NIGERIAN MOVIE PRODUCER AND ACTOR CHRIS BASSEY HAS REVEALED THAT HE HAS CHANGED CAREERS IN CANADA, MOVING FROM THE GLAMOROUS LIMELIGHT OF NOLLYWOOD TO A MORE ‘PLUM JOB’ IN PLUMBING.
SPEAKING DURING A LIVE CHAT ON INSTAGRAM WITH MEDIA PERSONALITY IFEDAYO OLARINDE, POPULARLY KNOWN AS DADDY FREEZE, BASSEY CONFIRMED HIS NEW CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION AND PLUMBING SINCE HIS RELOCATION TO NORTH AMERICA.
BASSEY STATED THAT HIS NEW CAREER PROVIDES HIM WITH BETTER INCOME THAN HIS PREVIOUS JOB IN TECH AND ALSO OFFERS A MORE RELAXED LIFESTYLE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS CAREER CHANGE, BASSEY EXPLAINED, “I’M INTO CONSTRUCTION HERE. I DO CONSTRUCTION; I AM A PLUMBER.”
DADDY FREEZE EXPRESSED SURPRISE AT BASSEY‘S TRANSITION DESPITE HIS FAME, COMMENTING ON THE CHALLENGES OF TECH JOBS COMPARED TO HIS NEW ROLE IN CANADA.
BASSEY IS NOT THE ONLY NOLLYWOOD ACTOR TO EMBRACE A NEW CAREER AFTER RELOCATING FROM NIGERIA. AMERICAN-BASED ACTRESS, MODEL, AND FORMER BEAUTY QUEEN REGINA ASKIA-WILLIAMS IS ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE NIGERIAN MOVIE STAR WHO CHANGED CAREERS AFTER MIGRATION. ASKIA OBTAINED CERTIFICATION AS A FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER AND NOW PRACTICES IN NEW YORK CITY.