It is common knowledge that the situation of the country has gone from bad to worse. The persistent irregularity in Nigeria’s economy most especially the high prices of key essentials has led to the rich lamenting, the comfortable, living averagely, and the poor, poorer. The cloud is so blurry with no sign of even, a ray of hope that things will get any better soon.
Nigeria has always been a place of running helter-skelter to survive, there is little or no access to secured employment in the labor sector of the country for the youths, especially fresh graduates, and implementation of initiatives from governments like providing employment opportunities is also absent. It is left to each individual to find a way out and strive to survive in the face of difficulties.
Of course, there are chances of survival i.e. succeeding in Nigeria but they’re as slim as a thread.
Some of the ways to survive nigeria listed below are no new information, and might appear clichè already. This article’s main purpose is to stand as a resounding reminder that you should not let Nigeria kill your dreams of getting higher or meeting your life goals.
Ways to Survive Nigeria in 2024
1. Have a plan/plans
The country is more or less a field of struggles to survive than of ease and every Nigerian must have plans in place to survive. As in financially liberating plans to secure their future. Different versions of solid plans, that is plan A, B, and C must be intact and ready to be weaponised for survival. Your survival rate in this country depends on how solid your plans are, how zealous you are to survive, and how unrelenting you are in case your plans don’t work out.
Almost everyone’s fixed plan is going to school and bagging a degree or a diploma then utilizing the degree/diploma to search and apply for sustainable jobs afterward which is almost or not attainable at all nowadays. Hence, the need to strategize and incorporate a concrete plan for the betterment of your future.
One of these concrete plans is “A JAPA PLAN” i.e. traveling out of the country. One of the ways to survive Nigeria is to be out of Nigeria. It is better to start and work towards this particular plan as early as possible, prepare fundings for your japa plans and make ready preparation of the money making mediums to rely on when you get to the planned destination.
Other plans like learning a skill set or utilizing a passion/hobby as a source of maximum income earning might turn out to be your financial way and a means to secure your future.
2. Earn in Dollars
The next paramount action after acquiring a skill set or utilizing your passion and hobby should be how to use it on platforms or gain clients that’ll pay in dollars. Dollar’s value to Nigeria naira is a high gap, earning in dollars enables you to get the right pay worth the values you proffer.
The exchange rate of Dollar is of substantial value. When you continually earn a good and sustainable amount in dollars, this will enable you sort out as much bills as possible and along the line, if possible, you save enough to invest in other business forum.
These two options mentioned above are not as easy as they appear, they take month or even years of strategic planning, hardwork and a series of failures but the resilience and the great desire to survive Nigeria is the key to keep going. After all, no one wants to be thrown under the bus by Nigeria and its ups and downs.