₦airaland Forum

DissTroy:
A Chief Medical Director in Lagos today earns less than #10 million annually. A CMD, in Lagos of all places!

BlueRayDick:
If by CMD , u mean a person who runs a makshift dispensary/clinic inside one rural area in the outskirts of Lagos, u may be right.

However, if u are saying a Chief Medical Director of a private hospital that has doctors, nurses, cleaners, sonographers, Lab Technologist, etc under his payroll does not earn N10m annually, I'm afraid you don't know what you are talking about.

DissTroy:
Google and take averages. On salary websites, including posts on LegitNG and, BusinessDay, I think. I had to research.

Tell us how much they earn with proof.

DissTroy:
I hope the bot doesn't hide this.

Public service salary structure in Nigeria, 2025:
https://geniusbrain.ng/post/federal-government-salary-scale-monthly-net-salaries-of-ministries-departments-agencies-in-nigeria/ .

This is public. Now imagine CMDs for private hospitals. Are these people not high up the societal ladder? Yet #15 million is not something they would cough up easily.

You can keep pretending to be Nairaland Dangotes.

BlueRayDick:
We have a family friend who is a CMD of his own hospital which he built from scratch.

As at 2006 he sent his first child abroad to study medicine. His second born attended Ajayi Crowther university while his third child graduated from Babcock university.

I don't how much he makes annually but it is evident he definitely didn't finance his family lifestyle and children's education with an income ceiling of N10m. This I am very sure of.

I don't even think those practicing in government hospitals earn as much as those in private practice. At least I know someone who told me sometimes in 2021 that he had to take a pay cut from the salary he earns as a doctor in private practice to joining Lagos state ministry of health.

izzou:
[color=royalblue] DissTroy

So, just to chip in my thoughts on this

I think there's a difference between EXPENSIVE AND LUXURY.

What determines Luxury, is the qualities and the attributes of what the item posseses, and not the price.

Things have gotten expensive over time, and yes, nobody can easily spend that, but that doesn't mean a Camry 013, is luxurious. It can never be even if it costs 1 billion naira. It only got EXPENSIVE.

This is the price of a 1980 something Nigerian Used Mack Truck. 22 million naira. We cannot say this is luxurious in any way.

That's my own opinion on this matter.[/color]

DissTroy:
By the way, I had to revisit the luxury car back-and-forth.

Yes, a #15 million car is considered luxury in a country where more 70% live below the poverty line, less than 90% have #500,000 in their bank accounts, and the minimum wage isn't #70,000 uniformly.

How many of you earn #2 million monthly here? Even if you do, it's almost 8 months of your salary untouched. If you have to save up for months, it's a luxury!

How many drive #15 million cars here? Resident in Nigeria, that is.

#15 million is about $12,000. In climes where annual salaries are less than $40,000 annually, it's something.

You live in Nigeria, work everyday jobs and gigs but you think #15 million on a car - not a landed property - is so cheap?

Who exactly are we deceiving? You are all high-flying ballers in hundreds of millions of liquidity? Well, it's Nairaland with a veil of anonymity - you can all claim to be Dangote surrogates here.

diggz:
To be fair, based on Naija context, we can count certain types of Toyota vehicles as luxury cars... but not anything that falls within the N15 million range.

diggz:
People are just pulling ridiculous narratives out of thin air, but I guess that’s okay in this little world called Nairaland. However, anyone who has worked hard for their money in a place like Nigeria knows better.

Minimum wage is less than 100k, but you believe say 90% go get assets and money worth N160mil in their life time. How?

N160million must be a joke to these people.

DissTroy:
Dûmbo, I've been editing Wikipedia professionally for years.

DissTroy:
What are we arguing about? The salary structure I posted is for today. The supposed luxuriousness of #15 million is for today in 2025.

How does the comparison to 19 years ago in 2006 relate to today?

Please stay focused. Arguments are contextual.

izzou:
[color=royalblue] DissTroy

So, just to chip in my thoughts on this

I think there's a difference between EXPENSIVE AND LUXURY.

What determines Luxury, is the qualities and the attributes of what the item posseses, and not the price.

Things have gotten expensive over time, and yes, nobody can easily spend that, but that doesn't mean a Camry 013, is luxurious. It can never be even if it costs 1 billion naira. It only got EXPENSIVE.

This is the price of a 1980 something Nigerian Used Mack Truck. 22 million naira. We cannot say this is luxurious in any way.

That's my own opinion on this matter.[/color]

DissTroy:
A CMD of one of the teaching hospitals in the cities I like to mention earned not so much. He augmented with consultancy and specialized services,; he was well in demand. But his salary today in that position would make #15 million a luxury.

You said I was wrong. I posted an official public service salary structure. Next you went on with whataboutism from 19 years ago. Prove how CMDs earn enough to afford it or up to #10 million.

Let's even forget about the other people. You are still avoiding the question: since you are edging the other guy on, how many of you here resident in Nigeria can cough up #15 million for a car.

No "Someone I know" or "One of my guys"; you! You were the ones edging him on since last night. Can you cough it up since it's not a luxury?

DissTroy:
Blueraydick, I posted a salary structure with a link anyone can view to confirm CMDs earn within that range and you are still arguing? You are debating what the FG pays them which you can verify in a few minutes?

Well, maybe you just want to argue. Show me hard evidence CMDs earn way more than the range I posted in the link. Just one. Back it up with evidence.

Bimmarlykay:
I believe specifying will further end the confusion...

Luxury is subjective in the automotive world, but I would categorize it as follows-

LUXURY- Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, Range Rover, Aston Martin, Porsche, Maybach...

PREMIUM- Lexus, Infiniti,Acura,BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz,Volvo...


MAINSTREAM-Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, Volkswagen,Kia.... In all said, some brands like Mercedes-Benz can blur the lines, and even mainstream brands like Toyota offer luxury editions(reason i said luxury is subjective).So Even a 2010 Benz S-class can be more premium than a 2025 Avalon and vice versa.😎

BlueRayDick:
So that guy who challenged the Briton to English test lost eventually ?

I still don’t know why someone will be so overconfident to the extent of challenging a native speaker over his or her language .

Even after losing the guy still Dey boast 🤦‍♂️

Theflint1:
In today's Nigeria, can a 15 million vehicle be described as a luxury vehicle?

BlueRayDick:
So that guy who challenged the Briton to English test lost eventually ?

I still don’t know why someone will be so overconfident to the extent of challenging a native speaker over his or her language .

Even after losing the guy still Dey boast 🤦‍♂️

BlueRayDick:
Lolz.

He's so used to breaking protocol; good thing they showed him where to wait for his daddy "after service ".

Ihebu4chelsea:
Capital NO, 15m cannot even buy a brand new ES350, ES350 is not Luxury anywhere.