The Different Classes of People in Nigera

Nigeria has 4 categories of people, and everyone falls under one of these categories. The category you fall under determines how you are treated by people in the society.

Here are the 4 categories of people who live in Nigeria:

The Rich

These people are at the top of the food chain and are highly regarded by many Nigerians. Most rich Nigerians are very rude and look down their noses at people who are not as rich as they are. However, there are two types of rich people:

The rich - are people who own their own homes, drive expensive cars, live in the best neighbourhoods, and can afford certain luxuries. They work in top conglomerates, banks and some of them run their own businesses.

The super rich- are people who are the owners of various houses, drive very expensive custom made cars, live in choice areas, travel out of the country to shop for their outfits, perfumes etc. They also own houses in choice areas in Europe, America, Dubai etc. They are mostly top government officials and governors.

The Average

These are people who rent their apartment and may or may not own a car. Many of them are self employed or work for government owned establishment, individual owned firms etc. They can afford to live in decent apartments and afford basic necessities of life, although many of them cannot afford to travel out of the country or afford to buy very expensive clothes and eat at expensive restaurants. The people who belong to this class are often regarded with a little respect because they might at any time soon move on to become rich. The average class people are mostly college educated and some of them have post graduate degrees too. Many of them live in not so-bad neighbourhoods.

The Poor

These are people that are often snubbed by the rich. They are people who cannot afford to eat three square meals or afford to live in a decent accommodation. Many of these poor people cannot afford to educate their children (and they are known to give birth to a large number of kids). Most of them are uneducated and many of them who work, get low paying jobs like cleaning, mai-guard (local security), petty trade, farm hands, mai-ruwa (water sales man) etc.

The Poor And Helpless

These are people who cannot afford to live in any apartment; they live in shanties, on the streets and in abandoned buildings. They have no one to help them or family members that can assist them. They live on people's generosity; many of them beg in order to eat and some of them pick up food from the neighbourhood dumpster. The Nigerian government has tried its best to rid the streets of beggars but some of these people would rather beg than get their hands dirty doing a hard days work.

In Nigeria, if you are poorly educated, they is a slim chance that you would ever make the rich category, many Nigerians believe in the power of education and the benefits that come with it.