NIGERIANS REACT TO LADY’S STATEMENT THAT FILIPINO NANNIES ARE TREATED BETTER THAN THEIR LAGOS COUNTERPART
A Nigerian lady identified by her Twitter handle as @dith_3008 has started a conversation online about Filipino and Lagos nannies.
The young lady said that many Nigerian employers who have Filipino nannies treat them better than they treat their Nigerian counterparts.
I see hiring Filipino nannies is d new status symbol for Lagos women. ?Many go on vacation with these nannies, pay them money they would never pay a Nigerian nanny & above all treat them with dignity & respect.
BLK folks rarely value each other but stay expecting others to.?
— J ** (@dith_3008) November 3, 2019
Using a personal experience as an example, @dith_3008 said she worked briefly with a Nigerian employer that preferred owing his Nigerian nannies than the non-Nigerians. She stated that he instructed her to pay the non-Nigerians first.
I worked briefly for a Nigerian employer as a teen & every pay period, he made us pay d non-Nigerian employees FIRST b4 the Nigerians.
He was okay with owing Nigerians but knew better than to owe other folks. It was not abt professionalism or whatever. They just weren’t priority
— J ** (@dith_3008) November 3, 2019
The young woman’s observation generated a mixed reaction from people. While some supported her school of thought, other people had a different opinion.
Read reactions from those who supported:
Someone I know is on this table, bet let me just pim?
— Lord Farquaad (@UNCUJAY) November 3, 2019
What visa did our immigration issue to them? That's where we should start asking questions. Immigration now has expartriate quota for nannies with the unemployement in the country. We really love ourselves. Everything is status symbol and show off.
— PATRICK O (@PODIAKA) November 3, 2019
This happens in abuja too not only Lagos
— Amina Yahaya (@Amna_alsharaf) November 3, 2019
Sad but true.
— sir_Anthony C. Chimeziem II (@siraccii) November 3, 2019
People that find it hard to pay staff 50k will come here to talk about how professional Filipino nannies are! Are you people not tired of lying to yourselves?
— lagoslemons?08058073423 (@jolaoluwa04) November 3, 2019
Blacks abroad are the same. The restaurants and grocery stores owned by Africans in my town will never hire a fellow black. Only whites and Asians, then they wanna complain about racism ?
— Tee (@swiitdoll) November 3, 2019
Below are reactions from those who had a different opinion:
To be fair, there's a level of professionalism, versatility and trustworthiness that comes with these Filipino nannies.
I had a long discussion with a HNI on the matter years back. It's about value. It's about carving a niche. It's about culture.
— Bob Nzelu (@BobNzelu) November 3, 2019
Don't assume they are all treated with respect. You can't give what you don't have. Anyway, if they want Filipino, Egyptian or whatever nanny it's their money therefore their choice.
— Nefertiiti (@Nefertiiti) November 3, 2019
The Filipino nannies will never beat up your kids when you're not around, starve them or worse still plan with their frustrated Nigerian boyfriends to abduct them for selfish reasons.
— Obed Jefferson (@benfromtheBronx) November 3, 2019
Everyone has a story. Those people you see probably had a Nigerian nanny who maltreated their children.
Fuck logic and "giving back to the community" when it's the safety and welfare of your children in question— Femi ? (@femophantom) November 3, 2019
You think it's their treatment that is facilitating their good behavior and work ethic?
Americans like to hire Mexicans a lot because they work more for less. It's even a stereotype.
It's kind of a norm that a certain set of people do a certain type of job well.— Femi ? (@femophantom) November 3, 2019
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