abroad and comes back they value the person certificate (from experience)
So there probably, i can be working and schooling too.
I will still go there oo...lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Engr prechidi speaking, please pave way for my gal. Abroad direct !!!🤩
Amen oo
Abeg oo, i don tire
I have decided to sell cocaine
Lol... Had it been u moved to ph, I won't be surprised. But now, I'm wondering who's your supplier?
Hello, I am still new on the platform, can I participate in the engagement as well?