Kabir 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.
His fellow academic, Prof Yusuf Jubril, explains that their colleagues find it strange: "Society make us think someone is too big for certain roles and it's not true.
"What he is doing is not humiliating but commendable, and I hope others learn from him."
Prof Abu Bilal agrees that people, especially graduates, need to be more open-minded about how they make their living.
"Education shouldn't stop one from doing jobs like this, I am surprised that there are people with first degrees who find a job like this degrading."

His words have resonance - as according to Stutern's Nigeria Graduate Report, more than 40% of graduates fail to get a job in Nigeria, Africa's most-populous country.
He opened up a mini workshop in Zaria around two decades ago.
In 2022, a year after he was promoted to become a professor, he moved to larger premises having found plenty of business in the university town.
This has allowed him to buy more equipment and take on bigger jobs, with customers asking him to make things such as metal door and window frames.

"I collect the job no matter how small it is, even if it is one door I will weld it happily to get paid," he says.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nigerian-professor-makes-more-money-015102890.html

Another stream of income.

One stream of income can hardly carry any Nigerian these days. Inflation has weakened our purchasing power and made nonsense of our monthly remuneration.

Kudos to him

All we need is food on the table

Side hustle