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Funmi Iyanda Quotes

born 1971 Nigeria

Olufunmilola Aduke Iyanda (born 27 July 1971), better known as Funmi Iyanda, is a talk show host, broadcaster, Film and TV producer, media executive, philanthropist, journalist, and blogger. She produced and hosted a talk show, New Dawn with Funmi, which aired on the national network for over eight years.

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Seeing a whole generation of people in media, technology, fashion, development, among others, gives me immense hope.

Every day, people fall below the poverty line. When you have issues, no one can defend you because the people who should protect you are the ones abusing you. So what do you have to be happy about?

No one can defend you because the people who should protect you are the ones abusing you. What do Nigerians have to be happy about?

Are we really the happiest people on earth, or are we happy because we choose to deny our problems rather than confront them or face them?

When I started my career, I was very young; I was in my twenties, and I had no idea of the future. New Dawn, which everybody came to love so much when I was doing it, I did not know what I was doing; I was only doing my thing.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Funmi Iyanda (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.