Traveling from Nigeria to the New York, United States of America used to be as cheap as a local flight trip we have today. See how much the fare was.
Travelling from Lagos to New York once cost N17,000. This was back in the days when things were still good in Nigeria and our leaders were a little bit less corrupt.
Compare it with the amount you have to pay now if you want to travel from Lagos to New York. Today it will cost an average of $900 to over $1000 dollars. Thats in the region of N199,000.