Nigerians are just waking up to good governance and will learn the hard way what democracy means to good governance by untold hardship. The hardship that will crush sentiment in due time.

When you see political office holders abroad riding taxis and flying business class while their third world counterparts are given luxury SUV's and PJ's to gallivant around the world by a hungry, hapless citizenry, realise that the cycle of revolution will eventually come when the peaceful transition to an egalitarian society via restructuring is resisted by the owners of Nigeria steadfastly holding unto the status quo.

blaise26abj:
Unpopular opinion : Except for the illegality of collecting salaries after resigning , 1 million before tax is fair and equitable. That is the reality of Nigeria . do you know how many people on managerial levels or even assistant managerial levels in organizations that collect over 1 million ? ASUU should keep fighting hard for their salaries . Private universities pay more than that . Government should pay more to lecturers . That doesn’t mean the SSA media should be paid based on the salary scale of lecturers . The two salaries are mutually exclusive .

Yes in an ideal situation 1m before tax should not sound like something out of the ordinary, but 1million before tax for a media Aide when professors, teachers, policemen, soldiers, nurses do not earn 500k gross. I am not sure a full director of the federal ministry with almost 30years of service earn up to 600k gross a month, I would be pleasantly surprised if they earn up to 500k. U cannot justify 1m for an aide when u look at the Nigerian society as a whole

rusher14:
The role is temporary, has its own attendant risk and it is governmental.
Everywhere in the world, such roles pay more because they are short termed.

By a government that deceitfully came on board on tha mantra of prudence having criticised the previous government of profligacy.
You will have have thought such positions will be rendered unnecessary, such services handed over to the civil service or paid for by the penny.

In a proper democracy, having seen the economy deteriorate over the term of the government, shouldn't it be cutting costs here and there and relieving unimportant jobs to save money to show the citizens it feels their pains so that the citizens will faithfully join them in pleading with all these trade unions kicking?

As a father with responsibilities to your family can you spend your resources like this if your personal economy is comatose?

Munamoqel:
nonsense Notting stop the professor from moving to UN agency to earn 100 k USD or multinational organization .many are here .the Prof are not tie or conscripted to the public uni they can become senator ,S A and VC also earn 1m monthly .

Did you still feel you have brain when you finished typing this?

You should be ashamed of the education you claim to earn. So, if all bright scholars run away from academia, what remains? The dead brains?

With your likes, the death of Nigeria has just begun. When you kill the academia, you sell the country into mental slavery.

tunapawizzy:

Yes in an ideal situation 1m before tax should not sound like something out of the ordinary, but 1million before tax for a media Aide when professors, teachers, policemen, soldiers, nurses do not earn 500k gross. I am not sure a full director of the federal ministry with almost 30years of service earn up to 600k gross a month, I would be pleasantly surprised if they earn up to 500k. U cannot justify 1m for an aide when u look at the Nigerian society as a whole

I get you but also note that his job is very unstable . Max is 8 years . And he could be changed any time from year 1 . Such high risk jobs will pay more . I am also not sure the job comes with retirement benefits . It is hard to compare the 2 job roles . SM Comedians / media influencers make more than that money in a month . As a presidential media aide , one small bad post can send you out of the job . It’s a very sensitive job that deals with the whole nation and has it’s stresses too . How much are his counterparts in the private sector paid ? Maybe that would be a good point for a fair assessment .
However it doesn’t mean professors should not be paid what is fair .

stuffs4me:
His job description is a sensitive one.

A professor who is just a classroom teacher is still behind policy makers.

We have professors holding sensitive positions and they earn far more than professors who are in the classroom.

If you really know the reason why governments subsidize education, you'll know a Professor's job is way more sensitive than posting tweets.
Apart from skills necessary to drive the economy, there are other untold benefits of education. I doubt you or even Buhari know this.
Nigeria spend trillions of naira annually servicing lifestyles of very few individuals and we wonder why the country is the way it is.
Political appointees and elected office holders' pay should be regularised with what's obtainable in the public service and no one under any circumstances should get any extra bonus anywhere near 30% of what they earn.
Anyone who is not comfortable with it should find another job.
Governance is a call to service, not a means to get richer.

rusher14:
The role is temporary, has its own attendant risk and it is governmental.

Everywhere in the world, such roles pay more because they are short termed.

I don't support the pay, but to remove sentiments what u said its true.

The role is temporary
Its politics

But it shouldn't be up to 800k

Nosayer:


Did you still feel you have brain when you finished typing this?

