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A lot of Nigerians in the US get sucked into jobs that pay overtime and end up staying there for years with no real plan to move forward. Those jobs were never supposed to be your final destination. They should be a stepping stone. You do it for a year or two, stabilize yourself, make your money, then start planning your next move. I see adults in their 30s, 40s, 50s and even 60s packing shifts back-to-back, working 60–70 hours every week, exhausting themselves, and sometimes still not earning enough to justify the amount of time and energy they’re giving away. Any job that requires you to constantly convert your physical energy and extra hours into more money will eventually wear you out. Meanwhile, the person approving your 70 hour week may be working a regular 9–5, earning more than you and still having their evenings and weekends. Use overtime as a tool, not a lifestyle. Improve yourself. Take a course. Write that exam. Get a certification. Learn a skill. Update your resume and start applying for better opportunities. The goal shouldn’t always be to work more hours to make more money. At some point, the goal should be to make more money for the hours you already work.

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This is what this "brilliance" looks like over an actual life. You arrive legally, pay PAYE, NI, visa fees, and thousands upfront for the IHS(the highest fees in the world). Five years later, you may be settled, but the safety net you funded is still kept behind another locked door. Even before settlement, healthcare was not a completely open door for you. In England, the NHS may investigate infertility, but an IHS payer is excluded from funded IVF, IUI & donor treatment. One private IVF cycle averages about £5,000 before medication & storage. "It can never be you", but no one who has ever needed these services felt it would be them. Then, thank God a child arrives. No Child Benefit. If wages fall, no Universal Credit child element. Some funded childcare survives NRPF, but the UC scheme that can repay up to 85% of childcare costs is unavailable, so the family quietly absorbs the gap. Wild guess how many families in Britain do you think do not/have not used one of these in their lifetime? Then work disappears( I know, it can never be you) or the rent rises. New Style JSA may exist if the NI record is strong enough, but there is no UC for living costs or rent, no Council Tax Reduction, and no ordinary route into social housing or homelessness assistance. That your cash ISA you're proud of will disappear before your eyes. You may be in your 20s now and alone but you won't be like that forever. Then someone unfortunately has a stroke. The NHS may stabilise them & offer short-term rehabilitation or reablement, usually free for no more than 6 weeks. But a serious brain injury does not check the calendar & recover once it has reached week six. After that, long-term physio, OT & personal care become a negotiation across NHS & council boundaries. NRPF does not erase the right to a Care Act but neither route is automatic, a lot of immigrants are left high and dry—even NHS workers. Meanwhile, PIP is closed. If a partner cuts work to become your carer, Carer's Allowance is closed. If savings are drained by rent & daily care, UC is closed. The body may still receieve healing as the surrounding household around it collapses. Nobody "wants benefits". Nobody wants infertility, redundancy, a stroke or a serious life changing event. The point of a safety net is that a careful life can still split open without warning. After years of paying in, migrants should not be insured only against "good luck". I don't think people fully understand what "they don't want any anyway".

SK the Plug 🔌 🇬🇧🇬🇧 @DHKRULLAH

3 months ago

This is brilliant, majority of our people do not want the benefit anyways.

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Countries in the Bible and what they are called today: Persia — Iran Babylon — Iraq Assyria — Iraq, Syria, Turkey Canaan — Israel, Palestine, Lebanon Aram — Syria Moab — Jordan Ammon — Jordan Edom — Jordan Philistia — Palestine (Gaza region) Cush — Sudan / Ethiopia Media — Iran Mesopotamia — Iraq Phoenicia — Lebanon Asia Minor — Turkey Macedonia — North Macedonia / Greece Rome — Italy Tarshish — Possibly Spain The Bible was written in real places, among real nations, throughout real history. These weren’t fictional lands. They were kingdoms, empires, and nations where God revealed Himself, judged rulers, raised prophets, delivered His people, and fulfilled His promises.

@xqlusive_3 @RanceRider2 You are on point, Mama prefers the first house built by Sir Michael Otedola, they have another one built by Baba which is a duplex and the mansion is built Ote$. God bless Mama I can never forget her commitment for Union leaders suspended(I was one of the Epe 5)from Lasued.

@Lanrewajumide @0lanrxwaju @Morris_Monye Just relax, IELTS na beans

Sometimes, you read a story that makes the blood in your veins run cold. Blessing's baby, Victory, was born premature and diagnosed with hydrocephalus (fluid in the brain), and she needs an urgent ₦1,000,000 surgery to survive. Instead of support, Blessing’s husband called her a witch for having a sick child and threw her and their baby out onto the street. Now, Blessing is alone, fighting for her daughter's life with nothing. Her husband turned his back, but we will not. AprokoNation, let's be the family she needs right now. Let's save Victory. Account Name: Obukohwo Blessing Account Number: 3581115542 Bank: EcoBank If you cannot donate, please, I am begging you, your retweet is a powerful gift. It might be the one that brings the help this mother and child desperately need. God bless you.

@enikuomehin Congratulations Sir

My brother protect your stomach and that of your kids, nobody is coming to take Yoruba land. Nigeria didn't start when Tinubu came to limelight and won't end in his time. The supposed enemies are busy with their day to day activities making profits, it's only lazy people that are looking for attention where they should be working for survival in this hard times of our lives in the hands of Tinubu and APC.

@ayodeji_taoheed @Ibeikenna5 @abdullahayofel Tribalism is the bane of progress in Nigeria, actually this road was started by GEJ under tax concessions for Dangote.Cheers

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@yourvillagegods @Winniecdo I had my Master's in Social Work in Nigeria..

@Nasir1on1 @IU_Wakilii Fatuhu Mohammed,we graduated from Abu(Political Science).

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@KennyNuga @jidesanwoolu Kenny Bobo USA dey Ronu dey go

@KennyNuga @SavvyRinu Kenny is based in the US,so he is not realistic with his thinking and does not fit to swing the pendulum of politics

"tinubu will win the election" is a disempowering tactic. They want you to lose hope and not try. Don't give in. There's only so much rigging they can do. If the people overwhelmingly vote against them they will leave with their tail between their legs. We're going again for Obi!

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