The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding - BBC News

He has shocked many of his colleagues, who regard it as a menial job but are jealous of his income.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Mansur AbubakarBBC News, ZariaKabir Abu Bilal is not your regular Nigerian university professor - he has a second job working as a welder in the northern city of Zaria.

Welding is widely seen as a menial job across Nigeria and he has shocked many - especially his colleagues - by opening up his own welding workshop.

"I am not ashamed that I work as a welder despite being a professor," he tells the BBC. "I make more money from welding."

The 50-year-old teaches and supervises research students at the faculty of engineering at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria's largest and one of its most prestigious universities.

He has worked there for 18 years and published several books on physics and electrical engineering.

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