Nigeria, Aug. 1 -- In today's Nigerian workplace, a growing army of workers clock into jobs daily without job security, health insurance, or the faintest hope of a pension. They are not officially unemployed, yet they are far from empowered. They are the contract staff - the human face of a silent exploitation that has become normalized across banks, telecoms, and even government institutions.

Outsourcing, originally introduced to promote flexibility and reduce operational costs, has mutated into a tool of corporate abuse. Under the guise of "efficiency," many companies now pass off critical roles to third-party vendors, who, in turn, employ staff on precarious terms - no job security, no bargaining power, and little protection under Nig...