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CoronaVirusPro:
You are not making sense here. Do Foteign staffs get paid same way their counterparts in UK and US are paid? How possible is that?

So Chevron should be paying $100K plus to Nigeria engineers because their counterparts earn above that in the US.

Hello! It’s not done like that anywhere in the world and major reasons company outsource jobs.

Professionals are living good life in Nigeria. Built and own rental properties and vacation at will. Theybare not suffering.

They send their kids to top notch private schools and don’t have to settle for public.

What life do you think someone in the UK can afford that some Nigerians cannot afford? You generalization that we all suffering is false and baseless.

When I visit UK, I am always searching for all this successful people you talk about. Always in stuffed up somewhere they call home in neighborhoods they can’t even reside in Nigeria.

Same UK? Lekki phase 3? Don’t start please.

LOOOOOL, but how many Nigerians earn even ₦1 million per month? You should know I moved back to Nigeria after living in the USA for 15 or so years. I know what I saw, I lived there. You may be able to play mind games with others, not me. I've NEVER said there's no successful Nigerians living in Nigeria OR that all Nigerians in the US/UK are successful. I have friends in Nigeria who are specialist engineers earning salary of $1,000 per day....but again the question is HOW MANY SUCH PEOPLE exist in Nigeria?

The question is always proportions, what is the PROBABILITY of being successful or poor in Nigeria or US/UK. You know that's the issue and you purposefully pretend ignorance. The UN declared Nigeria the Poverty Capital of the World under Buhari in 2018...that's a pretty unbiased indication of what your country has become. How many adults even own a car in Nigeria or in Lagos, the richest city where piped water availability is 7%? Where people line up on bridges in the early morning to defecate?

Lekki Phase 3? This is where I lived starting out as an ILLEGAL fry cook in the USA....

https://www.liveatlexingtononthegreen.com/?gadid=&device=c&network=x&keyword=&adgroup=&campaign=22809792148&gclid=CjwKCAjw-svEBhB6EiwAEzSdrgqZ8s9wCj6MLpfzNYqbuwK_eY6oETa_LFBh61R5mqSUhRUjCN-CuhoC9TcQAvD_BwE

There's very few neighborhoods in Nigeria or even Lagos that are as beautiful or offer comparable amenities. Yet this is where the lowest working class live in the USA!!!!

It's OK though, reality remains what it is. Enjoy your Nigeria! Thank God some of us have left it for you, enjoy it all, chop everything!

Good Luck to Nigerians.

grandstar:
You have a point but what the doctor may be earning in the UK is nothing to write home about.

I have been to the UK. It seems what he is earning may not be more than £2,000 a month which is lamentable.

this makes it even worse

CoronaVirusPro:
You are not making sense here. Do Foteign staffs get paid same way their counterparts in UK and US are paid? How possible is that?

So Chevron should be paying $100K plus to Nigeria engineers because their counterparts earn above that in the US.

Hello! It’s not done like that anywhere in the world and major reasons company outsource jobs.

Professionals are living good life in Nigeria. Built and own rental properties and vacation at will. Theybare not suffering.

They send their kids to top notch private schools and don’t have to settle for public.

What life do you think someone in the UK can afford that some Nigerians cannot afford? You generalization that we all suffering is false and baseless.

When I visit UK, I am always searching for all this successful people you talk about. Always in stuffed up somewhere they call home in neighborhoods they can’t even reside in Nigeria.

Same UK? Lekki phase 3? Don’t start please.

People don't settle for public schools in Uk. Public schools are set at a standard to ensure quality education and outcomes comparable or better than private schools. Attending private school is not necessary and is only done by choice as per my previous comment. Government officials send their kids to these same public schools.

What particular neighbourhoods in UK are you comparing to the ones in Nigeria as I believe every neighbourhood has access to basic amenities? You also need to look again when next you travel to UK for these successful people, they are everywhere but not loud (and don't need to be loud as UK is culturally different). Successful people access the same infrastructure as those not as successful. That said, you'll find successful Nigerians in so called highbrow Mayfair, Chelsea, Belgravia, Hampstead etc plus plenty outside London. House styles are differwnt and are not all as big as some Nigerian ones due to weather, culture, planning- but there will be access to gas, water and electricity.

