Awakening with the Nigerian workforce are employers who see it worthy in giving their workers a good pay as aknowledgement of their work done.

Despite the recent dwindling of the economy, it is not an overstatement to say that people are still receiving good pays in the spheres they are in to and you might be one of them soon. So what are these jobs that pay these much?

Top paying Nigerian jobs
◆ NGO jobs
Non-governmental organizations in Nigeria, such as: The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities need people for the position of Program & M/E Officer, the International Rescue Committee is eager to recruit Senior Emergency Child Protection Specialist plus many others. Bear in mind that you need at least 5 years of experience.

◆ Online jobs
You can opt for a position of freelancer, translator, sales representative, virtual assistant, graphic designer, Seo consultant or websites developer online and earn much.Read: Can one really make money online in Nigeria?

◆ Legal jobs
Lawyers in Nigeria are among the highly paid workers in the country. Since representing offenders in Nigerian courts isn’t an easy thing, paying for the services of legal personels isn’t that cheap afterall.

◆ Nollywood industry workers
According to an unverified data, after Hollywood and Bollywood, Nollywood is the third entertainment industry in terms of money making in the world. This is the industry that unites several studios in Nigeria, for a year its workers earn about 120-150 million. Nollywoods is claimed to have the most films produced under a year.

◆ Oil and gas jobs
Producing of oil has become the basis of national welfare in the southern part of Nigeria, but power traditionally belongs to the residents of northern part of the country. It is noteworthy that, despite the fact that the country is an oil- based one, the local people’s incomes are very small, the price of gasoline is high enough. According to the World Bank estimates, only 1% of the population benefits are from oil revenues.

◆ Federal government jobs
Among current jobs in Nigeria provided by federal government are Administrative Officer, Executive Secretary To The CEO, Head of Internal Audit, Head of Corporate Services, Chief Economist. If you have all the necessary qualifications and requirements, you may choose whatever you want.

◆ Lecturing jobs
Despite the system being known to be corrupt, teaching jobs do pay much in Nigeria. You can be a Lecturer in any Nigerian university,secondary school teacher and even a vice chancellor!