MANY Nigerians leave the shores of the country to improve
their lot in life and that of their family members. They spend enormously to secure
visa and other traveling expenses, which sometimes runs into a million. On getting
to their destination they set audacious goal of sending money back home
to build or purchase a property. Family members expect you to do this since
most people have done likewise. After settling for a while, they begin making
arrangement for this purpose. To this end, most take up as many jobs as
possible and often running shifts from one job to the other. They work so hard that
there is little time for rest, relaxation and recreation. Then money start
coming in gradually.
Some choose to send money to their brother in Nigeria to
start up the building project. First, he will have to buy a suitable land. Sadly,
when the money gets to the hand of the brother it is a completely different
issue. The money is been diverted and used for different other purposes never
before arranged. He begins to live a different lifestyle with your hard-earned
money. He goes to clubs, having fun with different girls who are ever ready to yield
upon the scent of money. He changes his ward-drop and begin leaving big. As you
keep sending money down, he further expands his taste. He buys a car, drives
around the community to the admiration and cheers of friends. They hail him. They
bow in his approach in attempt to get him to drop some money for them. Of course,
he wont disappoint them. Some purchase their own property and start developing
it gradually, spending the leftover own your project. All these happen over the
course of time.
"The hen that lays the golden egg suffers great pain in the process, but the consumer eats the egg with pleasure"....Rutherford Chidi
All along you receive reassurance that the building project
is moving on smoothly. At a point you develop some doubt and want to see the
stage your building has reached. So you request a photo shot of the project. The
so-called brother, having known that the truth is about to come to light, runs
around and gets a photographer to snap somebody else’s building. This he sends
across to you. Upon receiving it you are very happy.
It is now time to come to the country to greet your loved
ones and friends and most importantly to
see the house they built for you. Guess what happens!. You are taken to a
building they claim is yours which is far from complete. From your calculation,
you know that the money you have sent over the years is enough to erect a
befitting structure. Now filled with disappointment, anger and betrayer you vow never to come back to the
country and never to send any money back home for whatever purposes.
The situation described above is all too common. Worst still
it takes the cooperation of other family members for you to be carried away by
such lies. Even some parents find it difficult to tell you the exact situation
at home.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO TO AVOID THIS SITUATION
1.
Know your family very well. Can you trust them
with such project? Analyse them very well. In money matters a lot of honorable people
have abandoned their morals for quick financial gain.
2.
Have other information gathering source to
monitor the project
3.
Give the project to a trusted, reliable
contractor(click here to know more about the activities of some contractors) with a track record
of good job.
4.
Leave nothing
to chance. Do your best to know the level of work been carried out.
5.
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