EvilMerodack:
I used to think all medical doctors are smart, guess I'm wrong

Thank God I've never visited any hospital for medical attention in my entire life, but if I would have to now, I'd need to test the doctor's intelligence first.


This dude is prolly poor at Economics. You don't flatly compare earnings in diff countries with diff currencies, you consider purchasing power, tax and other factors that can influence potential savings at the end of each month/year

smh
Just smdh

greatermax77:
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Bros, no matter what his expenses are, you can never compare the two countries
Nigeria is a dream killer, a country that under pays
Her citizens while Political office holder loot

under pays or the citizens are unproductive

WhizdomXX:
Nobody even asks how much they use to get education over here. There should be a temporary ban on medical professionals leaving the country. You can't get subsidized education and go on to insult the same country by going to where they spend over 1000% on the same education to work.

Who send you to subsidize education. Shebi una de find awoof

Hi

btoks:
People don't settle for public schools in Uk. Public schools are set at a standard to ensure quality education and outcomes comparable or better than private schools. Attending private school is not necessary and is only done by choice as per my previous comment. Government officials send their kids to these same public schools.

What particular neighbourhoods in UK are you comparing to the ones in Nigeria as I believe every neighbourhood has access to basic amenities? You also need to look again when next you travel to UK for these successful people, they are everywhere but not loud (and don't need to be loud as UK is culturally different). Successful people access the same infrastructure as those not as successful. That said, you'll find successful Nigerians in so called highbrow Mayfair, Chelsea, Belgravia, Hampstead etc plus plenty outside London. House styles are differwnt and are not all as big as some Nigerian ones due to weather, culture, planning- but there will be access to gas, water and electricity.

But you know private schools outperform public schools? Don’t tell me about standards cos me and you know they are expensive and not economical.

But saying they are on same level with public schools is false. Same applies to healthcare.

CoronaVirusPro:
Hi

But you know private schools outperform public schools? Don’t tell me about standards cos me and you know they are expensive and not economical.

But saying they are on same level with public schools is false. Same applies to healthcare.

Yes private schools generally outperform public /state schools in many metrics, however ,the gap is minimal and public schools compare favourably or are better in some areas.
The fact is the UK system is designed to have more places in public schools and standards are generally high

it really isn't essential to send kids to private schools in UK to receive really good education. Obviously if people can afford to they can. some private schools fees are up to or exceed average annual salaries. A country's educational strength is not defined by how many private schools students attend but by overall quality and outcomes of the public school system.

With regard to healthcare in UK, the main difference between NHS and private is waiting time. You can access treatment quicker within private but standard of care and expertise are the same. Most private doctors also work within the NHS.

The only problem remains the government, how are our public hospitals even looking 😂? the resources of the nation continue to be pocketed by a few! The ones who actually take the time to study so they become useful to their own people aren't made comfortable, Compare the salary of the president of the United states to that of a surgeon there, do the same with Nigeria, anyone with a different idea after this needs to be flogged for either the crime of being a goat or part of the team eating out the country.
Any nation under good governance knows to reward those very vital to its population quite fairly, a Nigerian senator goes home with millions every month, not to mention the several millions looted, governors and all the other celebrated nation killers.
That the government has "subsidised" professional courses in universities isn't an argument, let the government make the cost to study physiotherapy or medicine 2 million a year and let us see how many students will show up 😂, they have no choice but to make it affordable or near affordable, it is not an actual subsidy, it is a form of atonement for their sins, better put, a necessity that must be sorted so the people don't protest when loved ones are lost in high numbers due to lack of skilled hands, it is to ensure the perpetuity of their looting, this is what many "smart thinking" Nigerians believe they should be grateful for? and why doctors who detest poverty and constant worry to afford the basics shouldn't leave? Who has cursed a large fraction of our people with foolishness?

