Skills that can fetch you while studying in Nigerian Universities

Skills that can fetch you while studying in Nigerian Universities

Apart from the issue of increasing tuition fees of Universities and colleges. You as students will also need money for some planned and unplanned expenses for example hostel due, personal upkeeps, group membership dues, faculty dues, projects, assignments and so on. In most cases the amount given to you by parent/sponsors are not enough to meet campus needs. This article focus on ways you can become less dependent on your parent/sponsor by making money with skills without it affecting your studies.

These are jobs you can start even from your room. You can even do it at your fixed time, either after lecture, weekends etc, in order to reduce the weight on your sponsors.

Skills that can fetch you while studying in Nigerian Universities

Below is some skills that can fetch you an extra income while studying in a Nigerian University or Colleges:

* Freelance Writing

If you are talented and have a good understanding of grammar, curious and inquisitive, you can make extra money from writing for websites (Odesk, Nairaland, Fiverr etc) or blogs. You can also help people in writing resumes/CV in such a way that attract empoyers, quotations and so on at your own charge.

* Photography

You only need a digital camera with some other few material to back it up. Students will need passport for forms and applications, and some photos during events.

* Typesetting/printing

If your are skilled in typesetting you can make earning from it. You only need a laptop with a little printer. Students will wand to typeset their assignments, projects or thesis. Your work is to type and print it for them at your own rate. Apart from typing not everyone can edit documents, you can add editing, scannig, proofreading and making photocopy to your work.

* Student Politics

If you are talented with leadership skills you can also fetch your own from it while studying. Though making money should not be a reason for participating in politics, but having a student office (SU Exco, Hall governor etc) on campus way you can also make earnings. University administration recompenses student leaders for their upkeeps.

* Public speaking:

if you are talented in addressing a crowd with confidence. Your skills also worth being paid for. Earnings can be made form Organizing Seminars, addressing people at events Student meetings etc.

* Tutor

Are you a fast learner? Or you are good in a particular subject? You can make money from sharing your knowledge with other students especially junior students. This can be done by an individual or be a part of a tutoring team.

* Solving problem/assignments

If you are good in a particular subject you can get past questions sole, print it then start selling it, students always want to have solutions to questions. . if you have lazy students around you, lazy students are always ready to pay any amount for having their assignment done.

* MC/Comedian

Do you have the passion of speaking amidst crowd? People usually laugh at your words? This is also a lucrative talents, you can start from a friend’s party, the more people know you the more you will be recommended to others. You can master a ceremony/event, make people laugh at your own charge.

* Music/DJ Service

If you are talented in singing or you have knowledge of DJ applications and packages, or you have knowledge of how to play musical instruments, make yourself to be known and earn from performing at shows, party etc.

* Phone/electronics/computer repair

Computer repairing on campus is not that widen as outside, the type of service students require from you is mainly installation and upgrading of software (operating system and other software), cartridge refilling etc , these are service you can render at your own charge. If you are skilled in repairing phones, that is also a source of money students will always need your service. If you can also repair electric gadgets, this is also a sure money making skill. Students will want to repair electronic gadgets like televisions, DVD, fridge, lamps etc.

* Graphics design

Greetings to CorelDraw, Photoshop, Adobe illusion and other graphic package users reading this article.. a lot of event take place on campus, you make your money from making fliers posters, banners etc

* Shirt customizing

Students customizes shirts, make wristbands, jerseys, mufflers for department, faculties/student associations and other events on campus. You can offer this service at and have your money.

* Barbing/Hairdressing/jewelry Making/manicure and pedicure

Everybody wants to look good. This do not need a lot of explanation. It also a lucrative skill in campus.

* sewing/mending of clothes

You sow clothes for other students. Most students also like mending clothes.

* Event Planning/catering/baking & pestering

If you can make and sell snacks, chips, meat/fish pie buns, cake yoghurt, juice etc, that is also a lucrative skill on campus. Celebrations, event also comes up on campus you can also do this make catering service for students.

* Web designing/hosting

It is also a money bringing skill. You build and host websites for departments, students associations, fellowship gropes, individual students even organizations outside the campus at your own charge.

* Bulk SMS

Helping groups, organizations, associations, etc to get in touch with their members for a fee.

* Selling Recharge Cards

This can be done in two ways, you either make local retailing or print it in bulk. It depends on your capital.

* Online Course Registration

You only need a computer with internet access. You assist fellow students in making online applications/registrations like school fees payment, Job Applications, Scholarship application, course registration, admission regularization, post utme registration and any other online applications at a fee.

* Sales and Marketing

Buying and selling is also a sure business on campuses. You buy and sell provisions, used clothes etc. you can also help some companies in selling their products and earn your own commission on each product you sell.

* Blogging

You only need a computer with internet access, then create your blog own blog. There are ways you could own your own blog freely using wordpress or blogspot. You can have a personal bog or other blogs you could use in making things known to people e.g. techblog, education, food, travelblogs etc

* Affiliate marketing

With the daily increasing of shopping mania across the world. You can make you own money from it. You promote and sell other people’s /company’s (jumia, OLX, Konga etc) products and earn your commission for each sale. You can make a website for that or use social media pages with a lot of fans. This wouldn’t be a problem for you if you are social media stars

* Estate Agent

Search for accommodation for other students, fresher and anyone that needs an apartment in the area you are.

* Shoe making & Cobbling

Students will want to mend their shoes or make new ones.

* House Cleaning

When students especially freshers just get a new apartment, your service will be required in cleaning and tiding up the new apartment. You offer this service also at a fee.

* Producing Chemicals

Making and selling disinfectants, perfumes, air fresheners, deodorants, soaps and other things is a way you can also make money on campus.

* Sports/fitness training

People wants to loose weights and make themselves fit. You can start instructing and training students for this. It can be done in a local way or you hook up with a gym owner and start your work and get paid for the service.

All these are jobs you can do on a part-time basis, at weekends or after lectures without in affecting your studies. So you need to be more independent on parents/sponsors.

Try and learn at least one of the above listed skills.