Lady cries out after job interview got canceled due to her gender

Benjamin BMar 5, 2020

Currently trending on social media is a story of a lady who recently suffered a gender-based discrimination which eventually cost her a job opportunity; a common story often heard in Nigeria.

Identified as Stephanie Tagbo, the heartbroken lady took to Twitter platform to reveal a job interview which she was scheduled to attend, had been canceled after the MD discovered she was a woman.

Tagbo who holds a Second Class Upper in bachelor of science, chemical engineering, alleged that the MD who is also a woman, stated that she preferred a man as she didn’t want to deal with a woman who would eventually get pregnant while working for her.

Tagbo tweeted: “So I am supposed to go for an interview today for a project management role. Buh they canceled cos the MD(woman) found out i’m a lady, Reasons: she wants a male, doesn’t want a woman getting pregnant amidst job It must be really hard being a woman ”

See tweet below and a screenshot of the message stating the reason for the cancellation of the interview:

Benjamin BMar 5, 2020
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