• A Nigerian doctor has gone on social media to express her dissatisfaction with her monthly earnings
• She stated how much she is paid monthly despite spending millions in medical school, which is not even a quarter of her school fees
• Her outcry triggered conversations about medical practitioners being underpaid in the country, with some netizens comparing their earnings to hers

A medical doctor, Dr Clementina Abiodun, has cried out over the amount she earns monthly, which she considers meagre.

She lamented spending millions in medical school only to end up earning a paltry salary.

Nigerian medical doctor’s salary

According to Abiodun, she earns N244k every month. Words overlaid on her TikTok post read:

“Life so private that nobody knows I spent millions in medical school, just to be earning N244k monthly.”

She admitted that the pay can be annoying at times, as it is not even a quarter of her medical school fees.

She advocated for an upward review of doctors’ salaries. In her words:

“This can be really annoying sometimes ehn😭😭😭why am I not making quarter of my school fees😭😩honestly doctors in this country need to be paid more money.”

In one of her TikTok posts, Abiodun disclosed that her monthly allowance is over N500k.

See her post below:

People react to medical doctor’s salary

Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the medical doctor’s salary below:

Ehiz said:

“Some of us spend million in school till date we no see work.. we just dey hustle on our own , we create our own employment.”

ROSE 🌹 said:

“220k for physiotherapy 😭 after all the school fees in Unimed 1.2million for physiotherapy indigene non indigene 900k per session.”

Victor interiors said:

“Nothing beat working in engineering company 😂😂😂…. check oil company and thank me later… as an intern my salary is even competing with urs😂😂😂.. petroleum engineer(in-view).”

director Kevin said:

“But na teacher I be for class and my salary pass that one and e no dey do me hmmm.”

user7574741886611 said:

“No be you say salary is 244k and allowances 500k( Total 744k monthly).”

Jenny Gift said:

“Your earning 244k, some of us are earning 170k after spending millions in school.”

Mayor Andrew said:

“Na una wan go private or state school nah 😂😂 I’m not sure I spent more than 1.5 million all through my five years in school.”

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a medical practitioner had shared how much resident doctors are reportedly paid monthly.

Why doctor earning N1m relocated to Germany

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a doctor who earned N1 million monthly in Nigeria had shared why he relocated to Germany.

In a story he shared on X, Dr Baridueh stated that his overall boss in Abuja sacked him to give his girlfriend his role.

After a manager’s efforts to help failed, the doctor eventually came across an Afrikka Kommt fellowship program sponsored by the German president and other industries in a class WhatsApp group.

Source: Legit.ng