₦airaland Forum

Oahray: yes, hot ones

Spicy hot? Or sèxually hot akaras?

Oahray: It can get you up to 3 loaves of sliced bread

With akara?

xynerise: Seriously. Them dey call d money like footballers earnings . Mtcheww.

You too call your own!

ItsModella: hell nah!!...ahn ahn abiL!!

it's usually with beef, chicken, fish, ram meat etc...all but dog meat.

Just asking

ItsModella: ahahahahahaha!! or 4 wraps of suya.

Hmmm suya. Isn't suya made with dog meat?

ItsModella: what's the difference between 19000 and 19800? 800 naira cannot even buy me something legit.

It will get you 8 loaves of bread

CFCfan: I'm not sure of today, but the last time i checked, it was over #100.We should also worry about the price of garri

On a serious note though, the cost of living ain't nothing to write home about for a minimum wage earner in Nigeria.

Won't renting a flat cost cost more than the #19000 they are getting paid?

CFCfan: Itsmodella would earn as much as #800,000/month when u factor in all her benefits and bonuses. As a graduate of an American university, she would definitely earn waaaay more than minimum wage.

800,000 naira for NYSC??

Shollypopz: I need to know the way myself. Ask your dad, he might hv the right connections

So you want my dad to show me the way into alhaji sule's room?

CFCfan: That's the entry-level federal minimum wage in Naija. It could be for those that are secretaries, ushers, or other front-office staff. The scary thing is that most states in Nigeria pay well below that.
I believe the ideal minimum wage in Nigeria should be around #60,000.

How much does a loaf of bread cost in Nigeria?

ItsModella: It does sound like a big joke but that's what it is, I think N19000 is even on the high side.

&& you want to go back for that?

CFCfan: Wow! You dey try oh . That is about $750/week.
I will estimate that at least 75% of employed Americans earn such salary. That also translates to a whopping #117,000 per week.
In Naija, you will be a confirmed big girl.

When tax man and bill man comes, there's no more "confirmed big girl"

Shollypopz: Do you guys realize N19,000 a month is not up to $150 for a whole month?? I can't seem to move past this! Is that a joke?? Are u sure everyone gets paid this amount??

It's not even up to £80. Shocking!!

ItsModella: that is the annoying part...you get to sort your accommodation and feeding costs yourself with that meager 19000 naira.

Swear down?? And people manage to get it down?!

CFCfan: President Obama has proposed increasing the US federal minimum wage to $9 per hour, from its current $7.25 an hour. If the US Congress approves this plan, no US state would have a state minimum wage below $9/hr.
That translates to #1,395 per hour.

The minimum wage in the UK is just over £6.

CFCfan: You meant 19,000 Naira

My salary is per annum... but if I divide it, it comes to just over £500 a week

CFCfan: You meant 19,000 Naira

My bad. Yeah Naira

How can people survive on £19000 in Nigeria?! Is it doable?? With no government aids or benefits...

Shollypopz: I know ppl that didn't do it. Anything is possible in Nigeria

Show me the way

CFCfan: That means you earn more in a day than what a minimum wage earner earns in a month.
BTW, how much do u earn a week (estimate)?

Pounds or naira?

CFCfan: ROTFL . Yes oh, you will still be required to do NYSC if u are a Nigerian citizen applying to work in Nigeria as a Nigerian.
If u want to work in Naija as an expatriate (if u have foreign citizenship), you will be exempted from doing the NYSC.

I'm British (not by birth ), so I'm exempted right?

ItsModella: don't ask me...all I know is that you get to trek some 22 km ish...wtf?

I did the Duke of Edinburgh award (you won't be familiar with it), and had to walk miles, so trekking won't be that bad.

ItsModella: you get paid like N19000 a month and then the payments could be delayed...you know how incompetent Nigerians are.

What?!
Less than I make in a day. Count me out!

ItsModella: I can't be 30 and be in a NYSC camp,I'm gonna be an old cargo

I can't be 30 and do some stup!d endurance trek, no freaking way.

Trek?? Why?!

Shollypopz: abiL, it can't be that bad.

Oh u guys! I also heard if u have a foreign degree, u automatically get placed in Lagos. In Lagos, u won't have to deal with those conditions abiL.

Will I be placed in d'banj's mansion? If so, sign me up

ItsModella: I heard those with more than bachelors degree get a better posting...

Plus, I heard foreign graduates have the option of choosing where they want to serve..is that true?

Is it paid? Or we just serve for the sake of doing so?

Oahray: its more like just service, not internship. Just serve the nation in any capacity (might not be so related to your course of study). You go wherever you are sent and endure whatever conditions.

You might end up being in a primary sch somewhere, teaching english cos they do not teach em computer studies.

Even if I sleep with your president (is he called Jonathan or Gej?), I will still need to do NYSC?

Shollypopz: Girl, I don't know much either but if u want to work in Nigeria, I heard you have to do the NYSC thingy. It's like a yr internship.

Ewww.. God forbid I stay in those shanty huts with no proper bathroom facilities, electricity, water etc.

All the best modella

Shollypopz: Mehn the relocating to Nigeria is a big problem for me. I seriously don't know when I'll have the time to do the NYSC things before I clock 30. If I get married, it gets even more complicated cos my relocating to Nigeria is also depending on him.

But some of my plans for the future are in Nigeria, ItsModella u are good person to know then if u plan on relocating ooo. What say u??

Does every Nigerian need to complete their NYSC? ..What's NYSC? I have a rough idea, but it's cloudy.

ItsModella: This is my plan. Finish, go off and get a masters in economics, go off to do my NYSC, come back and get a MBA and then figure out where I'll get more money.

NYSC in Nigeria??! How will you cope with the living conditions in those so called accommodations?

ItsModella: I know, I have an internship planned out for next fall here...I just figured I should check out the Nigerian system. My cousin recommended it.

Are you planning on relocating back to Nigeria after your studies?

[quote author=Yoruba_Omoge]I studied gymnastics for anyone who cares to know.[/quote]Hahaha.. The guys will like that.


(I know you're lying though).