By Blessing Udeobasi
Popular Nollywood actress, Sola Sobowale, has revealed that she left her acting career that earned her millions of naira for menial jobs in the United Kingdom.
She revealed this during an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo where she said she did that in order to cater for her children who were schooling in the U.K and needed motherly love and care.
“I was practically living in Enugu because I sh@t a movie, ‘Christ In Me’, after the movie the fame came. So I was given another job, to film one and come back, but eventually, I got over 10 movies so I was stationed at Enugu. And in one location I spent one week. In that one week, I was on N800,000 and that was in the year 2000. So like that, when I went back to Lagos, I had over N5 million within just a few months.
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“I went back to England and noticed the kids lack motherly touch. Then I moved to England and forgot stardom for 7 pounds per hour jobs in England. Then before I could make 1000 pounds I have to work extra hard.
“Now, all of them are working and now they appreciate me for my sacrifice and ask me to go back to what I know how to do best so that’s why I’m back in Nigeria. She said.
“There is nothing this woman cannot do because I know what is called dignity in labour. I will sweep anywhere so far it will put food on my table, cloth on my children, and shelter on my head.
“I swept, cooked, washed, mopped, cleaned offices. Yes, I did all those. The other thing is I wasn’t sleeping. On the train or bus, I make sure I wear my uniform with the name of the company like that. Now, I’m happy because it’s now history.” she added.
