Nollywood actress Laide Bakare has urged career-focused women to prioritize having children over getting married.
She shared her views on how women can achieve long-term professional success, suggesting that starting a family should come before the pursuit of marriage.
In an interview with Nollywood On Radio, Laide Bakare shared her perspective on achieving lasting career success, emphasizing that marriage isn’t necessary to start a family. Drawing from her own life, she encouraged women to focus on motherhood as a priority, especially when balancing professional ambitions.
It’s interesting to see how public figures, like Bakare, use their personal stories to inspire others, just as you likely see in the world of social media where personal narratives can shape powerful conversations.
“If you are aspiring to be a successful superstar as a young girl, I would advise you to get married and have kids early so that you can have the rest of your years to push your career because the family area is very important.
“I know getting married early may lead to divorce but I mean starting a family early. Maybe I should retract that because I do not mean marriage. I never thought of marriage when I had my first child, I just wanted a baby.
“So the advice is not to get married early but start having a family.”
Famous9ja notes that Laide, aged 43, was formerly married to Olumide Kunfulire, with whom she welcomed a daughter named Simi in 2008. In 2013, Bakare entered into her second marriage with Tunde Oriowo, a socialite from Lagos, and the couple had two sons together.