Jakarta:
Ogbeni close your dirty mouth and call a spade by its name. How can a medical doctor be earning 185k a month? Even if his tax bills are high at least he is enjoying what he paying for. Is the price of energy cheap here, I'm paying 209.50 for a unit on band A yet I've spent 175k fueling my generator. I once visited a general Hospital, and I saw people sleeping outside on tents, no power. Only 1 doctor attending to over 18 patients in a ward. Folks like you are taking this country backward due to your blinded support.

people are just to blind you talking of bills and other expenses I hope you can read what he side salary of just 6 months to 7yrs guy bills or no bills 101 % far better than 9ja you trying to back

Jakarta:
Ogbeni close your dirty mouth and call a spade by its name. How can a medical doctor be earning 185k a month? Even if his tax bills are high at least he is enjoying what he paying for. Is the price of energy cheap here, I'm paying 209.50 for a unit on band A yet I've spent 175k fueling my generator. I once visited a general Hospital, and I saw people sleeping outside on tents, no power. Only 1 doctor attending to over 18 patients in a ward. Folks like you are taking this country backward due to your blinded support.

people are just to blind you talking of bills and other expenses I hope you can read what he side salary of just 6 months to 7yrs guy bills or no bills 101 % far better than 9ja you trying to back take or leave it

Good for him. He should move to the US and revisit this calculation.

franchasofficia:
If Nigeria was a serious country with reasonable leaders and citizens, the minimum salary for the below professionals ought be as follows:

1.) Medical Doctors - starting salary 1million

2.) Nurses with BSN - starting salary 500k

3.) Teachers with BEd. - starting salary 250k

4.) Senators & Reps - part time job paid only sitting allowance

5.) Police with Bsc/HND - starting salary 250k



But unfortunately, Nigeria is not a normal country and the leaders too are not normal, so don't expect much

If Nigeria was a serious country it would ABOLISH government ownership of any healthcare delivery services and also deregulate prices of all inputs into healthcare, including labour and healthcare education. Also criminalize all healthcare unions.

Let the market do its thing and within a generation (25 years) the quality, access and price of healthcare would put Nigeria on the level of Southern European countries. Healthcare will to an extent generally respond like telecoms, cement, banking and broadcasting. Even a 30% response would do wonders for the country.

Look at petrol, no more shortages since the removal of price controls and government subsidy. Fertility medicine is booming in Nigeria because there's minimal government involvement. Nigerians need to get out of their socialist mindset and learn to pay for what they need.

In fact Nigerians are too smart to care about the common good. Sounds like inverted logic, but it's true.

Good Luck to Nigerians.

IbeOkehie:
You still haven't send me my reward for an outstanding comment. I will even accept Japaese babes in short kimonos. Wetin now? You Nigerians simply don't believe in rewarding excellence!!!! You don turn socialist?

Do you like small breasts? I don't o. I like them big, yummy and dripping. The breasts here are too small for my liking.

Mr Ibe, I appreciate the wonders God created in Black women. I love them! I can pay any amount for big boobs.

Umunna, clock it!!!!

Two doctors graduate at the same time, let's say 2015.

One works in Nigeria at ₦500K per month for 10 years and lives in his parents home free of charge. The other works in the UK for 10 years at prevailing normal wages for a doctor and then returns to Nigeria to live

Who is likely to have saved more NAIRA? That's the question that justifies migration. Let's not get into living standards and such, just the raw monetary gain. The answer is very clear even from my own life starting as an illegal fry cook. PPP is a real thing with little bearing on the reality of migration. Money is the same EVERYWHERE, the differentiating factor is the EASE of earning it in different countries.

My previous post answers it. British docs who left the country for Australia will earn more than those who stayed back. Japanese and Korean docs who do the same to the US will out-earn their mates in Tokyo and Seoul.

Salaries are much lower in Nigeria due to the poor economy.

So why have so many doctors migrated from Nigeria? I have 2 doctor friends with over 15 years experience, both Igbo, one a urologist, who migrated from Nigeria to practice in Saudi Arabia!!!! That should give an idea of the desperation. Salaries in Nigeria are too poor. In 2022 or so the highest paid CEO of a quoted company earned $600K TOTAL compensation and he was an Asian. Laughable, but it gives an idea of the abysmal wages in that country.

Nigeria is a poorer country with a high population. Higher salaries aren't supposed to be common. Even if or when the country gets richer, companies can tap migrants from Benin, Cameroon, Ghana and Niger to dilute the wages. Higher salaries would not be prevalent anytime soon. Salaries are lower too in Vietnam, India, Indonesia and even Malaysia.

