Folakemi Odoaja revealed on Twitter that a graduate working in a private school in Ibadan earns 6000 naira/month. Not sure if she's talking abt herself but she said the graduate took the job after wasting so much money applying for better paying jobs.
Folakemi was responding to senator-elect, Ben Murray Bruce's tweet that the least any staff of his organization, Silverbird Group receives as salary before tax is N25,000.

The question is: so the minimum wage policy does not apply to private institutions as well?

See more tweets after the cut...

Even the #6000 job no dey

Bro, i no go mention any school name here but i know of a school (though not a secondary but nur/pry sch) not paying up to 6k in a month, especially for newly employed teachers. Nigeria....Good People, Great Nation.

kestolove95:
Even the #6000 job no dey

i wonder o

Serious mata! Funny country!

Una dey shout, how about those that do not pay(owe you salary) and pay less than half of the total money owed.
There is a school located on the the mainland in Lagos, #3500 for graduate, #2000 for non-teaching staff.

artisticallyart:
Una dey shout, how about those that do not pay(owe you salary) and pay less than half of the total money owed.
There is a school located on the the mainland in Lagos, #3500 for graduate, #2000 for non-teaching staff.

Tell me you're kidding

artisticallyart:
Una dey shout, how about those that do not pay(owe you salary) and pay less than half of the total money owed.
There is a school located on the the mainland in Lagos, #3500 for graduate, #2000 for non-teaching staff.

That's it. Some people are really unaware of the REAL situation of things in this country. Believe me, tell this to some set of people and they will tell you it's not possible. A friend was like..."Haba! 20k in the whole month?" when told about someone's experience about job. She said it's a lie and it's not possible. "Nigeria is not that bad", she added.

Then I asked her, "what is the minimum wage set/approved by the Federal Government?"

talk2yommex2000:
Bro, i no go mention any school name here but i know of a school (though not a secondary but nur/pry sch) not paying up to 6k in a month, especially for newly employed teachers. Nigeria....Good People, Great Nation.

In Ondo where I served, some teachers are paid 5000 a month and even those employers are hot cake.

This is serious oooo

The situation is despicable.

Please quote your source,,, lindaikeji..com

yes

SeriouSly SMH...

Its true, people are really coping in this country.

In Anambra(rural areas), some private schools pay NGN1,000 as school fees; I heard it from my uncles.

Only God knows how much would be teachers' salary.

Odd as it seems, it's d truth. What people go thru in dis country is unimaginable. Go to small private school and the salary they will offer will make u consider evil things that can not be mention hia...

Be self-employed, that's the best thing.

Datz y u must suport Biafra

no graduate is paid that.

but

If i marry Amaka DURU with her 800k salary, we shall both be earning a combined salary of 815k. Not bad

its all about choice u know...

A

its the fault of those graduate who took the job, their are other things you can do and earn more than 6k

most graduate no nothing after book, all they know is book and that is the reason they found their life useless if they cant get a job


thank God for my life #just saying

I did a 10k job for 4months after my service all hoping the man will link me to the company but he was just using me while bringing up different excuses each time I asked how long do I ve to keep earning 10k that doesn't take me to work for 20days o
The worst thing be say, some keep saying I should continue managing (I still ve to withdraw from my NYSC savings every month o to meet up with the job)

Is it that some people here are naive to the situation of this country or u r just defending your country cuz u r on Naira Land. I find it hard to belive that some people doesn't know that some graduates receives as low as N4000 per month.

were u even see the job self? hahahahahah, naija, giant of africa indeed.

kestolove95:
Even the #6000 job no dey

if e dey u go work?

In Kajola local government of Oyo State that I served, teachers are paid 5k. Even getting such jobs is extremely difficult.

wich kain graduate be dat?

Low Salaries is something we can rather call unavoidable, so what we should be talking of is a way out.

Here are Ten Helpful Tips for Low Salary Earners.


1. Go rural.
It is far, far easier to make a living on minimum wage in a rural situation. There are many small towns where you can find a room to rent for $100 a month and a small apartment to rent for $200 a month. Yes,these really exist – I see them fairly regularly when I get out in the more rural areas of Iowa. Even better, these areas often have lots of jobs for minimum wage workers – I see lots of help wanted signs around these towns and notices inside of town halls and gas stations looking for workers.

