Abuja · Lagos · Port Harcourt

Stop importing competence. Train it here.

Nigeria has over 200 million people, and families still cannot find a housekeeper, cook or nanny they trust. HomeReady is a domestic staff academy: we train adults, certify them, verify them, and place them — with a replacement promise if it goes wrong.

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18+ onlyNo child domestic labour. Ever.

90 daysReplacement cover on managed placements.

Paid directSalary goes to the worker, not an agent.

A light, tidy living room ready for the day

Folded towels stacked on a bathroom shelf

A bright living room interior, no people

Built for Nigerian homes

The market is not short of people. It is short of proof.

Informal agents still recruit from villages, take a cut of wages, and skip identity checks. A two-day “orientation” is not a profession. HomeReady is the layer in between: a standard families can ask for, and a career workers can hold.

01 — Trust

Verification before keys

NIN match, address and guarantor visit, phone history, interview, and a practical skills test in a real flat. We do not place anyone we have not watched work.

02 — Skill

A home, not a classroom lecture

Hygiene, Nigerian and continental home cooking, childcare, laundry, etiquette, money boundaries, and what to do in a medical emergency. Assessed, not assumed.

03 — Fairness

Dignity is part of the product

Workers are adults, paid directly, given a written contract, a rest day and a wage floor. Exploitation is how theft and absconding get trained into the system.

The cost argument

A certified Nigerian professional, priced for a Nigerian household.

Imported competence is a luxury product. Local untrained help is a gamble. HomeReady sits in the gap families actually live in.

	Village agent	Filipino hire	HomeReady graduate
Typical monthly cost	₦30,000–₦80,000, often diverted	$800–$1,200 plus agency	₦100,000–₦220,000 paid to the worker
Training	None	Usually prior overseas training	4–8 week academy certificate
Identity	Often a relative’s word	Passport and agency file	NIN, guarantor, address visit
If it fails	Agent disappears	Visa and replacement delay	90-day replacement on managed plans
Who it suits	Households accepting high risk	Homes that can pay in dollars	Working families who need proof

Salary bands are 2026 market guides for Abuja and Lagos, not a quote. Filipino ranges follow published agency advertising of about $800–$1,200 a month. Placement fees are separate from salary.

Programmes

Certificates a household can actually use.

Training happens in a furnished practice home. Trainees cook, clean, launder, and run childcare drills. English for the workplace is included. No one under 18 is enrolled.

4 weeks · Housekeeping

Housekeeping certificate

₦65,000

Room-by-room cleaning, laundry and ironing, kitchen hygiene, storage, chemical safety, guest readiness, daily checklists.

Jollof rice, chicken and salad plated for a home meal

5 weeks · Home cook

Home cook certificate

₦85,000

Nigerian staples done properly, simple continental plates, meal planning on a budget, food safety, storage, and presentation for a private home.

A Black caregiver with a Black child at bedtime

6 weeks · Nanny

Professional nanny

₦95,000

Infant and toddler care, feeding, sleep routines, first aid orientation, school-run discipline, screen limits, and mandatory reporting of harm.

A Black woman standing in a living room interior

8 weeks · Household manager

Household manager

₦140,000

For experienced staff moving up: inventories, vendor control, staff supervision, menus, budgets, and hosting. The alternative to a dollar-paid house manager.

Employers can sponsor a trainee. Fees cover materials, assessment and certificate. They do not guarantee a job — placement is a separate, standards-based match.

For employers

Hire from people we have already watched work.

Shortlist

₦45,000

We match 2–3 certified candidates to your brief. You interview. Fee credited if you take a managed placement within 30 days.

Placement

₦90,000

One introduction that converts, contract template, first-week check-in. 30-day replacement if the graduate leaves or is released for cause.

Managed

₦150,000

Placement plus 90-day cover, a complaint desk, and one replacement. Salary is still paid by you, directly to the worker.

Suggested wage floors we will not place below

Live-out housekeeper ₦80,000 · live-in nanny ₦100,000 plus food and a private sleeping space · home cook ₦100,000 · household manager ₦180,000. Island and expatriate homes sit higher. A rest day is not optional.

Trust stack

What “vetted” means here.

Most ads say background-checked and mean a phone call. This is the file we build before a graduate is offered to a home.

Identity. NIN, photograph, and a live match. No placement on a borrowed ID.

Guarantor. Two adults with verifiable addresses. One visit, not a WhatsApp voice note.

Conduct. Signed code: no theft, no side use of the house, no posting the family’s life online, no corporal punishment.

Skill proof. Practical exam in the training flat, scored. Certificate number families can confirm.

Probation. First 30 days are observed. We call both sides. Silence is not success.

For workers

A trade, not a favour.

If you are 18 or older and want household work that pays you — not your uncle, not an agent — this is the route.

You keep your own NIN, phone and wages.
Training is in English and plain Nigerian English. Pidgin is welcome in class; workplace English is taught.
Certificate is yours even if you find work yourself.
We do not recruit minors. We will not place anyone into a home that wants a child.

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How a placement moves

From brief to first Monday.

Day 1

Brief

Duties, live-in or live-out, children, diet, estate rules, budget. We decline briefs that ask for a minor or an illegal wage.

Day 2–5

Shortlist

Two or three graduates. You meet them at our practice home or by video. No surprise drop-off at your gate.

Week 1

Start and check

Written duties, rest day, salary date. We call you and the worker on day 3 and day 14.

The certificate

A number a family can confirm. Not a blank sheet.

Every graduate leaves with a named certificate: track, date, assessor and a number the academy can look up. These four are samples from the pilot register, not blank templates.

Housekeeping certificate for Adaeze Okonkwo, number HRA-HK-2026-0142 — Adaeze Okonkwo · Housekeeping · HRA-HK-2026-0142

Home cook certificate for Fatima Bello, number HRA-CK-2026-0088 — Fatima Bello · Home cook · HRA-CK-2026-0088

Nanny certificate for Grace Etim, number HRA-NY-2026-0217 — Grace Etim · Professional nanny · HRA-NY-2026-0217

Household manager certificate for Chinedu Adeyemi, number HRA-HM-2026-0034 — Chinedu Adeyemi · Household manager · HRA-HM-2026-0034

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Employers get a shortlist of people who already hold a numbered certificate. Trainees sit the practical before a name is written on one. Message us on WhatsApp: +1 647 504 6845.

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