Lady_Victoria

This carpenter sent me a quotation for the materials and labour needed to complete the roofing of a 3 bedroom bungalow. What caught my attention the most was his workmanship fee of ₦600,000. The reason I'm sharing this is that many people look down on jobs like carpentry. Some even have parents who do this kind of work for a living, yet they refuse to learn from them because society sees these jobs as "dirty work." Imagine charging ₦600,000 for the workmanship on a 3 bedroom bungalow roof that could take less than seven days to complete. Now imagine getting two of these contracts every month. That's ₦1.2 million in workmanship fees alone. How many people working 9–5 jobs in Nigeria earn that much monthly? The problem is that many young people are so focused on finding jobs that sound good when they tell people about them that they overlook skills that could actually change their lives. There's dignity in skilled labour, and there's good money to be made from it. You don't have to wear a suit or sit in an office before you can make a decent living. If you like, keep sitting at home waiting for your dream job while your productive years pass you by. One day, you might have to explain to your children why you couldn't give them a better life because the Nigerian economy was hard when you were young.