2. Don’t drive.
A car is a giant money suck. There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it, if you’re working minimum wage, your car is killing you. Ditch the car – get whatever cash you can from it. Then choose a place to live where you can get to work by foot or by bicycle. In a small town, it’s pretty easy to reach any other place in the town (and many places in the nearby countryside) on foot or by bicycle, and it’s something that people often do to cut corners.

3. Find the free stuff.
In towns of any size, there are resources available for the impoverished, from free dinners at churches to food giveaways to soup kitchens. The library provides free entertainment in the forms of books, music, and internet access. There are parks, recreational activities, and countless other things even in the smallest of rural towns. Look around for the free stuff and use it – it’s there for everyone to utilize. When you must spend money, be as frugal as possible. Ramen is very cheap, filling, and full of carbs, for example.

4. Don’t be proud.
Pride often keeps people from walking into a soup kitchen. Don’t let it. That kind of pride is an obstacle ground into you by a life in a consumerist society. People who are there to help you want to help you stand on your own two feet – give them that opportunity. Look for every opportunity to help you with your situation, from consulting to WIC toMedicaid to welfare (regardless of my political feelings on it, it’s definitely a resource someone in that position should use). If you don’t know where to start, start off by asking a pastor or a clergyman for help.

5. Minimize your required commitments.
Repaying debts? Call the debtors and explain your situation and ask for an abatement. This won’t get rid of your debt, but it can minimize your requirements for the time being. If you have children that you simply can’t support, look for opportunities to help you with that burden – your family is a great place to start, for example. Don’t saddle yourself with burdens heavier than you can carry or you’ll do nothing but collapse. You don’t become strong by carrying 500 pounds of weight on your back – you become strong by learning how to carry ten pounds, then adding more as you go along.

6. Take every side opportunity you can.
There are all sorts of little opportunities to make more money if you pay attention. Doing things like helping someone shingle a roof for $10 an hour cash is an opportunity you can’t let pass by. Free meals? Take them. Twenty bucks for helping an old man clean out his garage? Do it. Ask around for odd jobs and other small-scale moneymaking opportunities – perhaps even get started on your own “handyman” business.

7. Minimize your possessions.
There are a lot of reasons for doing this. The biggest one is that the more stuff you have, the more money you’ve wasted. Also, fewer possessions mean that you need less room to live. For a while, all of my worldly possessions (clothes included) fit in a single Rubbermaid tub – and that made it extremely easy to actually live in someone’s living room for a while.

8. Make a steely commitment to succeed.
Even after you’ve done all of this, it still takes some serious commitment to make all of this work. You can get yourself in a position where you’re not spending more than you make, but it takes commitment to stay there. Remind yourself every daythat you’re not going to waste money and that you’re going to spend less than you earn this week – and this month – and this year. That’s the one way you can get ahead.

9. Save automatically.
So what do you do when you are making more than you’re spending? Take that extra money and put it into a savings account. But just doing that every once in a while won’t cut it. Keep most of your money in a checking account, then go to the library and use the internet access there to set up an online savings account with a big bank, like ING or HSBC. Set up an automatic savings plan there to withdraw $10 a week from your main checking – or maybe even more. Then walk away and forget about it. What will happen? After a year, you’ll have $530 or so in the account. If you’ve put in more weekly, you’ll have even more.

10. Educate yourself.
While you’re putting yourself in a better financial place, spend your spare time educating yourself. Take classes at the nearest community college and work towards some kind of degree. If you need to, transfer to a state university – if you’ve been working on minimum wage for a long time and are actually making strong progress towards a degree, they will help you big time with paying for it. The key isgetting started – see what your local community college has to offer.

One final tip: don’t give up the dream.
If you’re working a minimum wage job, either you’re very young, very lazy, or very unlucky. All of these can be overcome, but they take time and commitment and a lot of hard work. It’s very easy to give up the dream of a better life when you’re doing this. Don’t. You can succeed and you will succeed if you spend every day taking steps in the right direction. Surround yourself with people who are also fighting to go in the right direction. Don’t be resentful of people in a better situation than you – instead, use them as inspiration and realize that if you keep on the path, you’ll get there too.

6k? lol money for fuel.

Five Subjects, pay #6k. In kd