Abdul, a Ghanaian based in Canada, has decided to return home and always keeps his ticket ready for his Ghana trips. He is a returning guest on SVTV Africa’s Daily Hustle Worldwide show with DJ Nyaami. In his first interview, Abdul revealed that life in Canada was tough and he planned to retire in Ghana, but many people criticized him, calling him lazy.
According to Abdul, when people say “just do double jobs,” they don’t understand the stress it brings. He explained that if someone truly believes they can make it in Canada, it might work for them. But if they believe they will thrive in Ghana, then that’s also fine.
He compared his past to now:
“When I was home in Ghana, I could buy a whole cow for my family to slaughter during Salah. But this year, I could only send GHS 7,000. Crime rates here are high, our salaries haven’t increased, yet transportation costs went up by $5, and taxes increased by 6%. Recently, airport workers went on strike for three days, and I had to spend extra on Uber to get to work.”
Some friends advised him to stay in Canada for his children’s future, but he disagrees:
“If I have money in Ghana, my kids can go to the best schools there. I prefer business in Ghana over living paycheck to paycheck here.”
Abdul shared an example of a Ghanaian woman who took a church loan to come to Canada, got a boyfriend, and was convinced to have family planning to control birth but the nurses tomd her the benefits she can get if she delivers in Canadian. She’s now in conflict with her church back home over the Loan ber husband to for her, and the new man she lives with doesn’t even have a good job to support her.
He also mentioned the reality of life abroad:
“When you meet a Ghanaian with a foreign accent, you might not get the chance to mingle. Many only share the good side of living here and hide the struggles. My grandfather told me to learn how to handle first, second, third, and even fourth place in life, so I could face reality. Many want to be like Despite, but it’s not possible for everyone. In Ghana, I was making good money from my business, but here I’m just living paycheck to paycheck.”
Abdul says that if he wasn’t sending money to support his parents back home, he might be fine, but family responsibilities weigh on him. He came to Canada with $4,000, but it took him six months to find a job. Someone eventually gave him a permit to work. He warns that if you come here just looking for jobs, you might end up disappointed.
“Some people came for school but never attended classes, and now the system is overloaded. I work with Canadian citizens, and I’ve even seen a Canadian supervisor get fired while a refugee kept the job. Canada doesn’t deport people like the U.S., but that doesn’t mean life here is easy.
When you want something, you often ignore the bad side. If someone had told me to boycott coming to Canada and stay in Ghana, I might have thought they didn’t like me. But now, I see things differently.”
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