ik d pal!:
Our integrity in naija lies strongly in that poor mentality strievd by our Colo master 2 upgrade...imagin how so calld great men here enjoy products made by great minds...Mentality! just purse nd concider the polarity btween the rich nd the poor! at the end of it what else...vanity! great men of integrity!!!

Godogwu:

Dude calm down before you start saying rubbish, my gateman is just 23, no wife, no kids and he earns 35-40k monthly and we also feed the guy, hence that one dollar a day shi is plain and complete utter rubbish

Godogwu:

Dude calm down before you start saying rubbish, my gateman is just 23, no wife, no kids and he earns 35-40k monthly and we also feed the guy, hence that one dollar a day shi is plain and complete utter rubbish

eyantotipe: mr man you only speak for urself and say what you see around you,here in alagbado most gateman earns 10-15k per month with wife and children,please be a good Nigerian try visit places like sango,agbado and iyana-ipaja to investigate urself instead hiding behind ur pc showing ur ignorance mr man you only speak for urself and say what you see around you,here in alagbado most gateman earns 10-15k per month with wife and children,please be a good Nigerian try visit places like sango,agbado and iyana-ipaja to investigate urself instead hiding behind ur pc showing ur ignorance

Godogwu:

That gateman's wife is probably doing some sort of petty trade and her children might also hustle because it is virtually impossible to feed your wife and children on $1 a day, that's $30 a month, nahhhh except they have a farm and they don't need to buy food that much.

eduson55: Leave that guy jor.He is completely confuse

jumobi1: Isn't that a given based on population?



How many children does ur gateman cater for? How many wives?
You have a gateman so chances are YOU DON'T KNOW how rough life is for some.

jumobi1: Isn't that a given based on population?



How many children does ur gateman cater for? How many wives?
You have a gateman so chances are YOU DON'T KNOW how rough life is for some.

solbil: you are a mad man! All the assumptions you people have about poverty rate in nigeria is based on nothing but your deep hate for the state and not on credible fact.

jumobi1:

So are you denying the fact that some Nigerians live on $1 a day?

Godogwu: R

No one is denying that. First off...its virtually impossible to live on $1 a day....impossible!!..secondly, the poster stated that the "average nigerian" that is any working or middle class person, are you trying to tell me that accountants and engineers live on $1 a day? What rubbish

TheJourneY:

I think we might be getting this whole $1 a day figure mixed up. The average nigerian does not translate to the average Nigerian that you interact with. The average nigerian is not necessarily an accountant or engineer, rather the accountant or engineer most likely represents the upper ~10% or less of society though they might not feel that way when the upper ~.001% deem purchasing private jets a casual affair because they can afford to do so. Lets remember that there are huge population of farmers, laborers, fishermen, cattle herders, in other vast regions of the country that don't have the access to the internet, talk less of nairaland to represent their point of view. When you take that into consideration, it doesn't sound so far fetched that there are people living on less than 1,000 naira a week

Godogwu:

A just graduated accountant who just got a job at zenith bank is not the upper class!, an engineer who started working at Julius Berger is not upper class, a teacher, principal, nurse, doctor, electronic shop owner, lawyer, judge etc are not upper class!!!!!..... A member of the board of directors of Zenith, FCMB, First bank, or a Manager of an international conglomerate, again a senator, governor, highly placed government worker are upper class or Elite class. People who are lower class are the working class people; gateman, maid, cleaner, teacher in a very small institution, bus driver, taxi driver etc.

TheJourneY:

Once again, I believe the point is eluding you. The point is not who is considered upper class, middle class or lower class, neither is the middle class synonymous with the average citizen. Average citizen in a sense is as simple as it sounds, its a matter of numbers. When you view the entire population (outliers excluded) as a whole, numerically what is the average income? To get an even more precise estimation of the true center point, you would look at the median income. This is how one can arrive at the conclusion that the average nigerian lives on less than $1 a day. An yes all those professions you carefully listed are not in the upper class because the upper class is typically comprised of the wealthy (top 1-2%). That does not mean there are not in the top 10% from a population stand point. Keep in mind we are talking about Nigeria where the rich are filthy rich and the poor are extremely poor, a middle ground barely exist.You can't make generalizations about the entire country based on what you see in your gated estate.

Yes your gateman is making 30-45 thousand a month but you must be truly naive if you believe thats the norm across the country. Do you really think salaries in places like lagos and abuja are comparable to salaries in nasarawa and bendel? or do you think a gateman in VI or Ikoyi is making the same thing as one in Mushin or ajegunle? Or do you think food prices and accommodation does not share the same variability across lagos talk less of the country as a whole? Omo rethink am....