It was in the news and I've since confirmed it - entry level retail bankers with 2 years experience now earn ₦800K per month...a whole £400.

800K spent in Nigeria, especially outside Lagos and Abuja, go a long way compared to £400 outside Southeast England. Naira is spent in Nigeria, not the UK. Pounds is spent in the UK, not in Nigeria.

And then..... https://www.nairaland.com/7025067/see-someones-salary-kogi-state

Some states in Nigeria would never make it. It is not a curse. It is the reality. All cultures are not equal. Some cultures are more equal than others. Remove cashew and cassava from Kogi, and nothing is fascinating from that state. A state's or society's progress depends largely on the quality of elites it has and the cultural practices it shows towards development and enterprise.

DyshApp:
A Nigerian medical doctor has stirred serious buzz online after comparing his earnings in Nigeria to what he now earns in the United Kingdom.

According to the doctor, identified as Dr. Tolu, he spent 7 years working in Nigeria without ever earning up to ₦185,000 monthly, even while juggling multiple jobs.

He revealed that after finishing medical school, he moved back in with his parents and lived with them till he was almost 30 years old — without owning a car.

However, after saving up to write the required exams and moving to the UK, his 6-month salary abroad reportedly surpassed his entire 7-year earnings in Nigeria.

Here’s what he wrote on X (formerly Twitter):


https://x.com/tolubinutu/status/1979021061573206219?t=Ug1tTovARqx5rkcb3tBEdQ&s=19

This revelation has sparked discussions about the state of healthcare salaries in Nigeria, brain drain, and why many Nigerian professionals are relocating abroad for better pay and work conditions.

Is the UK really that much better, or is it just hype?

The same greed that made your forefathers sell their black brothers to the whites is the same greed that is taking you across the ocean to continue serving your colonial masters after they have left.

Later some sick Pan African like Lumumba will tell you the West is Africa's problem.

Sick.

Iamzik:
Oya nau tell your Tinubu to ban them. APC supporters with their mumu reasoning sha... You support wicked leaders to destroy the country yet you want to chain everybody down

The world is a global village. Skilled manpower will gravitate to where they are rewarded and appreciated

If you like attack the messenger instead of the message, you even call me an APC supporter .

Gerrard59:


1) Do you like small breasts? I don't o. I like them big, yummy and dripping. The breasts here are too small for my liking.

Mr Ibe, I appreciate the wonders God created in Black women. I love them! I can pay any amount for big boobs.

2) Salaries are much lower in Nigeria due to the poor economy.


Nigeria is a poorer country with a high population. Higher salaries aren't supposed to be common. Even if or when the country gets richer, companies can tap migrants from Benin, Cameroon, Ghana and Niger to dilute the wages. Higher salaries would not be prevalent anytime soon. Salaries are lower too in Vietnam, India, Indonesia and even Malaysia.


3) 800K spent in Nigeria, especially outside Lagos and Abuja, go a long way compared to £400 outside Southeast England. Naira is spent in Nigeria, not the UK. Pounds is spent in the UK, not in Nigeria.

1) I have some Asian friends and I worked and schooled with many of them...Koreans and Chinese and I remember only one Japanese. Maybe it's the USA diet, but many of the Asian women I've seen here don't have small breasts. Asians in general are good people. I like them.

If you're that passionate about Negro women, living in Nigeria is awesome, especially if you have a good income. Add a bit of good looks and it's actual PARADISE.

2) Yes, the economy of Nigeria is bad...no, it's TERRIBLE. Economy is the overriding factor in ALL matters about Nigeria. The attempt to portray Nigeria as a good place to live for most people...worse, making claims that it's better than the US/UK, is what brought me to Nairaland. Such gaslighting is EVIL.

The worse part is that the economy of Nigeria has been TERRIBLE for a looooooong time, the economy of Nigeria has NEVER been good. This is an important point that took a great deal of rational thought for me to appreciate. More than that, the economy will NEVER be good until the PEOPLE demand and adopt a free market system.

