Ghanaian Woman Quits Job As Lawyer, Relocates Abroad To Pursue Love: "I Was Earning GH¢30K A Month"

Ghanaian Woman Quits Job As Lawyer, Relocates Abroad To Pursue Love: "I Was Earning GH¢30K A Month"

  • A Ghanaian woman has opened up about why she quit her lucrative job as a lawyer to travel overseas
  • She said in a video that despite being a lawyer and living good in Ghana, she relocated abroad to reunite with her husband
  • Netizens who thronged the comment section praised her as an intelligent and a loving woman

A Ghanaian woman bid farewell to her flourishing career as a lawyer to pursue love overseas.

In an interview with SVTV Africa, she cited marriage as the primary reason for her career shift.

She disclosed in the interview that she earned a comfortable salary between GH¢20,000 to GH¢30,000 a month, however, she had to reunite with her husband who lived abroad.

Ghanaian woman quits job as lawyer, relocates abroad to pursue love: "I was earning GH¢30K a month"
Ghanaian woman speaks about why she quit her job a lawyer Source:SVTV Africa
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The legal practitioner expressed sentiments over her decision, stating that if she had her way, she would not have abandoned her career in Ghana.

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Despite this stance, the lawyer now finds herself unwilling to relocate to Ghana, given the country's current economic situation.

"The Ghana I left behind is not what I met when I came for holidays. Everything is expensive now and even if you earn that much, you will end up spending everything," she said.

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The video has attracted a flurry of reactions from netizens. Many praised her as an intelligent woman, while others commented about her job as a lawyer.

@Enkaakyi wrote:

"I've never practice law since I completed 10years ago."

@wisdom wrote:

"Law dier money is not inside oo. You work 9 years Dey take $2.5k . Only a few are really chopping money."

@Cologne_mastergh wrote:

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"When Sandra Ankobiah was saying this people thought she was lying. Most Ghanaian lawyers barley like litigation."

@Barrister wrote:

"I want to be a lawyer too."

Lady quits her job, pays GH¢143k to relocate abroad, visa agent dupes her

In an earlier publication, YEN.com.gh reported that a Ghanaian lady quit her job and relocated abroad

The Nigerian lady was duped in 2012 when she wanted to process her work visa and relocate to the UK but that did not deter her.

The lady, Jumtel, shared her story in a TikTok post, noting that she was duped £8,500 (GH₵143,783) by a visa agent.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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Jessie Ola-Morris (Human-Interest Editor) Jessie Ola-Morris is a Human Interest editor at YEN.com.gh. She has over three years of experience in journalism. She graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2022 with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Her journalism career started with myjoyonline.com, a subsidiary of The Multimedia Group Limited, where she worked as a writer. Jessie also previously served as a multimedia journalist for The Independent Ghana. In 2024, Jessie completed Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. Email: jessie.ola-morris@yen.com.gh