The hustle, they say on the streets, is real and a  Nigerian lady could not believe her ears when she heard of a job that pays you just to sit and clap.

The wage? A minimum of N5,000 – may be higher depending on the duration of the event – and free chow, sorry, food.

The lady, who described herself as an Amala connoisseur and Content creator on Twitter, shared details of the hustle on her handle, @precious_chee. She wrote,

So I just heard it’s not every audience you see at certain events that are real, my neighbor just told me she was called for a job to come sit and clap for the speaker or laugh when necessary for 5000 Naira ??

And most times it’s just for 30min -2hrs max then you cashout your 5k??

Okay she said the price varies depending on the number of hours spent and you still get access to free food and drinks ??

….Lmao be like this is my dream job…

Now as absurd as it sounds, commenters on her timeline say ‘seat fillers’ are nothing new.

Happens all the time. Seat-fillers exist https://t.co/Rg5nTWhcWH

— DARTH SUCCUBUS ? (@PlatinumB_RICH) December 3, 2019

Gtb fashion weekend …..got paid for sitting down and enjoy myself too

— Cupid?? (@Daev69) 2 December 2019

Yeah yeah…. Fr…. They usually reserved d front sit for VIP… And the VIP usually arrive late….so in other to keep d seat….they pay u to seat on dem,by the time d VIP arrives you’ll stand up,and ur job is over and payment next…

— Cupid?? (@Daev69) 2 December 2019

Yes now.all this game shows and all,they pay people to fill up the seats

— michael skillz (@skillzmike) 2 December 2019

Since which year??.something they’ve been doing abroad ever since then now in naija as well.

— Abijosegun7 (@abijosegun7) 2 December 2019