lacewiggal:

I wont mention any names in this post but I'll offer some clarification. I'm a new grad with less than a year of experience so my knowledge of such economics may be basic to say the least, however, the disparities are as apparent as black and white.

my guy, $150/hr for an IT professional, wake up from your slumber ehn?  i'm trying not to die laughing, but oh well, you probably were a freelancer or consultant, not a full time permanent IT entry level professional.

The demeanor at which some responses are written can only come from the frustration of being underpaid and cheated out of rights, somehow you find solace in making excuses for the situation.

lastly, The intent of my original post was to ask the "question", "Why are professionals underpaid in nigeria?", Thanks to those who offered reasonable and direct "answers" to help me better understand the situation.

As for those that cannot answer simple question, pls return to primary school and gain basic "english comprehension"
skills. while you are at it? pls clarify that 5% off $50 is not equal to $45/hr, anyways I gave a rough estimate of my earnings, use your imaginations guys, why so literal? 

Adios!!!

hispy99:

still don't see how you pay 10%, given the "rough" estimate of the income you provided.

Sagamite:

Honestly, lacewiggal, you need to address this question, otherwise[b] I will just see you as one of those with psychological problems[/b] that come on the net and claim some fictitious achievement/earnings to boast their self-esteem.

lacewiggal:

and this is supposed to scare me? who cares wat u see and don't see? lmao! if u don't understand the concept of rough estimate, u can get intimate with a transformer for all i care.

instead of focusing on the issue at hand you are dwelling on insignificance. whether income tax in the US is 5, 10 or even 20%, that dosent take away from the fact that professionals in nigeria are underpaid.

naijacann:

All of u guys that are saying that  its unfair to compare salaries of naija and the sates or britain, ok, , how come our Law makers earn fatter salaries than American law makers? Why is it that a member of house of representatives in ngr earns higher than Obama? Can someone explain this for me.

hispy99:

Simple, your lawmakers are thieves. If the pharmacist can steal from his company, he might make more than the pharmacist in the U.S/UK too.

naijacann:

All of u guys that are saying that its unfair to compare salaries of naija and the sates or britain, ok, , how come our Law makers earn fatter salaries than American law makers? Why is it that a member of house of representatives in ngr earns higher than Obama? Can someone explain this for me.

naijacann:

@sagamite
Fairness should be applied to all sectors.
You cannot in good conscience justfiy the 1.5b naira our senate president takes yearly and then tell me that it was too high for a pharmacist to earn good pay. Meanwhile Obama earns an equivalent of only 55million naira before tax annually. When u remove more than 30% tax from that amt, then u know how much his take home pay is annually.

naijacann:

By the way, have u even considered the cost of living in a place like Abuja? Abuja is pretty much more expensive than so many cities in USA(like houston, florida, dallas, durham, raleigh, etc) and Canada(like manitoba, halifax, edmonton, orangeville, etc), Check out the facts. Give me a break on the GDP nonsense. What is the GDP of South Africa? If our resources are well managed, S/A wouldn't be a match to ngr; but they in SA pays way higher than we do in ngr. Could u imagine that naija doctors go to SA to train with the latest equipment. What an outrage! Meanwhile Delta state gov is writing a check of 3b naira to OBJ; Bode George was jailed for stealing 100b naira. I believe that the reason for the underpayment is a misplacement of priorities in nigeria and corruption.  Nigeria has enough resources to pay her deserving professional well and not the peanut 18000 naira death wage

naijacann:

[b]@sagamite
Fairness should be applied to all sectors.
You cannot in good conscience justfiy the 1.5b naira our senate president takes yearly and then tell me that it was too high for a pharmacist to earn good pay. Meanwhile Obama earns an equivalent of only 55million naira before tax annually. When u remove more than 30% tax from that amt, then u know how much his take home pay is annually.
By the way, have u even considered the cost of living in a place like Abuja? Abuja is pretty much more expensive than so many cities in USA(like houston, florida, dallas, durham, raleigh, etc) and Canada(like manitoba, halifax, edmonton, orangeville, etc), Check out the facts. Give me a break on the GDP nonsense. What is the GDP of South Africa? If our resources are well managed, S/A wouldn't be a match to ngr; but they in SA pays way higher than we do in ngr. Could u imagine that naija doctors go to SA to train with the latest equipment. What an outrage! Meanwhile Delta state gov is writing a check of 3b naira to OBJ; Bode George was jailed for stealing 100b naira. I believe that the reason for the underpayment is a misplacement of priorities in nigeria and corruption.  Nigeria has enough resources to pay her deserving professional well and not the peanut 18000 naira death wage[/b]

Sagamite:

Cut the crap!

How did a rough estimate of a so-called PROFESSIONAL pharmacists roughly estimate a 25+% tax rate into 10%? What "concept" of rough estimation is that?

Someone that is a professional does not know what his tax rate is? After we have found out he has no analytical brain to understand economic disparities?

Professional my arse! Are you sure you no be fake drug seller? If your analytical and maths skills is this bad, I pity the person that allows you to prescribe to them.

lacewiggal:


in fact you hit the nail on the head here, don't mind Mr. saga mite

What you said would have bothered me if I didn't have my degree hanging on the wall in front of me lol
You can rain me with insults from now till next year, that dosent take away from the truth than Professionals are underpaid in Nigeria.

Advice: u can run for president right after GEJ, U seem to think like him, U'll fit rite into his shoes, and then u can perpetuate a Nigeria of "Look at Somalia, they are suffering there too now" then our country's slogan will be , "Nigeria - "better than the worst"

U ought be ashamed of yourself

naijacann:

@Sagamite

You really represent what is wrong with nigeria.
Can u imagine! I had thought that I was arguing and debating with a human being with sense, little did I know U never had anything to say other than to keep disgracing yourself on nairaland saying absolutely nothing. All u do is insult people who came here to make genuine and legitimate intellectual argument.
In fact, you're the MOST USELESS HUMAN BEING I'VE EVER ARGUED WITH!!!! U're such a joke!!! Such a loser!!! Can u imagine!!

naijacann:

@ Lacewiggal

Sagamite has proven himself to be the MOST USELESS FELLOW ON NAIRALAND and so my advise is not even dignify him with a response.
He has absolutely nothing to say other than to ABUSE HIS Bottom on nairaland. I pity the school that gave him admission to study in london(that is if he at all has even a JUNIOR WAEC RESULT that he wrote by himself)

lacewiggal:
im a pharmacist practicing in the states desperatey thinking of returning home soon to serve my fatherland. but i was looking at salaries  and they range from 60,000- 120,000 naira per month!!!!!! isn't that a form of modern day slavery? everyone knows d suffering that pharm students pass thru in school so why the low pay? less than 1000 dollars per month kwa? tufia!!!!! lol  pharmacists in the rest of the world mostly make 10- 12 times that amount per month, should we continue to perpetuate dis slavery or stand up for our rights!?

Acidosis:
That is because people go to school to 'study' and later become a slave to either an organization or the government.
''No matter the amount you give a slave, a slave will always remain a slave''
~mcdeolu