Laura Ikeji stirs debate after saying ladies’s magnificence now pays greater than arduous work
Standard influencer and style entrepreneur Laura Ikeji-Kanu has stirred large reactions on-line after lamenting that many non-working women now reside higher and earn greater than hardworking ladies in Nigeria.
In a video shared on her Instagram web page, Laura expressed concern about how society appears to reward magnificence over real arduous work.
She famous that in right now’s economic system, women who don’t work usually get extra {financial} rewards and a spotlight than these who put in actual effort to construct a profession or enterprise.
In response to her:
“We’re in a rustic the place women who don’t work earn greater than women who work arduous, all as a result of they’re lovely. Women who’re superb make a lot cash. Please, when you see any hardworking women, all the time attempt to help them, it doesn’t matter what.”
Her assertion shortly went viral, sparking combined reactions amongst followers and social media customers.
Whereas many praised Laura for “talking the reality,” others argued that magnificence and affect have merely develop into new types of work within the digital age.
Laura’s remark has reignited conversations concerning the worth of arduous work, magnificence, and success in Nigeria’s ever-changing social media economic system.
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“We’re in a rustic the place women who don’t work earn greater than women who work arduous, all as a result of they’re lovely. Women who’re superb make a lot cash. Please, when you see any hardworking women, all the time attempt to help them, it doesn’t matter what.”
-Laura Ikeji pic.twitter.com/YkdiV2L5dy
— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) October 11, 2025