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Nigerian Bosses Are Bad
A Short Book on Perspective, Pressure, and the People Who Lead Us
Nigerian Bosses Are Bad is a short e-book by Prince Elijah Abumoye, founder of Traction Outsourcing Limited, about why so many bosses in Nigerian workplaces get called wicked, unfair, or impossible to please, and what is really happening underneath that reputation. Written for employees, managers, and business owners across Nigeria, it uses real workplace scenarios rather than management theory to unpack the pressure, structure, and decisions behind difficult leadership, and what changes once a business finally gets those things right. The stories in the book are drawn from patterns Traction Outsourcing has seen firsthand across HR audits, leadership training, and corporate restructuring work inside real Nigerian companies, so the bosses described here will feel familiar rather than invented for effect. Nigerian Bosses Are Bad is available now exclusively as an e-book, and can be bought directly from this page.
Somewhere in Lagos tonight, somebody is typing a resignation letter at 11 p.m. They will save it in drafts. They will not send it, because rent does not care how you feel about your Oga, and neither does the landlord who is already asking for next quarter before this one has ended.
If you have worked under a Nigerian boss, you have said it at least once. Maybe under your breath in the office toilet. Maybe into your phone on the drive home. "This one is wicked." "That woman does not have human blood." "How can somebody treat people like this?"
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Chapter Two
The Boss Who Changes Her Mind Every Monday
Tunde had a private nickname for his CEO within six months of joining the fintech in Yaba. He called her NEPA. Her instructions took light like PHCN, here now, gone before you'd finished adjusting to it.
The product roadmap that was locked on Monday was scrapped by Wednesday. A payment-processor deal he'd spent three weeks negotiating died two days before signing, killed by a text that said only, it's not the right time anymore. He'd stay up getting a set of wireframes exactly right, proud of the work, and two days later learn none of it would ship.
There is a version of this story where Amaka is simply indecisive, a founder who talks a confident game in pitch decks and falls apart the moment a real decision needs holding. That version isn't entirely wrong.
It also isn't the whole picture. Amaka runs a fintech company inside a regulatory environment where the Central Bank can issue a circular on a Tuesday morning that makes Monday's entire business model illegal by lunchtime. Her cloud…
Nigerian Payroll Excel Template (Updated for 2026 Tax Laws)
A full Nigerian payroll template updated for the 2026 tax laws, including a sample e-slip, the old PAYE structure for comparison, the new PAYE structure, a Withholding Tax (WHT) sheet, and other reference sheets.
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