₦airaland Forum

₦30,000 per week?
Let’s be very direct 👇🏽
That is far below market reality in 2026 Nigeria.

📊 Quick Breakdown
Even in a struggling city like Port Harcourt:
Average active driver makes ₦120k–₦180k weekly gross.
After fuel & expenses, he may net ₦70k–₦110k.
If you collect ₦30k weekly, that means:
₦120k per month.
₦1.56m per year.

You will not even recover the car’s value in reasonable time. Meanwhile:
Engine wear
Suspension damage
Transmission stress
Accident risk
Insurance exposure
Depreciation
All on your head.

🔍 Let’s Be Honest
₦30k weekly is:
Either charity
Or someone trying to emotionally negotiate
Or someone comparing to 2019 rates
Even dispatch bikes collect more than that now.

Lmao..I'm just playing around with Chatgpt, so I asked the bot what it thinks about 30k rental in 2026.. 😀
A.I sef shock..

Kumuyiii:
Then invest in a keke... Or stocks. Sha no use person. No be force to invest in uber abi..? You're not blind, ure seeing the prices everybody is seeing. If it's not H-purchase, no one has any business paying such amount in such business climate. For the record 50k per week is what my guy dey pay for hire purchase.

Advocating for a meaningful rental fee is not 'using' person or slavery as you wish to call it... as bad as the fares are, one can still take home 25-30k working 6am to 6pm. Its not rocket science.

Save 10-15k daily for the car owner.. how bad can that be?..

...also you can't tell people to invest in Keke, when they have chosen to invest in ehailing. If my coconut head says I should invest in Ehailing, best believe me, I'm coming up with terms to secure my investment, its not emotion, its business. Friendship no they for business.

Kaymax2222:
no mind the guy jare people have been complaining here of car maintenance and all he is still talking of 30k remittance if not for greed no sane person should even accept that kind of offer from car owner. You suppose beg am to increase it to 40-50k from your own good will because if anything do the car and the owner cannot fix it how will you continue making that money

Way back 2021, I was paying 35k on a Corolla as remittance.

...I would not give out a car for anything less than 70k right now. If its on CNG and smaller engine like 1.3/1.1.. its 100k. You no gree, leave am. Its business, not charity. If e easy, make the driver bring out 3m go buy one dead car they manage.

If you invest 5m now, collecting 40k weekly, it will take you 3years of consistent payment to recoup 5m investment 😀.

Kumuyiii:
Someone was arguing that investing in uber fleet now is a waste of time and resources, i agree. My guy, back when i used to work outside Nigeria, most people prefer to work for companies where the leader na European/American, than any other nationality, you know why? They treat you better. With how hard things be now, make person with family dey deliver 60k weekly... Assuming you dey pay am salary, how much you go dey pay am? If he no dey touch money earned from driving, how you go dey pay am for driving 10-12hrs every day every week? Will you cover his health insurance? Life insurance? What benefit does he get? Paid leave? Paid sick leave? Smh... Like i said one time previously, most of us can't see beyond what we know, which is normal. Na only uber business person go invest in, he wan realize him returns today today, not so... Na bad roads, bad drivers and bad maintenence culture we get, if not, ur car suppose stay years for road yield okay returns for long.

If nigeria had a working system, you CAN'T afford to keep a driver working 12hrs a day, you go too pay am... But alas this is Nigeria, na why big men prefer living her over overseas, cus here you pay driver 50-70k, chef same amount, cleaner 40k, etc, abuse of labour, no labour laws.... To the dimwit who said i should give car for 30k a week, if i had it, that's exactly what I'll do, employment is meant to better the life of the employed, not just the employer, if you can't afford to create a business environment where it doesn't feel like slavery, then you shouldn't be in that business.

You never buy car give driver before, na why you go they talk this kind thing.

I'm surprised that someone will still be advocating for 30k remittance at this point. 30fkn..K.

Even you no fit try am. Just 1 repair will wipe off 1month remittance.

Vela01:
Pls drop you email.

ceoluxwears @ gmail. com

Vela01:
Guys, I wan drop one update, but I no wan cast am here.

