You Trust Them With Your Life but Pay Them ₦70k” – Man Calls Out Nigerian Billionaires Over Domestic Workers’ Salaries

“You Trust Them With Your Life but Pay Them ₦70k” – Man Calls Out Nigerian Billionaires Over Domestic Workers’ Salaries

A man has sparked conversations on social media after criticising Nigerian billionaires for allegedly paying low salaries to domestic staff despite entrusting them with their lives and valuable properties.

In a post shared on X, he questioned why some wealthy individuals spend hundreds of millions of naira on mansions, luxury vehicles and other assets, yet allegedly pay security guards, chefs and other household workers relatively modest wages.

Arguing that domestic workers play vital roles in their employers’ lives, he pointed out that security guards protect billion-naira properties while chefs prepare every meal consumed by the families they serve.

He wrote:

“Nigerian billionaires are funny sha.

You bought a piece of land worth maybe ₦50 million.

Spent another ₦200 million building a mansion.

Parked cars worth over ₦500 million inside the compound.

Then you hired a gateman to protect properties worth well over ₦1 billion… and you’re paying him ₦70k a month.

The same chef that cooks every meal you eat and literally controls what enters your body and determines the next minute you will stay on this earth is earning ₦100k monthly.

Sometimes I just sit down and wonder.

You trust these people with your life and your entire wealth, yet you pay them salaries that can barely take care of them.

Anyways… pray your enemies never come in contact with them sha.”

His remarks have since generated debate online, with some social media users agreeing that domestic workers deserve better pay, while others argued that salaries should be determined by market conditions and the nature of the job.

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