₦airaland Forum

This is not a rant. It is a painful truth that is quietly destroying the lives of thousands of Nigerians. Let me tell you what’s going on inside many Indian-owned factories in Nigeria, especially in places like Ogijo, Sagamu, Agbara, Ota, Ikorodu, and Sango.

At African Foundries Ltd and many similar companies owned by Indian investors, here’s how Nigerians are being treated in their own country:

💔 The Reality:

A grown Nigerian man is paid ₦2,070 per day to work under hazardous conditions — lifting iron, inhaling smoke, working near fire, and operating machines with no proper safety gear.

Meanwhile, Indian workers doing the same (or even less) work are paid ₦900,000 to ₦1.3 million per month, plus:

₦150,000 monthly allowance
Free food
Free accommodation
Free healthcare
Security & privileges

Most of these Indian workers don’t even do the real work. Their job is to just stand and point fingers, shout orders, and monitor.

🍽️ Now do the math:

Let’s say the Nigerian worker lives close to the company. His daily spending looks like this: Transport: ₦600 (to and from work) Food (3 cheap meals): ₦800 in the morning, ₦800 afternoon, ₦800 at night = ₦2,400 Total: ₦3,000 spent per day

He’s earning ₦2,070/day and spending ₦3,000/day. That means he’s running on debt or hunger, and can’t afford airtime, data, clothes, medicine, or even basic dignity.

🧠 And you wonder why crime is increasing?

When a man can make ₦100k from an illegal hustle in 2 days, but earns ₦60k a month for breaking his bones, .....

When his child is hungry, and a "shortcut" job offers fast cash, what do you expect? When a man is treated worse than an animal in his own country, he begins to lose hope and may choose crime just to feel human again. This is how the country is pushing its youth into crime, not because they are lazy, but because the system is killing them slowly.

🤬 Is this not slavery?

Yes, it is. This is modern-day slavery wearing a suit and a factory uniform. It’s happening right here in Nigeria.

Nigerian lives are being devalued every single day while foreign nationals live in comfort and luxury on our land, with our resources, our sweat, and our silence.

🚨 CALL TO ACTION
We need to speak up. Tag people. Repost this. Share your own experiences if you’ve worked in any factory like this.
We are calling on:

@SavvyRinu
@AishaYesufu
@SERAPNigeria
@fijnigeria
@officialABAT
@NGRPresident
@nassnigeria
@LabourMin_NG
@NLCheadquarters

To stand up for thousands of Nigerians silently being exploited under these wicked systems.

#JusticeForFactoryWorkers
#EndSlaveWages
#NigerianLivesMatter
#WakeUpNigeria

Not only India Company?? Most companies in Nigeria, including China, u making Ur calculation base on single man, family man with 4/5kids nko??

wonderworld:
This is not a rant. It is a painful truth that is quietly destroying the lives of thousands of Nigerians. Let me tell you what’s going on inside many Indian-owned factories in Nigeria, especially in places like Ogijo, Sagamu, Agbara, Ota, Ikorodu, and Sango.

At African Foundries Ltd and many similar companies owned by Indian investors, here’s how Nigerians are being treated in their own country:

💔 The Reality:

A grown Nigerian man is paid ₦2,070 per day to work under hazardous conditions — lifting iron, inhaling smoke, working near fire, and operating machines with no proper safety gear.

Meanwhile, Indian workers doing the same (or even less) work are paid ₦900,000 to ₦1.3 million per month, plus:

₦150,000 monthly allowance
Free food
Free accommodation
Free healthcare
Security & privileges

Most of these Indian workers don’t even do the real work. Their job is to just stand and point fingers, shout orders, and monitor.

🍽️ Now do the math:

Let’s say the Nigerian worker lives close to the company. His daily spending looks like this: Transport: ₦600 (to and from work) Food (3 cheap meals): ₦800 in the morning, ₦800 afternoon, ₦800 at night = ₦2,400 Total: ₦3,000 spent per day

He’s earning ₦2,070/day and spending ₦3,000/day. That means he’s running on debt or hunger, and can’t afford airtime, data, clothes, medicine, or even basic dignity.

