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Mercy Abang
11 quotes
“Tweeting for me is a hobby and not what I do my whole life. I’ve had people ask me if I have a day job and if I go.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Her reply when asked if she gets time to rest and have her alone moments (9 August 2014)
“It’s the number of people who don’t know me that I can join in to do a thing or two for those who need them even more than I do.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The most emotional part of doing her work (9 August 2014)
“Experts say most sexual abuse offenders are acquainted with their victims; approximately 30% are relatives of the child, most often brothers, fathers, uncles, or cousins; around 60% are other acquaintances, such as “friends” of the family, babysitters, or neighbours; strangers are the offenders in approximately 10% of child sexual abuse cases.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mercy Abang: Sexual predators on the prowl, Nigerian kids the target (26 December 2017)
“Challenge is not forgetting who you are and what you stand for and also ensure that when you are a plumber you wear the hat of one and when you then become a mechanic the next day, you do same.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Talking about Most challenges faced when working either in politics, advocacy or media. (August 2014)
“We need men to look at what women can offer and to hand them the baton to thrive.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rising above challenges (9 August 2022)
“I’d say I am lucky being married to a man who understands what I do and sure does appreciate me as a wife who sometimes moves from city to city.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How she balances her job and the home front without any suffering (2014)
“On the 5th of January 2018 scores of people went missing with 9 soldiers killed when Boko Haram attacked Kannama near Geidam. The likes of Falmata Shettima continue to live precarious lives in spite of the seeming degrading of Boko Haram.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted from one of her reports titled: Restoring Hope to Boko Haram’s Theatre of War (12 February 2018)
“Monitoring elections. I mean the entire process of democracy and where we are today as a people and a nation.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Particular experience of her job that has made the most impact on her. (9 August 2014)
“She condemned police and military “brutality” across the country, and a “generalised system of impunity.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: UN calls for urgent action to end violence in Nigeria (2 September 2019)
“I take a deep breath and think outside the box.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Her feelings when she meets gridlocks (August 2014)
“I think it was while I practised as a field reporter on television; I went for an assignment and I needed the speech.”
Mercy Abang (born 1984) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Embarrassing moment in the course of her work (August 2014)