Actress and content creator Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori, aka Kiekie, says her mum’s success motivates her to do more.
During an appearance on the “What I Said” podcast, Kiekie discussed how her mother, a prosperous businesswoman in the male-dominated oil industry, has affected her desire for success.
However, she said she is not yet half as successful as her mother. She talked about how her strength of character has unabashedly impacted the career she displayed.
Kiekie, who hails from a loving family, remarked about how her mother’s remarkable accomplishments in a male-dominated field motivated her to speak up, which led some to doubt her development.
She said,
“I am privileged to come from a supportive family. My mum is a very big businesswoman in the oil space, which, like many other industries, is male-dominated.
At some point, she was the secretary of the entire association, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria. People said things like, ‘Why would you put a woman in that position?’ and others.
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I look at her and say, if this being is bursting doors like this, I am not even loud enough. I have not even achieved half of what she has achieved industry-wise.”
Shedding more light on being loud, Kiekie revealed that people often question her about being “too loud and always shouting”.
The mum of one stated that she is not loud enough. She cited that only having over 10 million followers across social media while Nigeria’s population is over 200 million.
She said,
“One presenter met me on a red carpet and said, ‘Some people are of the opinion that you are too loud; you shout a lot.’ I told her she needed to be loud enough so I could learn her name.
You have to be as loud as you can be. I am the one with the voice, I am the one with the dream, I am the one with the vision. I know what I want to achieve.
Across (social media) platforms now, I have over 10 million followers, and you can compare that to the population of Nigeria (over 200 million people)? Do you see that my voice is not loud enough?”
