Nollywood actor Jide Awobona recounts experience dealing with domestic staff

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Nollywood actor Jide Awobona has advised colleagues and fans to set clear boundaries in their relationship with domestic staff.

In a recent Instagram post, Awobona shared his experiences and frustrations with domestic staff theft, urging fellow employers to handle such situations without emotional involvement.

He recounted an incident where his new domestic worker stole a chewing gum. While he only issued a stern warning, he reflected on past experiences where leniency led to greater losses, including $100 taken from his wallet by a previous staff member.

Initially attributing the losses to his own spending habits, Awobona eventually realized the pattern of theft, noting how he had overlooked smaller amounts in hopes of positively impacting the worker’s life.

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“I think it’s high time we stopped applying emotions in relating with our domestic staff, when they steal as small as chewing gum like this new one did, take it up (though I didn’t, but gage warning) that’s how I overlooked a lot until the previous one stole $100 from my wallet after several Nairas I thought I misplaced or spent, thinking it will transform his life. Ko si bi won se ma se ebolo. Do your work, get paid and move,” he wrote.

He added that domestic staff often do not reciprocate the love and kindness extended to them, urging employers to maintain a professional relationship focused on work and payment.

“Let them do the job they are meant to do. Get paid and move, don’t maltreat them. Though we go as far as giving clothes, food and all but don’t apply emotions, I realised they don’t love you as much as you love them or try to love them,” the actor wrote on Instagram.