Woman to Women

Kidnapping today is rapidly on the increase.The menace is having it’s terrible toll on the people. The trauma victims go through constitutes another health problem. It is worse when when women are the victims because sometimes they are raped badly before they are set free.

As an entrepreneur, albeit profit was at the back of my mind, the joy that I could make a woman, regardless of her age, class and social status, to look beautiful and happy, took precedence. I am a woman and I am proud to be a woman. I am proud to promote womanhood. I like seeing women look good. So, my major aim was to make women of all ages appear fashionable. I am not saying it must be expensive in order to be trendy. No, that’s not the case here. Basically, you can work within your budget and look trendy. Believe this or not, our appearance speaks volumes about who we are.

I knew right from childhood that I wanted to become a businesswoman. My dream was to be like my mother in business. Freight forwarding however came by accident. Right from my childhood, I have always loved challenging jobs. My father believed that a woman should get married and stay in the kitchen rather than get education. We lived in Kano and I grew up there. After secondary school, I worked in several offices in Kano just to garner working experience. As I said earlier, I got into the clearing job by accident.

“Gentlemen of the press” was the title of a Broadway play in 1928. The following year, it was adapted into an all-talking film of the same title. What did male journalists do next? They simply assumed ownership of the four words and turned them into a catchphrase and wherever there’s a gathering of journalists, male and female, the salutation became: “Gentlemen of the press.” Not on this 20th day of January, 2016, at The Hub of The Journalism Clinic, in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria.

So many things must be borne in mind when planning an event. Venues should be easily accessible. Parking space within the venue must be ample enough to accommodate at least 80% of the guests with little or no strain . You must select the best of vendors to provide good and well-interpreted ambience in line with the event in terms of decoration. Food must taste nice with good presentation, too.

I had my bee-keeping training at the Bee-craft Vocational Institute, Abeokuta, and my entrepreneurial training with the National Directorate of Employment. I was also on scholarship from the Goldman Sach Corporations in the USA to study Entrepreneurship at the Enterprise Development Centre of Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.

According to UNICEF Women do 60% of the worlds work but earn only 10% of the world’s income, while reinvesting 90% of their income into families and community.

A woman who has It all: – A career or a business, a marriage, a family, a good social circle or relationship and is able to manage it all simultaneously. It’s very hard to achieve and strike that balance. The contemporary era requires women to successfully juggle work, business, marriage, family, service and play and this is very difficult to accomplish but by the grace of God, It is not impossible.

One day, I asked myself “well, since most of the things we have naturally are beneficial and full of vitamins and minerals, why can’t I use some of them to see if it will work for my skin, since skin absorbs almost everything you put on it?” So good thing I studied medicine so it was not hard researching. Luckily, I tried out few recipes and guess what, it did work very well! It is just sugar and honey. How could I have ever thought just those two easily accessible ingredients would work wonders on my skin.