Why Lagos Offices Waste More Money on A4 Paper Than on Staff Salaries

Sounds crazy, right? But check your bins after work hours. You’ll find crumpled A4s, half-page prints, “draft copies” that nobody really needed. That’s your money sitting in the trash.

Paper looks cheap, N4,000 to N6,000 a ream. But multiply careless printing across 30 staff, 5 days a week, and suddenly you’re bleeding hundreds of thousands a year.

Do the following smart fixes

• Set printing policies – draft on screen, final copy on paper.
• Monitor departments – make everyone accountable for their print spend.
• Go virtual where you can – not every memo deserves ink and paper.

Your landlord may collect rent once a year, but wasted paper is collecting rent every single day. Stop paying.