egbe,
You need to sincerely do a "cost - benefit analysis" before you finally decide what route to take and also consider that its really not all about the money sometimes cos most of us guys won't be happy leaving our beautiful wife's alone in canada for those small canadian boys to start toasting....
I personally came back cos the job offers i had in canada were dragging their feet as they claimed "some budgets needed to be released"... and i couldn't just stay without any income (and i wasnt ready to do any survival job
) especially when my current job in Naija pays my salary in US dollars, so i decided to come back and wait for them to contact me when they are ready even though i'm still in touch with other Canadian recruiters / employers.
But all in all, consider your present income, your present outflows (cos we spend a lot on things in Naija that can be avoided like fuel/diesel for Generators etc), other overhead costs etc, you also need to consider
your safety cos it was after i left that it really dawned on me that Nigeria especially
Lagos is NOT safe at ALL .
Most guys who have people to stay with initially might be a little bit lucky (but i really doubt if that person will be okay if your stay exceeds 90 days). Our individual initial circumstances might be different i believe but there is really a lot of planning to be done especially when you have a family travelling with you.
Lest i forget and
VERY IMPORTANT, please be careful while dealing with Canadian
recruiters cos i lost about 2 jobs cos more that 5 different recruiters submitted my resume for the same job vacancy (which angered the employers and consequently disqualified me - one of them was kind enough to send me a mail about this goof). I recommend you don't deal with more than 2 or 3 recruiters at a time and ensure you monitor the jobs that they send in your resume for to ensure you don't have double or triple resume submissions.
It is well guys...
We will Succeed !