When I came to the USA, less than 0.01% of Nigerians had phone service. The TOTAL COMBINED NUMBER of land lines and mobile in 1999 was 900K. Most were in government and corporate offices Only the STUPENDOUSLY RICH or powerful had personal phones. A Communications Minister in those times, David Mark, famously said that phones are not for the poor.

Even TODAY, even in Lagos, how many Nigerians over 40 years old own a car? How many have access to good, comfortable public transport?

Yet working as a teenaged illegal fry cook, I could afford to have my own phone in the USA. I bought my first car at 17!!!! After barely 6 months of work. I don't understand how people who live or lived in Nigeria can come online and spew all this fakery...including your continual reference to PPP as a some sort of factor that negates REALITY. It's frankly blood curdling...people line up on bridges every morning in Lagos to defacate and supposedly educated people are talking about how Nigeria is better than UK/US. Arrant nonsense!!!

3) This is a LIE. For most of my 3 years in Nigeria I lived in Owerri and Aba....and travelled all over Eastern Nigeria, up to Benue and also all over MidWestern Nigeria, that would be Delta and Edo and Ondo. ONE MILLION NAIRA a month in any place outside Lagos in the Southern part of Nigeria will NOT afford a better standard of living than what I had as an illegal fry cook in the USA.

In fact it would be almost exactly like living on $650 per month in the USA. And literally NOBODY earns less than $1600 in the USA anymore.

Just car alone....maintaining and fueling a car in Nigeria is murderously expensive. I used to spend ₦7K to fill up my SUV in Nigeria around 2010 to 2013. The person driving that car today spends ₦70K to fill up. Have most middle class car owners in Nigeria increased their earnings X10 since 2010? It's arguable that REAL INFLATION ADJUSTED EARNINGS have plummeted in that time, in fact that is the case, that's what INFLATION is about. Wetin be all this nonsense about enjoyment in Nigeria?

I've been spending time with TWO visitors from Nigeria this weekend...one a tailor and the other an oil company executive... and what I'm hearing is just Yes some improvement in power supply for example, but again ECONOMY and INSECURITY overwhelm everything else.

Good Luck to Nigerians.

IbeOkehie:
1) I have some Asian friends and I worked and schooled with many of them...Koreans and Chinese and I remember only one Japanese. Maybe it's the USA diet, but many of the Asian women I've seen here don't have small breasts. Asians in general are good people. I like them.

I like them too, as they are more honest, straightforward and hard working. Yes, it is the US diet, as I have noticed that Asian women bred and based in the US have bigger body mass/breasts compared to their counterparts in Asia.

If you're that passionate about Negro women, living in Nigeria is awesome, especially if you have a good income. Add a bit of good looks and it's actual PARADISE.

There have to be better options. Nigeria is not the only Black dominated country.

2) Yes, the economy of Nigeria is bad...no, it's TERRIBLE. Economy is the overriding factor in ALL matters about Nigeria. The attempt to portray Nigeria as a good place to live for most people...worse, making claims that it's better than the US/UK, is what brought me to Nairaland. Such gaslighting is EVIL.

The worse part is that the economy of Nigeria has been TERRIBLE for a looooooong time, the economy of Nigeria has NEVER been good. This is an important point that took a great deal of rational thought for me to appreciate. More than that, the economy will NEVER be good until the PEOPLE demand and adopt a free market system.

When I came to the USA, less than 0.01% of Nigerians had phone service. The TOTAL COMBINED NUMBER of land lines and mobile in 1999 was 900K. Most were in government and corporate offices Only the STUPENDOUSLY RICH or powerful had personal phones. A Communications Minister in those times, David Mark, famously said that phones are not for the poor.

Chai!

Is this not too much for we to bear? I do agree that the economy has been tough and bad over the years, and to an extent, the commentary by most Nigerians show that they support most of the policies and directives which made the economy bad.

Even TODAY, even in Lagos, how many Nigerians over 40 years old own a car? How many have access to good, comfortable public transport?

Wahala here and there. Honestly, our problems are too many. Where does one start from to solve them? There are many states outside the popular ones where transporting oneself is very hard.

