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silibaba:
Dey whine.

Im paid 200euro in just to deliver product to another district with truck. I do 2 trips everyday.

Then punch your calculator

Nobody is discussing Euro. We're discussing US where minimum wage is $7.25 per hour - less than $1000 per month after taxes!

lenghtinny:
People who come up with topics like this one are only half clever….
The question everyone should be asking is the category of people earning 1k in the US and those earning 1.5 million in Nigeria….

1k usd isn’t up to the minimum wage in America but 1.5m naira is like 20 times the minimum wage

If someone created a thread comparing 70K in Nigeria to $1000 in US will you read it?

Michaelajah:
You will never convince me to choose naija over Scotland.

Nobody can convince you to choose Naija over ANYWHERE until you lose Naija and, like many, you find out the shit hole was not as bad as you thought!

NwaIgboBoy:
No vex my brother, why are you still in the US? Abi you're serving jail term or you lost your passport.

Why not go back to your sweet Nigeria and enjoy 1.5M per month. When una hear million in Nigeria, you guys will think it still makes value? Bro if they carry you enter Quilox for Lekki with 1.5m you will come out owing the club. However, no club in US can sqander 2k dons. Note I leave in Brooklyn NY.

You probably live in Brownsville. See below, cost of dinner for one in same Brooklyn. Is this type of cost for dinner possible in Naija?

CorperKola:
The whole argument is pointless cos yourself admitted 1000$ is below the federal minimum wage

It is not though. After taxes $7.25 per hour full time is less than $1000 per month

VeeVeeMyLuv:
The op is a very dubious mischievous person
He ought to be comparing with upper middle class in America that earn at least the equivalent of 217 million naira (217,000,000)

Nigeria is not America mate in all ramifications and indices. Call a spade a spade.

Then there'd be no discussion and the thread will never make Frontpage

Vision101:
Let me disturb your knowledge of economics: what do you think is the reason for lower cost of the items here?

I give up. What?

VeeVeeMyLuv:
You said the op is just comparing mere figures which is highly misleading. It was clearly stated that he was comparing the two INCOME (or SALARY) in either countries.

Toh since you said it is done to make the tope interesting, he would have put disclaimer at the end of the write up.
Like this

"Just For Fun"

He's comparing two incomes that are actually comparable.
It is UNREASONABLE to compare N70K in Nigeria to $1000 in US

ariesbull:
that's poverty in USA

Of course it is

seetomorrow:
US till tomorrow. Do you know the opportunity in that country? Is as if you are comparing the two countries. Hyper inflation will speedily collect that 1.5M within a short you least expect.

And there are zero opportunities in Nigeria and zero inflation in US.
If your mind is focused on US how can you see opportunities in the zoo?

VeeVeeMyLuv:
See it clearly in the topic INCOME
you have closed your mind and decided not to reason with others on the matter.

Meaning what?
I honestly don't know what you're trying to say

ValD25:
Boss abeg I have an interest in export business, how can I contact you please, thanks u!

VeeVeeMyLuv:
You too how many Nigerians earn 1.5m per month? Just a handful, you guys will now be using this insignificant number to generalize.

Why are you like this? It clearly shows you lack empathy. E no good o,
U have family o, one day you will carry this behaviour home and manifest, u can't disguise for too long. Change before it is too late.

Moderators will see your comment and not ban you because you are defending a govt.

All of you allow one man to buy you all up.

If you want to do a proper comparison bring the same class in America and compare. What you just did is comparing 70,000 minimum wage with 1.5m monthly in salary in Nigeria. It is wicked! Stop it before it is too late. If you don't know this behaviour you are doing dey enter your gene becoming hard coded to your DNA genetic make up.

1.5m per month in Nigeria is almost close to high class.

Compare America higher middle class with Nigeria higher Middle class let's see.

You wonder why Nigeria is backward because of such crooked genes.


Income or salary please 🙏🏽

But you can't compare. How can you you compare? There'd be nothing to discuss.

