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I feel the beauty of Nigeria is not well expressed enough in the media. With most Western countries implementing tough immigration policies, it’s time to reflect on what we have back home and appreciate it.

This is a list of some top things to miss about Nigeria when you leave. They go thus:

(1) The food:
In my view, most Western foods are just good for aesthetics. I had always ired them in the vacation pictures of celebrities. After tasting so many cuisines, my perception has changed. Nothing compared to our pounded yam, Egusi soup and bushmeat lol

(2) The women:
The dating market in Nigeria is straightforward. If you have something to offer, you are instantly a major stakeholder with majority market shares. The women are beautiful, physically endowed and accessible. Abroad, the fact that a figure parades some boobs doesn’t make the person a female. Things are so complicated. Someone can even withdraw consent when you are close to climaxing.

(3) The people:
Nigerians are naturally exciting and interesting to converse with. Nigerians easily provide psychological to themselves. We all have that carefree friend who can talk you out of a bad mood effortlessly. That kind of vibe is scarce amongst foreigners.

(4) The weather:
What could be more depressing than winter or a weather of 2°C? In a way, it slows down the economy and makes people feel lazy. Unlike in summer, the pubs flourish. With the average weather conditions ranging from 25°C to 32°C in Nigeria, the party never stops.

(5) Sabbath Day:
Sundays are usually exciting in Nigeria for Christians. The praise & worship sessions and pseudo-fashion parades are ecstatic. Abroad, Sundays are mostly for managing hangovers for fun-lovers.

[b](6) Marital life:
In Nigeria, a man is the king in his home. He gets away with everything especially when he is well-to-do. Abroad, it’s a woman’s world. Even pets like cats and dogs hold a higher stake than a man. This is one of the reasons why marriages of immigrants easily crumble as some men struggle with the new reality.

(7) Ease of life:
Life appears easier and simpler in Africa. People have been able to achieve work-life balance. Family also makes life less bumpy. Over here, people almost work till death to pay for any facility they enjoy. Work is so frustrating that over 9.3 million people of the working-age population have chosen to stay unemployed and live on benefits.

( Cost of living:
Except for the ruthless Tinubu regime, the cost of living in Nigeria is generally low. About 70% of earnings in the UK go into paying house rents and accompanying bills. The average rent for a family accommodation, in a low-income city, is about £800. This is a country where barely 15% of the working population earns £50,000 and above annually. We haven’t even factored in the excessive taxes.

(9) Career growth:
When Trump used the term “black jobs”, the immigrants knew exactly what he meant. Most immigrants in the UK are perpetually stuck in dead-end health and social care jobs. The barriers keeping you there appear absent, but you can hardly leave. As we have the issue of tribalism in Nigeria, the ‘higher version’ is also a factor militating against career growth abroad.

(10) The parties:
Despite the current cash crunch in Nigeria, the social gatherings are still colourful, exhilarating and vibrant. Exotic meals still litter the decorated tables, with pieces of meat as big as Wike’s head. It is simply cultural. In the UK, someone will invite you to a party and you will pay for your drinks.

In conclusion, before you tell me to return home to enjoy the provisions, I have already questioned myself. My response lies in the dynamics of ‘giveaways and takeaways’. You can’t have it all.

Osahon George Osayimwen writes from England.

There's no place like home...

Russia has cheaper cost of living...I will marry from their..

The magic thing about leaving your homeland is that.... it feels good to leave but... it feels even more and more better to come back


Truly,No place like home..

Fact

For career growth, mine has grown exponentially, with still many opportunities ahead working for a London borough....what I am very certain, I will not achieve in Nigeria!

In summary, I miss NOTHING.

Negativity bias makes the average Nigerian feels everything from Nigeria is bad.

But they said food is cheaper abroad.

Why missing costly food

Leave the taste for us here, abeg.

Someone can even withdraw consent when you are close to climaxing.

Which kind ruff play be dat?

