"She Has Been Working for Over 20 Years": Man Disappointed to See His Matron's Old Mercedes 190 Car

"She Has Been Working for Over 20 Years": Man Disappointed to See His Matron's Old Mercedes 190 Car

  • A young man has showcased the old Mercedes Benz 190 his matron owned despite of working for over 20 years
  • The young man, who just started working as a nurse, lamented that he was not motivated since his matron could only afford such an old car
  • Legit.ng reached out to a nurse who has been practising for six years, Stella Achu, and she noted that her salary is not so huge

A video of a Nigerian nurse's old car after working for over 20 years has got netizens emotional on TikTok.

The trending clip showed the old model of Mercedes 190 parked at the hospital's premises.

Man shares video of old Mercedes 190 his matron drives after working for over 20 years
Man laments after seeing matron's old car Photo credit: @uglyskelemama/TikTok.
Source: TikTok

Man laments over low income for nurses

A young man identified on TikTok as @u.g.l.y_skelemama shared the video online, lamenting that the situation was killing his motivation.

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According to him, the woman, who is his matron, has worked as a nurse for over 20 years but was still not still able to afford a better car.

He said:

“My matron just came to work and see what she drove to work after years. This work da pay abi e no da pay?”

Legit.ng reached out to a nurse who has been practising for six years, Stella Achu, and she noted that her salary is not so huge.

"I won't what to say my salary as that would be breaching my contract but I can tell you that this woman's story is real. We don't get paid so much in this country for a profession as important as nursing," she said.

Reactions trail video of nurse's Mercedes 190

Netizens in the comments section on TikTok claimed that nurses were not paid much salary.

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Suigeneris__ said:

“Broski go beyond side bed nurse, do tech in nursing broad your learning. money dey nursing.”

BrownShuga reacted:

“Nursing is overrated in this country, l de even regret am I for just focus on my tailoring, internship money nothing.”

Maven Ace said:

“Its easy to get jobs with Nursing, but the pay is little in most cases, meanwhile its abit difficult to get jobs with other qualifications in the arts and commercial side, but there jobs pays big.”

Hameed Hamzat Olayinka reacted:

“Na why we dey beg mcn make e open verification make man find him way.”

Zaraa said;

“I swear the work no dey pay.”

Tunde reacted:

“Nurse and teacher der reward dey heaven no be for dis earth na why must of dem dey do racket.”

@theleedia_ said:

“She Dey carry too much responsibility.”

Jo-enna said:

“E no Dey pay o. Make I just tell u true. Na stable job yes, stable salary yes asides that Otilor. Beta find multiple streams of income.Make u no frustrate.”

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JAY reacted:

“Them dey disguise o. They no want make them put eye for her body. Go her house first you go understand.”

Watch the video below:

Student taunts SS1 teacher driving old car

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Nigerians on Instagram frowned at a video of a young man mocking his secondary school teacher who taught him years ago.

In the video, the said teacher drove a Mercedes 180 which looked old, while the young man said he owned a Lexus Jeep.

Source: Legit.ng

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