8th March, 2020
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Disapora Commission (NIDCOM), on Saturday urged women in different endeavours to embrace the virtue of hard-work, saying they would achieve a lot with diligence.
She gave the advice in a video message to the 2020 Triumphant Ladies Conference 2020 in Lagos, themed: “Focus” in commemoration on the International Women’s Day.
The NIDCOM chairman said there was no shortcut to success, saying with hard-work and determination, women could achieve their dreams and goals.
She urged women to dream big, remain focused and work hard to achieve whatever they had set out to achieve.
Dabiri-Erewa warned women against complacency, saying that could stop them from realising their potentials.
“There is no alternative to hard-work; there is no shortcut to success. We need to be hardworking and determined to achieve our goals and succeed.
“We need to be focused and be passionate about whatever we are doing. We should be truthful to ourselves and to others and we should never do things to please everyone,” she said.
Dabiri-Erewa urged women not to allow their family to suffer because of career and other productive activities.
She emphasised that family was important just like career as one must not suffer because of the other, urging women to ensure balance between the family and career.
She added that even as she had always been a busy woman, she still managed to spend quality time with her family.