Meet The Media Personality Veronica Effiong Who Dumped The Media Industry After 7 Years To Join The Nigerian Military
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- July 18, 2020
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Media personality and broadcaster, Veronica Effiong has shared her inspiring story as she marks one year of joining the Nigerian military.
She said she had always been fascinated by the military and finally decided to take the big leap after seven years as a broadcaster.
Veronica shared her story on Linked-in and its been trending.
About a year ago, I made a life and career-changing decision. That was to join the Nigerian military. I must say, it has been a great journey so far.
After my first degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos, I shortly did my master’s degree in the same course, all the while I was concurrently working at WAP Tv as a presenter. I had a good and amazing career in broadcasting for 7 years.
The Nigerian military has always held a funny mystery to me, in that I find it easy to see more men in the military than women, I began my research on it and surely I found some interesting things. Apparently, In the military, there are only 3 women out of 10 people. Just 3! (that is fast changing I must say)
“I have to be among that 3 percent,” I said to myself. That was the turning point for me. Along with my flair for a more adventurous journey, a great broadcasting career, and my desire to be among the 3 of 10, I made the decision to switch careers. I went through the necessary training and now I’m a proud Officer of the Nigerian Navy.
If you are one of the people who believe women in the military are emotionless or stone-cold, get in line to be flogged, Lol. But really, that’s not true. We still want to be loved, be pampered, be taken care of like every other woman.