You should be ashamed of the education you claim to earn. So, if all bright scholars run away from academia, what remains? The dead brains?

With your likes, the death of Nigeria has just begun. When you kill the academia, you sell the country into mental slavery.

shut up and stop all this properganda! . academia is not exclusively University education .there is primary ,secondary , technical and vocational school . This fake propaganda ASUU keep say that education is their exclusive progative is big lie outside turning Universities to hunting ground for sex and sadism instead of scholarly!

I thought Prof. Osofisan had retired not less than 8yrs now.

I'm not surprised! From federal level to state level and even local level, whether APC, PDP OR ANY OTHER parties, it is the same thing.

Reference:


By a government that deceitfully came on board on tha mantra of prudence having criticised the previous government of profligacy.
You will have have thought such positions will be rendered unnecessary, such services handed over to the civil service or paid for by the penny.

In a proper democracy, having seen the economy deteriorate over the term of the government, shouldn't it be cutting costs here and there and relieving unimportant jobs to save money to show the citizens it feels their pains so that the citizens will faithfully join them in pleading with all these trade unions kicking?

As a father with responsibilities to your family can you spend your resources like this if your personal economy is comatose?

You want him to work for free or is it that if he were your family member you would criticise him for earning "too much"?

rusher14:
The role is temporary, has its own attendant risk and it is governmental.

Everywhere in the world, such roles pay more because they are short termed.

Not true. Speak with ur limited non-stamped intl passport knowledge .University presidents/professors are paid better than US presidents. US presidents are paid $400k while most US college presidents and top professors make way more than that. EU/US professionals take a pay cut to work for govt. only in Naija.. u see govt workers earning more than private citizens

DeOTR:

If you really know the reason why governments subsidize education, you'll know a Professor's job is way more sensitive than posting tweets.
Apart from skills necessary to drive the economy, there are other untold benefits of education. I doubt you or even Buhari know this.
Nigeria spend trillions of naira annually servicing lifestyles of very few individuals and we wonder why the country is the way it is.
Political appointees and elected office holders' pay should be regularised with what's obtainable in the public service and no one under any circumstances should get any extra bonus anywhere near 30% of what they earn.
Anyone who is not comfortable with it should find another job.
Governance is a call to service, not a means to get richer.

Your opinion though your right doesn't have to be gospel.

Worldwide, government support staff get a markup because of the temporary nature and opportunity cost.

Try to balance your criticism with facts and temperament.

rusher14:


Your opinion though your right doesn't have to be gospel.

Worldwide, government support staff get a markup because of the temporary nature and opportunity cost.

Try to balance your criticism with facts and temperament.

Not true. In saner climes like US, EU and Asia, people take a pay cut to come and work for govt. govt workers earn less than private workers

Throwback:


Dude, learn to react to the specific discussion.

This discourse is about the amount he was paid as a political employee, and not about his continued pay even when he had resigned - which is obviously corruption.

It was the continuous payment he was receiving when he resigned that brought about this whole episode and how much he was earning.

rusher14:


You want him to work for free or is it that if he were your family member you would criticise him for earning "too much"?

Beer parlor response without logical facts. He’s still getting paid even when he resigned as a govt worker to go and contest elections. Which contravened electoral act, that stipulates that government workers should resign their position.. so he resigned on paper while still collecting salary

BigIyanga:

Beer parlor response without logical facts. He’s still getting paid even when he resigned as a govt worker to go and contest elections. Which contravened electoral act, that stipulates that government workers should resign their position.. so he resigned on paper while still collecting salary

That's the issue you all should be hammering on rather than his wages.

They aren't astronomical not unheard of.

BigIyanga:

Not true. In saner climes like US, EU and Asia, people take a pay cut to come and work for govt. govt workers earn less than private workers

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala may have gotten a pay cut who knows? but she was earning in dollars whilst working for Nigeria.

It is so untrue about people taking a pay-cut to work for government.

Politicians in elected offices take a paycut not administrative staff.
W

Why should they earn less?

Would you earn less?

A very Sad reality

Everything about this government is surrounded by irregularities & illegalities

DeOTR:

If you really know the reason why governments subsidize education, you'll know a Professor's job is way more sensitive than posting tweets.
Apart from skills necessary to drive the economy, there are other untold benefits of education. I doubt you or even Buhari know this.
Nigeria spend trillions of naira annually servicing lifestyles of very few individuals and we wonder why the country is the way it is.
Political appointees and elected office holders' pay should be regularised with what's obtainable in the public service and no one under any circumstances should get any extra bonus anywhere near 30% of what they earn.
Anyone who is not comfortable with it should find another job.
Governance is a call to service, not a means to get richer.

