Most state versities adopt federal salary structure,as an assistant lecturer you are placed on conuass 2 with a salary of 794260 per annum,your allowances will total 504947 per annum, while your rent will equal 151864 per annum,your total emolument is 1451071 per annum,which makes your monthly take home to be around 120 thousand naira. as a graduate assistant you earn 105 thousand naira, if you can rise through the ranks and become a prof your monthly take home pay will be 501,000 naira excluding grants.