Comedian and internet sensation, Michael Sani Amanesi aka MC Lively, has narrated how his father took a loan to pay for his law school tuition.
The skit maker cum actor spoke in a recent interview with The Nation on what motivated him to consider a career in the entertainment industry.
“My dad has always complained about the salary saying he has been taking out loans since the 90s. My Law school, it was a loan he collected,” he said.
According to Lively, he quit Law for comedy because he didn’t find fulfilment as a lawyer. The comedian who shot into limelight through his funny skits “Agidi” which talks about real life issues in Nigeria; said that the transition wasn’t a difficult decision because he earned peanuts while he was working.
“Before I found the chamber I worked with, I would go round law firms in Mokola, Ibadan looking for work. The ones I went to, most of them said they didn’t have money to pay. But then I told them if I had told them at Law School that I didn’t have money; would they have accepted me? So basically, I went round Ibadan before I got a chamber that was paying me N5,000 per month in 2017,” MC Lively said.
“At that time, lawyers with five years post score were earning N25,000 per month; while the head of chamber was earning N50,000 per month. So even if I was working, was I not still jobless?
READ ALSO: Why Eva Alordiah Abandoned Music
“The boredom is what made me choose comedy over Law, because ordinarily I like Law. Even when I was in school, I really enjoyed studying Law and I wanted to see where that was going to take me. At some point, I was thinking maybe I would combine both but there was no fulfillment in Law. That is why I chose comedy. But the job search is constant for anybody who is in the public sector, and that’s where the character steps in.”
