Sola Sobowale Discloses Why She Left Fame And Stardom To Do Menial Jobs In Abroad

 

Veteran actress, Sola Sobowale has revealed why she left a life of comfort and stardom in Nigeria to start doing menial jobs in the United Kingdom.

Speaking in the latest episode of #WithChude, the Nollywood actress said she had to sacrifice for her children by leaving the fame and stardom to them motherly love while they were studying in UK.

She disclosed that even though the money she was making back then in Nigeria was mind-blowing, she had to leave all that behind to be with her kids. 

Sobowale said will sweep anywhere so far it will put food on the table, cloth on her children, and shelter on their head.

"I went back to England and noticed the kids lack motherly touch. Then I moved to England and forgot stardom,” she told Chude Jideonwo.

“Now, all of them are working and they appreciate me for my sacrifice.

“I was practically living in Enugu where I was shooting a movie, ‘Christ In Me’. After the movie, fame came. So I was given another film job. I got over 10 movie jobs so I was stationed in 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 was going back to Lagos, I had over N5 million within how many months. The money was blowing.

“So I left that for 7 pounds per hour jobs in England. Then before I could make 1000 pounds I will have to work extra hard. 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.

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“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.

“Then you hear Nigerians say ‘She isn’t the one’, ‘Sola Sobowale, no she isn’t the one’. I will then tell them it’s me, my name is Sola Sobowale, so they will ask what I’m doing here and I ask them the same question. I made a lot of friends. Now, I’m happy because it’s now history.

The star revealed that education is the only legacy one can give to their children. So she let her children leave Nigeria, and moved with them  to London.

“Education is the only legacy you can give your children. So inside me, I said if my children want to go to university they will either go to the University of Ibadan, Ife, or Lagos but unfortunately, the varsities are always on strike. A course of 3 years ends up to be 6 years,” she added.

“So I thought if I can pay this much for primary and secondary, I should be able to for university too. So let my children leave Nigeria, that was why I moved my children to London.”