🧠 And you wonder why crime is increasing?

When a man can make ₦100k from an illegal hustle in 2 days, but earns ₦60k a month for breaking his bones, tell me why he won’t consider yahoo or robbery?

When his child is hungry, and a "shortcut" job offers fast cash, what do you expect? When a man is treated worse than an animal in his own country, he begins to lose hope and may choose crime just to feel human again. This is how the country is pushing its youth into crime, not because they are lazy, but because the system is killing them slowly.

🤬 Is this not slavery?

Yes, it is. This is modern-day slavery wearing a suit and a factory uniform. It’s happening right here in Nigeria.

Nigerian lives are being devalued every single day while foreign nationals live in comfort and luxury on our land, with our resources, our sweat, and our silence.

🚨 CALL TO ACTION
We need to speak up. Tag people. Repost this. Share your own experiences if you’ve worked in any factory like this.
We are calling on:

@SavvyRinu
@AishaYesufu
@SERAPNigeria
@fijnigeria
@officialABAT
@NGRPresident
@nassnigeria
@LabourMin_NG
@NLCheadquarters

To stand up for thousands of Nigerians silently being exploited under these wicked systems.

#JusticeForFactoryWorkers
#EndSlaveWages
#NigerianLivesMatter
#WakeUpNigeria

Please do not blame only Indian owned factories. Nigerians are not getting paid well in Nigerian owned factories.

I'm always surprise the labour union and Labour minister are not looking into the poor pay Nigerian factory workers, securities in banks/factories, drivers, housemaid, bartenders etc are earning.

Labour law mostly work in favour of government workers in Nigeria

wonderworld:
💔 The Reality:

A grown Nigerian man is paid ₦2,070 per day to work under hazardous conditions — lifting iron, inhaling smoke, working near fire, and operating machines with no proper safety gear.

Meanwhile, Indian workers doing the same (or even less) work are paid ₦900,000 to ₦1.3 million per month, plus:

₦150,000 monthly allowance
Free food
Free accommodation
Free healthcare
Security & privileges

Most of these Indian workers don’t even do the real work. Their job is to just stand and point fingers, shout orders, and monitor.

In some factories they hardly show up to check on the workers, they have Nigerian contract staffs who also earn poorly, are put in charge of monitoring the labourers activities

Factories like Lucky Fibre along Itokin road do employ workers almost every week because workers do run away after working for one or two days. The pay is always very poor

Labour union president is more interested in politics rather than doing his job.

I doubt we even have a Labour Minister in Nigeria like this sef

This is direct failure of NLC. Shameless and useless organisation.

OP don't blame the foreigners, we're the ones killing ourselves in this country. You see that NLC? It's one of the useless organizations in Nigeria, those in authority enrich themselves at the expense of the real hustlers.




I worked in an Indian company many years ago, guess what I discovered. Our salaries get slashed before they get to us, not by the Indians but by Nigerians who call themselves contractors....They don't do any work, they just sit in their air-conditioned offices everyday and gave us peanut at the end of the month.


If you carry out investigation and hear directly from the foreigners you'll be shocked the workers ain't getting their normal salaries......Some Nigerians there are the ones ripping them and NLC and EFCC won't do their job.

This is very bad.. Slavery in your own country
Seun please add the extra

Work in any factory in ogun and experience modern day slavery ..make I no talk Weytin my eyes see back in 2019

Most times if you check well...the nigerians in the HR department and host community chiefs/powerful men have a role in the poor salary structure of the local staffs.

It's not the Indians' fault but we Nigerians that are not smart enough to see the opportunities these Indians and Lebanese are seeing and exploring in Nigeria.

What do you expect when the country doesn't value its own citizens even in their organizations and companies they only give preference and those with connections don't find it hard, why Other country companies no go do the same to our people?

