stephnie44:
na d likes go answer d question?

Motolank:
People should leave lagos, what are you doing there? You go to work and can't get home till 6hrs.

micronut:
One of the reasons i have my reservations about work life in Lagos. But it always seems all the works in this country are amassed in Lagos. 80% of the jobs on Nairaland and jobsites are in Lagos. Must we all move to Lagos??

Funny enough, when i look at the life uncles and cousins are living in Lagos, i feel somehow....... Some have been working for close to 10yrs with no house and meaningful investment. Rather they tell me how difficult and expensive things are, a 2bedroom flat could be like 700k for a year + agent.. Now how do one cope when the children started going to school and bills grows while salary may be crawling...

Yes one would be working in lagos but ur mates in town like ibadan, akure, osogbo, owerri, minna would have built their house, own some other investments that they could run to even when the hard times knocks... This is why many lagosian don't want to come home when they are called upon, except if u are lucky to get a huge salary job..

Lagos! stop tempting me, am scared of you. lolz

utuooocha:
Decent is relative. what is decent to you might be indecent to me. some people can live a decent life on an income of 50k a month in lag (maintaining a car and two rooms) while others can be struggling to live a decent life even with 200k a month

MrScript:
If u know God, u'll need less to live in Lagos

sukkot:
good question. if you want to live in lekki you need about 5 million naira a year

MKO4ever:

And out of the N5m you will now use N2m for rent?
My father told me never to spend more than 10% of my income on rent

Yomieluv:
Nothing to say..

Today is my fiance's birthday,my one and only sweetheart,my hearth-rob,eleyinjuege mi..the only sugar in my tea,the only cockroach in my cupboard,the wire that holds my life..my oxygen,my inamorata,my ......

I need at least 5000 likes for her sake to make my day..

DeRuggedProf:
Nothing

bigass:
single 400K
married with no children 650K(combined)
Married with 2 children 800K(combined)

Kachisbarbie:
People saying 150k are not being realistic. Decent is relative, there are houses in Ikotun that pay 3k a mth, in Ijegun_ we might even get something cheaper, though it might not be decent to me, but decent to another.
Aside some banks, oil coys, telecom, few private firms and big schools...how many jobs in Lagos pay that much?

You can survive in Lagos, with even 50k. It just depends on how you prioritise. I don't even get the hype about that city, yes_ it's heavily industrialised ,that's just about it. No sanity, noisemakers everywhere, air and water pollution, traffic... etc.

If I am transferred to Lag. I will honourably resign...I can't die before my time.

joseph1832:
Take style talk say you're silently praying to be transfered to Lag.

Kachisbarbie:


lols.
Why would I wanna be there again?
The last time I was there, all my fine girl finish...I was looking so dusty. I just dey lick N50 icecream per minute due to dehydration.

How do you guys even cope?
Be doing regular check up o, you need am.

stunningjudy:

Government should decongest lagos by making most companies head offices move to different states, that way the population heading to lagos will reduce. I'm equally scared of lagos

crowntoro:
Special Birthday shoutout to your sweetheart! where the parry @?

sukkot:
so the gatemen and drivers wey dey lekki, how dem dey survive na ? cut your coat according to your size comes to mind

kkoncept:


But fine girls still de lagos na

Sagamite:

Exactly!
The people in jobs paying N1m and above in Lagos are few and far between.

airsaylongcon:


There's a difference between living in Lekki and subsisting there. The OP asked for decent living. With N5m in Lekki u will have just paid rent for a comfortable house.

micronut:
One of the reasons i have my reservations about work life in Lagos. But it always seems all the works in this country are amassed in Lagos. 80% of the jobs on Nairaland and jobsites are in Lagos. Must we all move to Lagos??

Funny enough, when i look at the life uncles and cousins are living in Lagos, i feel somehow....... Some have been working for close to 10yrs with no house and meaningful investment. Rather they tell me how difficult and expensive things are, a 2bedroom flat could be like 700k for a year + agent.. Now how do one cope when the children started going to school and bills grows while salary may be crawling...

Yes one would be working in lagos but ur mates in town like ibadan, akure, osogbo, owerri, minna would have built their house, own some other investments that they could run to even when the hard times knocks... This is why many lagosian don't want to come home when they are called upon, except if u are lucky to get a huge salary job..

Lagos! stop tempting me, am scared of you. lolz

dearie:


You got a wise dad...

Living decently to me is if one month salary can pay your annual rent. Worst case scenario would be 2 months. Anything more will mean "dragging it" . That's just my take.

micronut:
One of the reasons i have my reservations about work life in Lagos. But it always seems all the works in this country are amassed in Lagos. 80% of the jobs on Nairaland and jobsites are in Lagos. Must we all move to Lagos??

Funny enough, when i look at the life uncles and cousins are living in Lagos, i feel somehow....... Some have been working for close to 10yrs with no house and meaningful investment. Rather they tell me how difficult and expensive things are, a 2bedroom flat could be like 700k for a year + agent.. Now how do one cope when the children started going to school and bills grows while salary may be crawling...

Yes one would be working in lagos but ur mates in town like ibadan, akure, osogbo, owerri, minna would have built their house, own some other investments that they could run to even when the hard times knocks... This is why many lagosian don't want to come home when they are called upon, except if u are lucky to get a huge salary job..

Lagos! stop tempting me, am scared of you. lolz