Christmas Day should top the list . In London when metro is not working and everyone is on Holiday, the street will be silent like graveyards. It doesn’t look like Xmas at all. That is why I am always off to Nigeria every December

This man is always in England while praising Nigeria. Ask him to come back, he’ll throw insults your way.

The disorders.
The weather.
Basically no where be like home.
Na suffer dem make everybody run.
People living abroad just dey manage ni, if dem get money dem go come back home.
IF.

I don't want to miss Tpain senseless policies so we die here....your choice of words is nice ...if not APC especially tinubu terrible government citizens hardly feel the impact of dollar and energy cost ,then during PDP the inflation was minimal but since bulabu came on board a bag of rice jumped from 38k to 150k ,fuel from 200 to 1350 per litre that more than 100% inflation....eroding the purchasing power of citizens

Three things I currently miss about Nigeria.
1. The food, especially goat meat pepper soup.
2. Traffic drama, "Ogun kill your papa", "werey, enter make I see na", "what are you driving?", "who give you motor to drive, idiot!"😂😂😂😂
3. The cheap booze! Mehn....

The OP is saying d truth but Abroad, on a counter, there is no frustration of seeing many tribalistic and dumb people ing their oppressors like in Nigeria.
There u can work and live a valuable and meaningful life. Here where u want see work. Na only school work full everywhere.
Here better food de but no be when u see money u go buy am.
Social relationship is better in Nigeria bit everybody is a crook here just looking for who to swindle and rob.
There rent is costly. The same scenario is playing out now in this regime. The houses with rent cheap here is usually only appropriate for animals nit humans.
Many Nigerians by d way r living subhuman lives and they don't know it becos they are oblivious of what a normal life shud be

If the writer misses all these so much, he should come back home.

11. Chest beating of the Ndi FLAT HEADS


12. SIT AT HOME


13. MES LAGOS STATE AND OTHER STATES THAT ACCOMMODATE THEM WITH LOVE

I'll miss that unique Nigerian madness

I'll miss Rivers people calling a man that burned down the Assembly complex that was built with taxpayers money a peaceful man

I missed the relationship you easily share with people and not the depressed lifestyle abroad.....

How can you be so restricted that you can't even make friends at work place or toast a beautiful colleague....

Na seriousness been wan kill me....

Jestin:
Christmas Day should top the list . In London when metro is not working and everyone is on Holiday, the street will be silent like graveyards. It doesn’t look like Xmas at all. That is why I am always off to Nigeria every December

Pls come take me along. I don't mind being your housekeeper pls🙏

uche87:


Osahon George Osayimwen writes from England.

So while you were in Nigeria,they forced you to go to church and do fashion parade on Sundays.
Now abroad, you're managing hangovers on Sunday morning.
I will tell your mummy

ImoleNaija:
But they said food is cheaper abroad.

Why missing costly food

Leave the taste for us here, abeg.

Food is cheaper when you compare to income.

Minimum wage earner here in the UK can cook a pot of soup with an hour wage.

A lot

You exclude cultural aspect. You will miss your culture, the masquerades, the traditional dancers, the songs . That's why diaspora Nigerians are always buying our cultural videos just to replace the real life experience

mecuries:
If the writer misses all these so much, he should come back home.

Come back to naija to live and work?
Nah, nah!!
It's better to make the money outside and come to naija to spend it.
Detti December is always bae!!
Whatever I miss for 11 months, detti December always gat me...

ABROAD IS OVERHYPED

No. 2 (women) is the only thing you will miss as a Nigerian man when you travel out of Nigeria

SultanOfAbia:
ABROAD IS OVERHYPED

Sometimes it is, especially Europe and America.

Naija ladies will really miss the way toasters woo them here and there. They cross Naija and become so lonely and sexually frustrated.

As a guy, beer and women will be very far from you for a long while and you have to watch every step and action unlike Naija where you can throw a party FOR NO REASON and babes will be everywhere.

You would miss Urinating along the road

How about this :

THINGS THAT ARE INEXISTENT IN NIGERIA

1. Modernity
2. Rule of Law
3. Democracy
4. Safety
5. Freedom