Chuka had
always been a dreamer, the kind who stared at planes slicing through the sky
and imagined himself in one, flying to a future bigger than Lagos. With a
mechanical engineering degree collecting dust and a dead-end job fixing
generators in Ikeja, he knew something had to change.
One humid afternoon, while doom-scrolling on Instagram during his lunch break, he stumbled across a post from Sureword Travels and Tours Ltd. The caption read:
"Tired of being underemployed? We place skilled Africans in verified jobs abroad — legally, safely, and fast."
Skeptical but desperate, he clicked.
The company was based in Abuja, and their page was filled with testimonials — young Africans smiling in winter jackets, holding job offer letters and Canadian flags.
It almost felt too good to be true. But what caught his attention most
was a short clip of a welder from Port Harcourt who had landed a job in Alberta
and now earned more in a month than Chuka had seen all year.
Chuka took
the leap.
The process wasn’t instant, but it was legit. Sureword guided him through everything — resume revamp, interview prep, trade certification, and visa documentation.
Six months of grinding, paperwork, and saving every last naira later, he got the email he thought was a scam at first: "Job Offer - Maintenance Technician, Calgary, Canada."
By
November, he was watching snow fall for the first time from his apartment
window in Calgary. It was silent, cold, and surreal. He wasn’t just surviving
anymore — he was building something. And it all started with that Instagram
post and a company back home that saw beyond borders.
Now, when
his old friends complain about life in Lagos, Chuka doesn’t boast — he sends
them Sureword’s number.
Because
sometimes, all it takes is one shot. And the right people guiding your aim.