Famous Nigerian skit maker and content creator, MC Lively (real name: Michael Sani Amanesi), opens up about his decision to leave his career as a lawyer and pursue comedy instead. In a recent conversation with renowned media personality Chude Jideonwo, the Obafemi Awolowo University alumnus revealed that he was offered a meager salary of N5,000 to work at a law firm.
In his words;
“I love law so much. I excelled at it so much. I really really loves it. But there was such a struggle between what you do in school and things in real life. It’s so different.
“I mean, how do I go to law school, spent such huge amount of money and coming out as a corper, and you are telling me that you can pay me N5,000 per month? To do what?
“No, it was really upsetting. And I remember that before I even got that particular one, I had to go look for work by myself in different chambers. Before I got that particular one, I had gone to like three or four chambers, they said, so sorry, there’s nothing they can do. NYSC, this is not even like the real job o. This is just NYSC.
“So, imagine what you would have to go through even when you are done with the NYSC and you want a real job, an actual job,” MC Lively added.
