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canada123:
though not in nigeria but due to the numerous billings i've gotten countless times, here is my contribution based on what i see from those living in nigeria and all

In Lagos, you need minimum of N700,000 as a single guy to have access to basic things in life, and just forget about car for now, you would hardly be able to afford a car on that salary

as a married man, 1.2m and above monthly with 2 kids max to live just a basic and okay life, might struggle with that, but you can definitely make it work, again forget about buying a car on that paycheck won't work

Nigeria is really difficult and not so easy to navigate.

it baffles me how people survive on less than 500k a month, honestly with all humility and sincerity cant do the maths, have done it severally and my books dont balance, hence why i totally understand the frustrations that lots of nigerians face from the government in power,

just sad, work so hard but earn so little

Living in Lagos is prohibitively expensive. There are many people who cannot cut it and those people should leave to other states where their earnings go farther.

It's why the insecurity in the north annoys me. The north should have been an abode for many who find the south too competitive and expensive.

geoworldedu:
They must feel it and you won't feel it abi? You be like person wey wan use suicide bombing take do revenge

Leave matter for Matthias. If don't feel it, that is my problem. Deal with yours.

GboyegaD:
Wow... that's serious. Is it possible you save before you spend and manage whatever is left to meet your expenses?

I've planned that any yearly appraisal increment will be channeled to savings.

Kaczynski:
you’re asking how much money you need to live comfortably in a country where the currency is literally low resolution jpeg of failing economy.

if you’re looking for comfort, go find a sensory deprivation tank. why are you paying a landlord for the privilege of occupying a concrete box? you’re paying for a subscription service to a stationary object.

you’re talking about prices of food. stop eating for pleasure, all those excess carbs juat for nothing except you are a mason or doing hard labour. its a biological ritual that wastes 90% of your day, switch to drinking garri garnished with eye taking ingredients, pap or cereal. if you’re worried about the price of tomatoes, your internal operating system is already obsolete. you’re being indoctrinated by biological guilt to send your hard earned assets to people who didn't contribute to your uptime. severe the connection. a family is just a high maintenance botnet that drains your cycles.

whether it’s 300k or 3 million, you’re measuring your life in a currency that devalues faster than a cracked version of xp. earning naira today is like trying to save water in a wicker basket.


stop asking how much money you need. it’s a dead end query. you need to achieve exit velocity.

If you’re still omo-ing about the cost of transport, it’s because you’re still physically tethered to a system that hates you. i haven't left my room in 3weeks, and my cost of living is exactly the price of the electricity it takes to run my rigs and the cooling fans.

You be techie? show us way now. I don dey reason to quit all these suffer head jobs and just find a remote work but man never see.

Oyindamolah:
I quit my job because I was paid 113k, my transport was about 70k. a plate of small portion of food where I work was 1500, mind u I eat just once. I have to buy water too. my job expects me to dress well; good clothes, shoes and hair. I have to pay for medical bills, light bills, rent, security bill, build a life and still send home to my aged parents. thank God for some customers that still dash money, I was almost cooked so I had to quit.

how do you now survive?
I'm thinking of towing the same path.

Seems your workplace is not far.

BItt:
Rent 350,000
Feeding 250,000
Transportation (I dey use leg most times)
Data and subscriptions ( 14,000)
Family responsibilities (neck wann break)
Savings ( mission impossible)

Okada men literaly wants everything in your purse for a short distance

You have only two kids.

You don't want to birth more kids?

I know a man in the area my workplace is situated. He usually patronise our shop. He is an NNPC worker.
He has only two children. So i was wondering. Is it that financially he is drained, or he just doesn't want more kids.

ERockson:
#1.2m is ok with me as a family of four

What are you now doing now as you have left your job?

Oyindamolah:
I quit my job because I was paid 113k, my transport was about 70k. a plate of small portion of food where I work was 1500, mind u I eat just once. I have to buy water too. my job expects me to dress well; good clothes, shoes and hair. I have to pay for medical bills, light bills, rent, security bill, build a life and still send home to my aged parents. thank God for some customers that still dash money, I was almost cooked so I had to quit.

Precious201010:
30k would do for me...I trek most of the times... I've known all the whole short cut in Abuja

Oga don't play oooo.

inspectorg:
Oga don't play oooo.

Some people are surviving on less than that.. some are even jobless... I can even survive on 15k per month

Luckybelt:
Is it real?

As if u go do anything,😃

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Offline: 😃

idtiwo:
Where you stay in Nigeria is a major factor that needs to be considered to be able to answer the question.

What you will need to survive in Abuja is not the same as if you live in Maiduguri.

Borno state is not safe
Security not guaranteed

favour32:
Everybody na big man online.



But reality say na lie!

,😅😂😂🤣

You are a wicked somebody. Some here have never seen N200k of their own in real life yet they are multi-millionaires online

Precious201010:
Some people are surviving on less than that.. some are even jobless... I can even survive on 15k per month

This is the stark reality offline.

canada123:
same here , dont know how they do it at all on those salaries,

my rough guess, might be wrong

at 500k salary
100k savings towards a yearly rent of 1.2m (decent and manageable location ) 1 bedroom accomodation
savings 100k monthly
feeding - 150k monthly inclusive of food at work and eating out .

transportation - 100k (really tight already here, cause it cost more than 100k depending on your location to work, say you live on the mainland and work on the island we need like 200k here )

total is already 500-550k

Remember this is for a single guy and my earlier post aligns , i said a single guy need 700k to live comfortably,

at that 500k yiu can't even date or do anything at all.

now what blows my mind is how married people with 2 or 3 kids do it on a 300k or less salary or even a 500k salary

i did engineering but i can't solve that maths or do the calculation at all,

You would literally have to be begging everyone on your watzapp status to survive.

speaking out or contributing to this thread cause no jokes, i've gotten hundreds of messages like that, and just had to start looking at their situation cause its not funny and nice what the average nigerian goes through

Very tough out there brother, things are really getting out of hand,just today I bought a drug worth 17k for malaria alone, I no dey drive again self because fueling is very expensive,I weep for naija sha

DeclanR:
As if u go do anything,😃

Online: form good
Offline: 😃

Let him dm

Quarterpast:
I swear to God

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Luckybelt:
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Luckybelt:
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Luckybelt:
Let him dm

Lol .
Make God help una wey Sabi make make mouth.
9ja is hell ryt nw

Luckybelt:
Let him dm

You guys here are notorious for Deceiving people

Kokaine:
solar companies pay up to that easily. Trained many people who got jobs in solar companies with 400k

name of the solar company that pays up to that

crossbreedwears:
Where is rent of 200-250k in Lagos?

not Lagos, Kwara state

Okay sir

Bukola94:
not Lagos, Kwara state

Bukola94:
name of the solar company that pays up to that

Wow. Are you doubting it? I've personally trained people that got employment and their salaries are in that range. 350k to 450k. I've never seen anyone that's less than 250k. They all got jobs and some established their own companies and they're doing fine.

canada123:
just out of curiosity are you married cause 300k food stuff a month wont comfortably feed 2 persons a month . remember the OP is asking how much to live comfortably in a month, key word is to be comfortable and not to suffer

Just mention what you want to buy that can't feed a family of 2 for 1month. unless you are a gluttony.

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Luckybelt:
Let him dm

Good day sir.
I already did since same day. I guess you've being too busy

Quarterpast:
Good day sir.
I already did since same day. I guess you've being too busy

I didn’t see it. I checked. What ur own email or contact

Luckybelt:
I didn’t see it. I checked. What ur own email or contact

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