Only way to have interesting discussion is the type of comparison on this thread

SmartPolician:
This discussion is about someone working for 22 - 25 days in a month (just as it is done in Nigeria) and how much they earn afterwards. Nobody earns $1k in America.

Na lie.
Working full time (40 hrs per week) making minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, you'll earn less than $1000 per month after taxes

Konquest:
Summary:

So who really lives better — the Nigerian earning N1.5 million or the American earning $1,000? It depends on what you call living. The Nigerian might eat better, rest better, and have more help. But the American lives in a system where those comforts are built into society, not paid for out of pocket.

Perhaps the goal shouldn’t be to choose one over the other, but to build a Nigeria where both comfort and structure coexist — where wages reflect productivity, not pity, and where enjoying life doesn’t depend on escaping dysfunction.

Na lie o. Comforts are paid for out of pocket in America. If you don't pay your electric bill you won't have light. If u don't pay your rent you'll be homeless. If you don't have money or health insurance you'll only receive crappie emergency care, etc

Emmabyte:
Where can we get this job of 1.5 million in this una Nigeria
I am beginning to think there are members of boko Haram in this forum

silibaba:
In the US, that's what one can make in less than 3days doing menial jobs. Can you make 1.5m in nigeria in 3days doing menial jobs?

Na lie. Federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, that's less than $1000 per month after taxes and deductions

Host78:
this is trăsh.

In the US they can comfortably earn $1000

How many people in Nigeria earn 1million a month to make this a valid conversation?

The lesser paid workers receive 1000 dollars, let's compare this with our lesser paid workers who earn 30k to 70k per month in Nigeria.

Then we can discuss who lives better between the two lower class.

Comparing a low class worker in the US with the upper class earner in Nigeria and then asking who lives better is both mischievous and wicked.

Compare the two lower class and the two upper class and you'll be ready for discussion.

Valid point but NOT interesting discussion because there is nothing to discuss

Jeezuzpick:
Don't mind the APC apologists!

The person pulling a salary of N1.5 million in Nigeria, how much will he or she earn in a similar role in the US?

A Bank Manager, Medical Director, or Project Manager in Nigeria might earn about that amount here. Would someone in the same position earn less than USD 300,000 per year in the US?

These people should stop the buffoonery and self-consolation in the name of rational thinking. There's nothing rational about this.

You can open a thread about this. What this thread is comparing is $1K to N1.5m, and it is NOT buffonery

Skydivine:
Today I cooked a pot of stew that will last for 2 weeks

Tomatoes $6
Pepper $1
Red bell pepper $2
Onions $3
Beef $10
Whole chicken $6
Oil $3
Total $31.

25kg Bag of rice $10
Beans $20
Two slice big bread $4
Semo big size $15
Total $49

$49 + $31 = $80

I have not even spent up to $100 but I have food enough for the two weeks.

That's you. My friend spends $100 for dinner every night

APOPTOSIS:
No one earns $2000 monthly in the entire United States not to talk of $1000

Total lie. Minimum wage is $7.25 per hour - less than $1K after taxes

OredoPikin2:
Does the comparison makes any sense to you?
U are comparing the value of $1000 that the lowest earner in USA will earn in less than a month to #1.5million naira that will take almost 2yrs for the lowest earner in Nigeria to earn
How does that make sense to anybody ?
Na the mods wey dey push topics like this to frontpage i blame.

The thread discussion is comparing $1K to N1.5m.
Not wether it makes sense or not

occfx:
1.5m in the zoo will serve better outside security risk. Apart from security, give me 1.5m. However, if mistakenly bandits hand touch you. Your own don be

And in America, the paradise, bandits and gun violence never touch you

OredoPikin2:
I would have said u are an Olo..........do.
But dem go ban me.
I just explain that even a gateman earn more than $1000 a month in the USA
But to Earn #1.5million in Nigeria in a month, u will have to be a big director in a big company.
Minimum wage in USA is over $1500
Minimum wage in Nigeria is #70,000
Any comparison should be comparing the value of their minimum wage there to our minimum wage here.
Or is comprehension ur problem?