As we get bolt and Uber account wey we dey use work.

Easy to get driving job with visa sponsorship.

I no wan drop info here and I won't give the country wey I dey go on here. But I go like make hustlers here chop am, we don too try.

Congrats bro.

Abeg how I go fit reach you?

Kumuyiii:
😂Any accident wey Jesus no go save me and my car, 500k abs no go do am... Shuo, if it were that effective and serious, cars wey get am no go dey get accident, abeg o

lol.. ABS isn't just all about Anti-Lock only...in some cars it affects the gear selection..and a host of other vehicle functionalities.

In the case of that guy with the Camry Hybrid, the Hybrid system recharges the battery through a process called REGENERATIVE BRAKING... The system is designed as such that, it needs data from the ABS module/Wheel speed sensors to operate optimally.

Kumuyiii:
First off abs IS NOT THAT SERIOUS..... 2nd 55k you mean RIGHTTTTT?

For some cars, It is.

I replaced the ABS pump for a 2014 Honda Accord with 470k last week, still paid another 50k for programming when the ABS light won't go off.

Bolt abeg now.. I've declined this nonsense 2ce

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Echika01:
Good afternoon guys!!!! I hope everyone everyone is having a nice time in this January holiday after hustling well on December!! Quick one guys please has anyone encountered this and how did it get solved? I noticed my gearbox oil keeps leaking in Camry 2010 venza Engine, I've changed the oil seal like 2 times yet it still leaks, mechanic told me the gearbox mouth is widen that I'll need to change the cover, please if you've experienced this how did you solve it?

Did this issue started as a result of changing shaft cup?

If no, seek second opinion, preferably a gear master. And solve the problem fast. That gear is pricey.

Kumuyiii:
Pls keep sentiments aside, when they officially partially opened it for Christmas, common sense suppose telll people say, this one don pass normal way wey we dey do b4.... There's no traffic, more people now, it's not a normal street road, this is a highway, wey people dey speed, everybody suppose dey dia lane without being told.... What you people should be complaining about is the lack of critical uturns, no be one way. That's a dangerously silly complain.

That road is a proper highway, there can't be many Uturns on it.

I am of the opinion that, if you are not going far ,you don't have any business on that road... and if you must use it, obey traffic laws.

Kumuyiii:
Always confirm where person dey go b4 putting gear in drive.... This error happens a lot, especially on inDrive... Person go put orchid road, indrive go dey see am inside pinnock beach estate..... I've had countless situations like that.... Pick up fit be general paint, but indrive dey show general paint in Ikate, I've complained to them several times, them still never fix am.

I no they look am twice before I press skip

Biodun1929:
Good day all...let me share my 24 hour experiment with you guys.

I needed 150k for something today, and I decided to drive for 24 hours straight. I dont advise anyone to do this, but I was just in a serious situation I needed to get out of and that was my motivation for it.

I didn't go 24 hours, as I started feeling sleepy around the 22nd hour. I started my day at 12pm, looking for the MRS station with the cheapest fuel in my area I found one that was selling for 790, and I bought 28k (35 litres) fuel to start with. I bought fuel again at night time (15k fuel), and then I bought 12k fuel at 5 am at NNPC Ikoyi (Alfred Rewane road).

I drove from 12:30pm yesterday (Sunday, 21st), to 10:30am today (Monday, 22nd.) I had a 2 hour break, which i planned to use for sleep around 10pm. But the reason I needed the 150k for kept me restless. So, technically I was behind the steering for 20 hours. I used a total of 55k fuel, and I made 171k from the 2 apps i use (Indrive and Uber). 171-55 = 116k. By the way, the 12 trip quest is completed on uber gave me a 22k boost in earnings.

I could write a novel on the last 24 hours...the drama with some passengers, the crazy stories I heard some girls share, the crazy car and bike show at CMS, the opulence I saw at these girl's house I went to. Imagine driving into a simple looking house in Ikoyi and seeing 3 Rolls Royce Phantoms and a Range Rover in their garage. People get money for this naija o.