Fear Indians, Lebanese, Chinese and Arabs. They are the worst exploiter of labour. God bless America and the West. They are the best of human. They are liberal, human right and everything.
Anything apart from the West, don't go close to such companies. Work in American company and see your life turn around

I have said it here and would say it again. NLC/ TUC are the most useless organizations ever, those guys are more terrible than even politicians . You can never see them in this type of debate or struggle. Since it won’t bring out money for those corrupt lots.
If you like blame government again as usual, since that’s the easiest thing to do.

This and worse will keeping happening because there's no government or union to fight for the interest of Nigerians.

Same indians who shared a bottle of coka cola between two or three adults ooo.

Even if this topic make front page 100 times a week, nothing will change this modern slavery because the government empowers it with HUNGER & STARVATION everywhere.

Even right here on NAIRALAND.
Imagine Seun tell you that you MUST write 40 word for free. he is not paying oh.

Blame your govt and leaders who love colluding with foreigners to milk and humiliate you
If your country value u, no immigrants will treat you badly
.
Until you foolish lot learn to vote sensible human beings, foreigners won't stop treating u like animals in your country. Because u voted cruel animals to be your leaders

Is your government not using you as a slave? Those supporting this evil contraption will join in collecting

Sijo01:
This and worse will keeping happening because there's no government or union to fight for the interest of Nigerians.

Then create the Union or be the Union..

History will be kind to you forever..

There’s no solution in just talking!

People working for the Chinese in Gezawa will be amused at such complaints.

Including the maids in Lebanese households. 😢

FreeSpirited:
Blame your govt.
If your country value u, no immigrants will treat you badly
.

But you won't blame the Nigerians that allow themselves to be treated like slaves in their own country by foreigners? It's every fight government will come and fight for you

Let our youths learn a skill,no one will pay you well for lifting iron or inhaling smoke that cranes or forklifts and extractors can do better.it is whose fault when you see hundreds of people line outside the gates of these factories to take that 2k daily jobs,some will even do it for 1500.
An average tailor or call it designer if you like now takes nothing less than 15k to sew just buba and sokoto native style which can be done within 2/3 hrs without stress and if you are good you can make up to 10 in a week,that’s 150k. A barber or call it hair stylist now makes dreadlocks or braids not less than 15k for a man or woman in few hrs without any harassment or maltreatment from anyone,if he can make braids for up to 10 people or even more inone week,he will make up to 200k in a week…I don’t know why any one will go and queue up for 2k 8/9hrs job daily,even a keke rider in Lagos makes up to 15k daily after all expenses.
How will a grown up man not be queuing for 2k jobs daily when instead of thinking it is government and tinubu they hold responsible for their misfortunes,they don’t even blame village people again

Our labour unions are not working if they see such opportunities they will just go and make money out of it, seriously our people are suffering because of very bad leaders

I worked at Africa foundations at agbara and I can tell you that the local employee welfare is shit . I plan myself hustle up and japa

90% of them are guilty of exploitation of the local population.
I remember an Indian man who I did a project for. This man deceived me and didn't want to pay me despite staying in Banana Island. When he got legal papers directly to his email, I got my money within a week. Mr. Khali one day you go collect.

NLC president will not see this, but will be fighting Tinubu up and down for political reasons. Leaving his core mandates for ethno-political fightings

Incompetent government is the only reason why the useless Indians continue to get away with it.

thesicilian:
But you won't blame the Nigerians that allow themselves to be treated like slaves in their own country by foreigners? It's every fight government will come and fight for you

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When a country always try to suppress the culture of protest, when a country doesn't foster the atmosphere of speaking up, when a country always shoot and incarcerate protesters, tell me if such citizens will have confidence in speaking up even to supposed white that black see as superior

Instead when person go Dey do this kind work make e Kuku go Dey push wheel barrow for market or just go village go Dey farm

Is the same thing your government is doing to you as Nigerian the factory salary is just 8k short of your national minimum wage of 70k so what is the difference,infact some teachers are collecting less than 70k sales attendants too,petrol attendants at stations too.

So what is the difference