Almond solicitors, a
law firm, is seeking to recruit a lawyer who will be paid N25,000 monthly
salary.
This pay is below
the N30,000 minimum wage signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on April
18, 2020.
It is also lower
when compared to the N33,000 monthly allowance received by members of the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
The company, which
described itself as “an excellence driven firm with a demonstrated history of
working in the legal services industry” placed the advert on its Linkedin account, on Monday.
It said the ideal
candidate should reside in either Ogudu, Ojota, Gbagada or Ikeja areas of the
state — places where accommodation is expensive and cost of transportation is
high.
“We are looking to
recruit a lawyer with 1-3 years experience. Being a modest firm, The salary
will be NGN25,000 for a start. This will be upgraded as clientelle base
expands,” the post read.
“The ideal candidate
should be should be living in Ogudu/Ojota/ Gbagada/lkeja axis and will be
tasked with attending client meetings, research and organizing training
programs.
“The Candidate will
also be working remotely from home. There is room for growth and exposure and
the role is rewarding in the medium to long term. Interested candidates should
send cvs to almondsolicitors@gmail.com on or before June 12, 2020.”
In reaction, some
LinkedIn users expressed shock over the amount to be paid as salary.
The users described
it as demeaning for a member of the legal profession and for a graduate who
spent five years at the university and another one year at the Nigeria Law
School.
“This is just
disgraceful and despicable to the hallowed profession,” Oluwatosin Ayinde, a
user, wrote.
Chukwudi Ekene
Charles, a lawyer, also wrote “You are not even ashamed to advertise this kind
of job?”
Eugene Okundaye,
another LinkedIn user, compared the salary to what is received by house helps
and gate men.
“Haha, 25k… even
house helps and gatemen earned more than that… I seriously think it’s a typo
error,” he wrote.
Ifeanyi Ugwanyi, an
associate at Perchatone & Graeys, displayed sarcasm saying the firm is
probably seeking to recruit an undergraduate intern and not a lawyer.
“There’s a typo
somewhere. Either in the figures or they are in search of an undergraduate
intern. Can’t be a lawyer!” he wrote.
Joseph Nembe, who
described himself as a dispute resolution attorney, said: “25k? And the ideal
candidate should be living in Ikeja? What a suck joke!”
“NGN25,000??? That’s
like $60 a month??? And you’re shamelessly advertising this on LinkedIn? I’m
embarrassed for your “law firm” and for your Bar,” Gideon Christian, another
user said.
Khadija Yusuf, a
LinkedIn user, said “the firm should be reported to the federal government for
offering a salary below the minimum wage”.
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