..no offense but you wasted your time and energy doing this marathon using UBER as main app.. you need to understand that there's no loyalty in this game. You need to know when to switch sides.

Don't let there nonsense bonus deceive.. Uber is absolute waste of time and energy this period. Carefully select your trips on indrive and watch your earnings grow..

Kumuyiii:
🥹 I was about to say it ni oh... But i decided to keep quiet... I was thinking it'll be 30k sef

Uber is just a useless app.. they sent an email this morning about fare increment..this is the 3rd time this season..in all there nonsense email, no where they compared old to new price. We don't even know what they charged /km/min before amd now. Clown app

Vela01:
The girl teach me say make I no reason like a poor man😂.

Girl wey I dey pity still tip me 2k join😂, imagine, orchid to phase 1

By the way, If you enter coastal road traffic today with one App with fixed price, say yeh yeh yeh..Uber to the world 😃

This net is very poor for 2hours~ traffic

thoollz:
Bro, good evening. I need your help. Kindly check your DM.

Pls send WhatsApp text to no on signature

tobby98:
Pls who can be of help, Bolt just told me my driver's license has expired whereas I have gotten an extension stamp on it. They are asking me to upload which I have uploaded but they rejected it, who knows the way forward pls?

place the expired drivers license on the extension paper and upload, also send it to support via email. If it doesn't work, visit their office at Lekki

ebiye55:
Oya accept

Convert to offline straight!..

HelenaWills:
Good afternoon sir.
Please where will the balance miraculously come from after the 3rd payment? Will it be from the business or you have another expectation?

That's my concern too.. or he is expecting to make 3m driving Uber in 3months ?? 🤔

TUBLEZ:
Honda accord 2012, yes if I turn off it starts again

From past experience with that car, it's the Throttle pedal.. you MAY have to replace it complete.

It will be easy to diagnose if that particular issue come up while with the rewire.. he just have to scan and read live data of "Relate Throttle Position"... if no value is recorded, the sensor as failed.

TUBLEZ:
Has anyone experienced this? My car will just loose power in motion, it won’t rev and it will slowly jack a bit then won’t even move at all. That was what happened today that lead to the harassment from those touts, I called Rewire and we changed the fuel pump and filter but while going home same issue stil occurred tho I plan on taking the car for proper scanning tomorrow but just want to know if any one here had experience such before and how it was solved.

What car is this?.. does it start working back if you turn off car and start it again?.

There's a communication issue between your throttle pedal and the throttle body

JoaoPedro:
Na where I 1 get the inspection report be the koko. Does anyone have any details of inspection center in Abuja please?

I don see where your issue lies. Naso Abuja document they be, they do ommit vehicle model.

Its the same issue I'm having with adding my car. Even my roadworthiness certificate, they didn't approve it. Find out where there office is , they should be able to sort it out there.

Vela01:
In all you do in life, Avoid EOD like plague.

You don hear about ball joint before? If e no kpai you, you go kpai am, there must sha be a kpai.

Which kind talk be this?..

If you like collect 30k rental. When it's time to fix the car, the owner will still be at loss.

Collect 30k rental today, spend 150k on repairs next week. How many weeks will the owner wait before he recoups his expenses?.. una too they funny.

Make AC just pack up, 150k+ don go.. I go come they wait for your 40/50k weekly.. okay now

Dabadwela:
There are some things you learn on your own and on the job. Things like this

very correct. It's a personal race. You have to figure what works best for you and stick to it.

I like to take long trips as my first trip; Island to mainland and back to Island.. it helps me meet my target faster.....and also close early.

Kaymax2222:
oh, thank you. Which one are you using right now?

I'm not on Comprehensive Insurance, bro.

Kaymax2222:
do they allow all those mini comprehensive for Uber people, I thought they are for private car owners, cause the full comprehensive go far small oo now that naira does not make sense again

You don't have to tell them you are using the car for ehailing.. even the fully comprehensive plan don't support ehailers..

Kaymaxi2222:
the guy was actually right because if you reside in surulere you would think there is one serious scarcity. I had to go to ago to buy fuel myself

You went to Ago to buy fuel... that's a sign of someone that wants to work.