31 Year Old lady who struggles With 60k/Month salary, Explain How She Gets €2600/Month Job.
A 31-year-old Nigerian woman, who once struggled to make ends meet on a meager ₦60,000 monthly salary, has shared her inspiring journey of resilience, self-improvement, and eventual success in securing a lucrative €2,600 (approx. ₦2.6 million) per month job with a German maritime company.
A Childhood Marked by Struggle
Growing up in a polygamous home with a fisherman father who abandoned the family, she and her mother faced severe hardship. Moving between relatives, she endured neglect and emotional abuse—including an uncle who refused ₦600 for her primary school leaving exam, blaming her for her father’s departure.
“I needed ₦600 for my primary school exam, but my uncle refused, saying he had no money. I knew he did—he just didn’t want to help me,” she recalls. “He’d yell that I was the reason my dad left. Those words stuck with me.”
She moved to Yenagoa in 2012 and lived with her sister. Initially, she took a job at a computer center that paid ₦8,000 a month before an encounter with a customer led to a secretarial role paying ₦60,000/month—a life-changing sum at the time. She used her earnings to support her family while pursuing education opportunities.
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Scholarship Breakthrough
After missing out on nursing school due to financial constraints, she seized a NIMASA scholarship opportunity, passing exams against all odds. Despite a two-year wait, she was accepted in 2014 to study Marine Engineering in the Philippines, funded by the Nigerian government.
“NIMASA was offering marine engineering scholarships. I heard it on a Friday; the exam was Saturday. I ran for the form, wrote it, and passed. Five days later, I got the news.”
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While studying, she supplemented her stipend by braiding hair, earning up to ₦70k weekly. She saved ₱30,000 (about ₦210,000) to fund her return for certification after mandatory sea training in Nigeria.
Returning to Nigeria in 2018, she faced stiff competition for ship placements. Accepting a low-paying ₦10k/month trainee role, she prioritized experience over income. By 2019, she returned to the Philippines—pregnant and determined—to complete her certification.
“Many of us waited years for placements. I couldn’t wait—I dropped my CV everywhere and got a trainee role for just ₦10k/month. Others paid ₦60k, but I needed the experience.”
From ₦546k to €2.6k Monthly
After NYSC, she secured a ship job in 2022 as a Second Engineer, earning ₦546k/month onboard and ₦250k off-duty. But her big break came in 2023 when a friend helped her land a role with a German company, paying €2,600/month (approx. ₦2.6m at the time), with travel between Europe and Africa.
“Now, I earn €2,600 monthly, sailing from Europe. When I look back—the hunger, the insults, the ₦600 exam fee—I realize: I couldn’t wait for luck. I had to keep moving.”
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