Yet working as a teenaged illegal fry cook, I could afford to have my own phone in the USA. I bought my first car at 17!!!! After barely 6 months of work. I don't understand how people who live or lived in Nigeria can come online and spew all this fakery...including your continual reference to PPP as a some sort of factor that negates REALITY. It's frankly blood curdling...people line up on bridges every morning in Lagos to defacate and supposedly educated people are talking about how Nigeria is better than UK/US. Arrant nonsense!!!

The thing about PPP is that it does not factor in standard of living, else PPP is a relevant economic metric as salaries are lower in Korea and Spain compared to the US. Another thing too: there are just very few countries that are livable.

This is a LIE. For most of my 3 years in Nigeria I lived in Owerri and Aba....and travelled all over Eastern Nigeria, up to Benue and also all over MidWestern Nigeria, that would be Delta and Edo and Ondo. ONE MILLION NAIRA a month in any place outside Lagos in the Southern part of Nigeria will NOT afford a better standard of living than what I had as an illegal fry cook in the USA.

I do agree esp regarding clean piped water and motorable roads. But everyone cannot leave Nigeria, Mr Ibe. The woman who booked my flight is an American citizen, while her husband has a GC; neither is interested in or keen on living in the US. Although the woman's siblings live there.

Just car alone....maintaining and fueling a car in Nigeria is murderously expensive. I've been spending time with TWO visitors from Nigeria this weekend...one a tailor and the other an oil company executive... and what I'm hearing is just Yes some improvement in power supply for example, but again ECONOMY and INSECURITY overwhelm everything else.

Insecurity, in my opinion, is a greater problem than the economy because there are other poorer countries where the kind of insecurity we experience is not rampant in those countries.

CoronaVirusPro:
He should also compare the bills and tax!

Does he know his entire annual salary in Nigeria is the mortgage or rent for what you can call home in the UK?

How many people live in homes in the UK? Many reside in Kennels called homes. Small things we can’t call BQ in Nigeria.

Does he know price of energy and taxes that follow after those numbers he quoted?

I am not saying Nigeria is better than the UK, but the true reality of the difference is not much.

Do you know the cost of living same life you were living in Nigeria under that low salary, with that of the UK?

Many can’t even live that life. It’s a party after party champagne campaign in Nigeria with the lowest we earn. We build houses to taste and own outrightly. We not chased by banks.

He is still a LERANER, very soon, he will smell the Coffee!

Having said that, the only things that offers an advantage over Nigeria are:

- He wont have any Herdsmen coming to born down everything, R@*pe his wife, daughters and K!dn@p his Parents for ransom. He can sleep with both eyes closed

- When there is a medical emergency, he can dial an Ambulance and within a fraction of minutes, it will arrive and wheel him to the Hospital (like th eones Buhari, Tinubu and other Nigerian Leaders run to), for topnotch medical attention. He wont have to die on the way to the Hospital, in a Keke Maruwa or on a stretcher/Trolly, because he cant shell out Hundreds of Thousand of Naira, as Deposit. He would be first treated and Cost implications will come thereafter.

- His Children will go to a well-equipped, standard School, the types that Minister Children go to in Nigeria, unaffordable to his types and it is free, as in truly free!

- He will pay a lot of Tax but he will see, in a very transparent manner, what his Tax is being used for. His Tax wont be looted to buy Houses in foreign Countries like Nigerian Leaders do or used to enjoy party in a Carribean Country, while pretending the Leader went to such place to look for 'Investments'.

- He will be paid his Income/Salary, as at when due, No Iffs, No Butts and when he retires, his Pension and Gratuity will be waiting for him in his Bank Account, on the first day, he wont die on a Queue organised by One Oga-at-the-Top who is just frustrating his efforts at Pension collection, hoping he would die and Oga can steal the Pension.

- He wont have to iron clothes he wont be wearing for sometime just because there wont be electricity on the day he wants to wear it.
- He can buy food in bulk (and therefore Cheaper!), stock them in the Freezer, without worry that they would get spoilt....Electricty is on, 24/7/365 days of the year.
And unlike Nigeria, the Electricity does not damage your Appliances.

- He can open the tap and expect portable, clean water for drinking to come out, every time, all year round. he wont be bothered about drilling a Borehole in the same compound where he has the Soakaway, just to get Water.

