Former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, has named several leading women as role models for young women in Nigeria.
Mrs Ezekwesili began a campaign on Thursday on Twitter to help young women follow fellow women they admire in order to reach their goals.
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According to Ezekwesili, young women feel that social media creates a crushing pressure to be perfect.
“Today take a stand to break the cycle and #DisruptYourFeed with @the_female_lead,” she wrote.
Among the names she nominated as role models for young women are Nollywood actresses, Joke Silva and Adesua Etomi, and BBC journalist, Kiki Mordi.
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Ezekwesili also named journalist Kadaria Ahmed, beauty entrepreneur and lawyer, Tara Fela-Durotoye; CNN journalist, Stephanie Busari among others.