Your biggest problem is not just your RANK IGNORANCE but you are consumed by HATE and BIGOTRY.

Your grouse is with the fact that the fellow is a northerner with Muslim names.

There is no reasonable country where professors are the highest earners. The USA, Russia, UK, China etc spends billions of dollars annually on security followed by health and agriculture before education.

The fellow you are hating is being paid based on his office not because he is not a professor.

Some professors are holding sensitive positions in Nigeria and they are earning far more than those professors in classrooms.

lexy2014:


Thank you jare. This is the summary. Many nigerians will defend nigerian leaders instead

We can’t afford to fail in 2023! The sufferings are extremely tough to bare! Let’s vote in a credible leader; don’t vote for a party, vote for someone who’ll bring meaningful changes to Nigerians- not the type of changes the evil Buhari brought.

rusher14:


I pray you travel out to see college professors. They are never rich unless they own patents or are actively involved in consultancy of some sort.

Go online and look for short-term contract roles in UK or US and see how much they are advertised for.

If people are sincere, they'll know this is true.

We are talking about political appointee employed and paid by the Government. Name just one to support your claim. If you cannot, then, you feeding the public with lies.

Una never see anything...
Make una still vote APC again..

rusher14:


Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala may have gotten a payout who knows but she was earning in dollars whilst working for Nigeria.

It is so untrue about people taking a pay-cut to work for government.

Politicians in elected offices take a paycut not administrative staff.
W

Why should they earn less?

Would you earn less?

She was paid less as a minister unlike what she earned at World Bank. Revenue and Fiscal Mobilization Commission sets a pay structure of all govt workers should earn in Naija.

BigIyanga:

She was paid less as a minister unlike what she earned at World Bank. Revenue and Fiscal Mobilization Commission sets a pay structure of all govt workers should earn in Naija.

She was earning dollars.

Don't make any excuse for NOI.

What she potentially could earn has no bearing on what she would earn except for the markup for such a role.

You have no idea what Bashir is capable of earning so stop with the wild assumptions.

BigIyanga:

Not true. Speak with ur limited non-stamped intl passport. University presidents/professors are paid better than US presidents. US presidents are paid $400k while most US college presidents and top professors make way more than that. EU/US professionals take a pay cut to work for govt. only in Naija.. u see govt workers earning more than private citizens

College presidents are the equivalent of Vice chancellors. Their role is not typical.

Professors earn a modest paycheck and not much else.

See UK stats here:

Based on the 2018/19 HE Single Pay Spine and the typical 2019/20 university grade system, the average possible salary for university staff in the UK is: £40,761 for a Lecturer, £51,590 for a Senior Lecturer, £64,356 for an Associate Professor and £90,891 for a Professor.

Boris Johnson's advisors:


Lee Cain - £140,000 to £145,000
Johnson’s director of communications was previously a journalist at the Daily Mirror, and once dressed up as a large chicken to heckle Tory politicians including former PM David Cameron on camera.

Cain went on to work for the Vote Leave campaign, spearheaded by Johnson and Dominic Cummings, during the 2016 referendum, and was Johnson’s press aide at the Foreign Office and during his Conservative Party leadership campaign.

Great2017:

We are talking about political appointee employed and paid by the Government. Name just one to support your claim. If you cannot, then, you feeding the public with lies.

You guys should NEVER ALLOW PREJUDICE BECLOUD YOUR JUDGEMENT.

Sir Ed Lister - £140,000 to £145,000
Chief strategic adviser Lister is the former chairman of Homes England, a public body that funds new affordable housing in England, and previously worked with Johnson when he was London mayor, reports ITV News.

rusher14:


She was earning dollars.

Don't make any excuse for NOI.

What she potentially could earn has no bearing on what she would earn except for the markup for such a role.

You have no idea what Bashir is capable of earning so stop with the wild assumptions.

Animal talk comparing NO1 and Twitter Typist Ahmad. Btw, NOI didn't collect a dime after she left office while Bash is still collecting millions after he left govt job on paper

Munira Mirza - £140,000 to £145,000
Mirza is the director of the No. 10 policy unit and co-authored the Tories’ 2019 election manifesto. She previously worked as Johnson’s deputy mayor for education and culture.