- He wont have to bother whether he will sleep overnight, in a Hold-Up, like those ones that used to happen on the 3rd mainland Bridge.
He can travel from one City/State to another, without fear of Bandits kidnapping him on the Highway. Driving on smooth Roads is a pleasure.

I can go on and on forever, on why despite the things mention in your Post above, many will still do everything to Jappa.
Just look at all those things above.

BTW, if Jappa was that bad, how come the Children of those who loot our common patrimony (Govt Officials, Politicians), dont keep their own Children in Nigeria? why do our Leaders have Two or Three foreign Citizenship, if they believe in Nigeria and the leadership they are providing?

That is the big question we all need to examine and answer.

Cromagnon:
under pays or the citizens are unproductive

Ooh, so it is the Politicians that are "very hardworking and productive", to be paid #30Million Monthly?
Those Senators that attend plenary at minimum level, sleep through plenary, still go home with #30Million every month.....
but you say the Teacher, Doctor or even Bricklayer that earns an average of #150,000 is Unproductive/Lazy?

Nigeria is what it is, because most of the Citizens are ignorant and sycophantic.

This thread is one of the most educative l have seen on Nairaland, for a while.
Coronavirus, Mr.Ibe, Tboks, Babatundehy, etc made very useful contributions and l salute all of you guys.

Gerrard59:
The woman who booked my flight is an American citizen, while her husband has a GC; neither is interested in or keen on living in the US. Although the woman's siblings live there.

You've mentioned this lady severally. Here's a little "secret".

Most persons that have multiple siblings or children living in richer developed countries aren't keen on living outside Nigeria themselves.

Some things you've mentioned about your family suggest you might not understand this. Just trust me, it's FACT.

Remember, there was NEVER anything like fuel subsidy in Nigeria. Fuel subsidy didn't exist until President Tinubu abolished it.

Good Luck to Nigerians.

brain54:
Enter employer account as how...?

I said I have friends that are doctors. Doctor's don't get paid that low in Nigeria.

Except doctors working in chemists probably.

You are the one who don't know what he is saying.

Even from nysc camp those days I know how doctors are hot cakes. And this was years ago not recently. So talk more of now.

Some of you like any sensational news!

Yes they are hot ckes, but they still pay peanuts. i am very sure of that.

Gerrard59:
Their customer base is Nigeria, a poor country. So, how would they pay higher salaries when their customer base is poor?

No one should complain when the staff seek greener pastures in foreign lands. It's not their fault that greedy politicians have collapsed the economy

Jeje247:
No one should complain when the staff seek greener pastures in foreign lands. It's not their fault that greedy politicians have collapsed the economy

Sure. I agree with this. It's the free market. Employ Cameroonians, Ghanaians etc. If I see Gabonese sef, I go employ.

Gerrard59:
Sure. I agree with this. It's the free market. Employ Cameroonians, Ghanaians etc. If I see Gabonese sef, I go employ.

Yeah. They will come but they will soon realise how poor the pay is especially with our poor currency value. By the time they want to send funds back to family, they will see how bad the job is

That's why we want to japa

Are you serious about this?

ozo13:
wait ooo.which state is he collecting 175k per month na en me I wan reason oo.a house job (new Doctor post graduation) earns more than that a month .so am interested in the hospital he earn that meagre amount.
Some of my guys in NGO earn up to 1.4M naira per month here up North with other small small allowances too.

Lol.
Tell me you are joking!

OYEDIPE:
Someone can stab him to collect his wristwatch in UK.

Love800:
Are you serious about this?

very serious sir.some 10 yrs ago, an house officer earn 172k per month. It's 200k plus now.
For the guys taking home that NGO amount I mentioned dey too and it will surprise you that tax and pension had been removed from the salary before taking home that amount.

What do you mean by art company please?

DrFunmisticGlow:
he isn't lying. Because apart from being a doctor. That man had an art company.

Nigeria is not a friendly place at all.

Wow.

Okay. I really appreciate.

ozo13:
very serious sir.some 10 yrs ago, an house officer earn 172k per month. It's 200k plus now.
For the guys taking home that NGO amount I mentioned dey too and it will surprise you that tax and pension had been removed from the salary before taking home that amount.