I Pay £5,000 Rent Monthly In UK – Tacha

Reality TV star Tacha Akide has shed light on the challenges of living abroad, describing the UK as an expensive and demanding environment.

Speaking in a recent podcast interview, Tacha revealed that rent in her neighbourhood costs up to £5,000 per month, adding that many Nigerians living abroad work multiple shifts just to maintain their standard of living.

This, she noted, leaves little time for socialising or supporting one another.

“I’ve been called different types of names. The people you call your friends are not like; when you travel, they’re not really your friends anymore. And you also have to understand, because they probably have like three shifts. Like it literally was just me like living in one of the most expensive neighbourhoods abroad. We’re talking five thousand pounds a month, like, before you sleep. I wake up, it’s been 30 days already. You’re like Okay, I have to start calculating. I know people who want me to travel abroad, like to move to the UK.

“And when I came, they were too busy to even see me. And I understand because there, do you understand? You’re going to St. Louis, you’re going to Tesco, you’re going to like a superstore. You see someone lying down on the floor, helplessly asking for cash. Like, can you give me one pound? Like, you’re seeing it happen for real. It’s such a hard place where you don’t have uncles or aunties or parents or anybody understanding where you’re coming from because they also have a lot going on for them as well,” she said.