You are the olodo (let them ban me )
Topic of this thread is very clear - we are comparing $1K per month in US to N1.5m per month in Nigeria

casualobserver:
Everybody’s situation is different, what I don’t like is people making generalizations and leading people here in Nigeria astray. A man who comes from Ajegunle and finds himself abroad has a different perspective on London from someone who comes from a middle class background. A man who is a care worker in London has a different perspective from a doctor or an IT worker in the UK. A man who has an entrepreneurial spirit has a different perspective from someone who is born to be an employee. A man who had no contacts or access in Nigeria is different from someone who knows people. A man without citizenship will have a different experience from someone who doesn’t. All will look at relocating or remaining abroad differently. That’s why whenever I see people glorifying japa I come on to counter and give the other side.

Do you have papers? Are you a citizen or a japa? What kind of job do you do? What kind of environment did you come from in Nigeria? What sort of savings do you have? Do you have children? When you are glorifying living abroad let people know where you are coming from. That way they know why for you it is better and why it may not be better for them.

Very thoughtful

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Return to sender! It shall not be my portion.
You are comparing 70k min monthly wage in Nigeria to 1.5m naira monthly income in Nigeria.

That's not fair!

It is insensitive, irrational and unreasonable


The upper middle class income in US is at least $145,000 us dollars equivalent to 211 million naira (217, 000,000)! This is what you should be comparing with!.

He said a prayer. That's the prayer he said - to be making less than $1000 in paradise US. I only said Amen!

Spinflow:
N10M monthly in Nigeria is worse than $500 monthly in America. If you like argue with your keyboard, mouse and monitor.

Only if America were as you picture it - a paradise!
If you remove the guns, taxes, racism, no electricity if you can't pay, humiliations b4 getting anything free, etc. If you remove all those things you'll be RIGHT!

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Can random nobody just start earning 1.5m naira monthly just like that both in public and private sector in Nigeria? Do your findings. Shebi one of your fellow defenders just said in America you can earn $1000 usd depending on how many hours you put in.

Can you do this in Nigeria without knowing anybody ? No! These days even cleaner jobs you must know somebody, they don turn am to family and friends workplace. Mind private sector has joined in this behavior. Where you wan even see the per hour job for naira sef.

How many earn 1.5m in Nigeria to start with.
Maybe in your circle of family and friends most of them earn that much, granted. The problem is now using your circle to generalize for the whole Nigeria. That is thoughtless and wicked.

No need for long talk. You prayed to be in US making minimum wage (less that $1K per month) while he'll be in Nigeria making N1.5m.
I only said Amen!
Here's a mind trick: if your mind is focused elsewhere you won't see the opportunities right where you are even if they hit u in the head

Yankee101:
That’s the same amount
Abroad, in the US or Canada
Your kids get feee education in public schools
If you pay your taxes for up to 10 years you’ll get a pension
You have access to welfare, soup kitchens, child credits
Food is also very cheap. The major problem with that amount is just accomodation. If you’re not ashamed you can be on welfare and you’ll get discounted housing and food stamps
Security, electricity, fairly good roads, potable water, cheap public transportation are taken for granted
You can get job place healthcare insurance in the US while in Canada healthcare is free



Of course you can earn more money if you’re ready to work harder


Now talks you still want to compare?

We are talking people who EARN and PAY their own way.
You still want to compare $1000 to N1.5m?

The USA you copied your system from, have you EVER seen them sack service chiefs like this?
Even crazy Trump won't do this

OredoPikin2:
U cant make 1.5million naira in Nigeria for good 2yrs if u are on minimum wage
But in the usa u can make $1000 in less than a month on minimum wage there.
Pls lets switch
I pray God answer my prayers. Let me go to the USA and u return back to Nigeria. AMEN

The correct prayer is, let you be in US making minimum wage (less than $1000) while he's in Nigeria making N1.5m per month

Michaelajah:
Stop comparing this shit hole to US
I prefer to have 100 naira in US than to have 100 thousand in Nigeria. E get why .

ONLY someone in Nigeria will say this. Those struggling with bills and other headaches abroad KNOW there are so many advantages to that "shit hole"