 Research has it that working with your spouse has an impact on your personal relationship as some couples believe that working and building a business together has made their personal relationship much stronger, deepening their trust, appreciation and making both the business and marriage more successful. But the question is, is it healthy for couples to work together? Well, we're about finding out from this couple, Andrea and Collins Teke, who do not only have the same career, but also work in the same organization and as well share office space. This is how these two on-air personalities resume their dream career jobs together every day. Collins and Andrea Teke, we are renowned individual broadcasters before they fell in love and got married. Not a few people think their relationship are hard enough to deal with on their own and when you throw working together into the mix, it can get even trickier. One interesting thing about the Teke's is how seamless the couple anchors the same show together, a first of its kind in engineering radio. Legos Nigeria, want to know how you're doing this morning? What is going on around your era? We want you to tell us and also scream, what's up Legos? Just, yes, just alive. They didn't always work together, Collins used to run a production studio and it was at work that he met Andrea. I needed a female voice, the client demanded for a specific female voice. That sounded a setting way and explained it to one of my staff or team members at the time and he said, no I know this lady, this lady is so she has a great voice, she's fantastic, she's beautiful, she's a boss. Women like to be themselves, you know that kind of thing and I said okay let's let's hear before you know it or the phone call before you know it and then Pat was timely, she came into the studio working, you know she just stole the presence of the room like you know and I couldn't do anything, I didn't have anything in mind because at the time I was in another relationship. What happens at home does Andrea take up the role of a traditional African wife and mom? I'm blessed to have him. I just, I mean I don't, I'm not sure that I'll be able to meet up, I'm not sure that I would be able to meet up if he has not been the way he has been, that is being super supportive. I wake up in the morning and the first thing is to take care of my baby because we have a son together, the first thing is to take care of him having, have his bath, prepare his meal, you know cook and you know clean, have my own bath prepare and then we come to work but the good thing is he takes up the responsibility of bathing this boy in the morning so he takes that off my duty so to speak. Sometimes I do it while he cleans or dresses him up and then I face the kitchen so we share that responsibility, it's more like sharing the responsibility at home and also sharing the responsibility at work so it makes it easy for me. The situation of we are going to work together, we have to leave at the same time, we meet at the same time, get it on time and then do our show, we have to prep afterwards, do everything together so I can't go back home and start saying where's my food? Where's my food from? Where? You understand? So we plan it together and I think that pushed me to also you know rise to the occasion which is something I would encourage especially couples and whatever notes you're working together to rise to the occasion when your woman needs it the most. Thank you. Spending time together may be good for their relationship but this couple also faces challenges especially in maintaining their individual identities. People will call on the show and say hey Collins tell your wife and the wife is right there. You know they call and they greet him first before they greet me some don't even greet me some don't even regard that I am on the show with him. So it dealt with me when we started initially dealt with me mentally dealt with me emotionally because it felt like I am there but still not there because you know it took a wife of people to recognize my presence because at the end of the day you are his wife you are supposed to come down when he's talking you're supposed to be quiet when he's talking and you know this is my job I was a broadcaster before I got married to him and so it is my job first and that's what people took a while to embrace. It's just something I'm dealing with and I think that people would gradually get used to it because there are no days that we don't have times where we quarrel times where he's on a different cloud and on a different cloud and we have to come on the radio and talk and make Legos happy and do it kick Asia you know and make Legos happy. So it is actually challenging where you have to like don't let the world know that you're dealing with something you come on the air and be beautiful and be excited we sometimes forget that we are having any issue or there's a quarrel or there's a misunderstanding or there's one problem to deal with right on the show and after the show we're out when giving us that was a great show. People tend to just make what they make out of the situation to whatever you present is what you get so before you know it's your individual brand starts sinking in the joint brand. Sharing an office space requires this couple having as little time away from each other as possible as nefs may become afraid. We have to create the fun exactly what I was going to say and make it a fun field that's what we do that's what our hair we create our fun when we're tensed right with everything happening we go we call it decluttering we probably go to the beach side nobody with us just the both of us no phones nothing and we are sitting discussing what is going on in our lives as individuals and also as a couple we just declutter what I have been having in my mind that is building up to a resentment I tell it to him he also tells me yeah we find a way to trash it out and it's a new judgment zone yeah we don't we try not to judge each other we just say the way it is. A number of private organizations don't allow their staff to get romantically linked. Collins shares his view about this. It's a world that is changing from you know what it used to be making laws just because you want to make laws but doing it for the best interest in the best interest of those involved so it's a question of you know the interest of those involved I don't think it's it changes anything if anything couples working together has proven at least in our case that it promotes bonding it also promotes in fact I've been a better broadcaster you know from the moment she joined me on radio and even the listener could notice that I've been a better person individual even at work you know behaving myself what do I mean my family's here even if I'm not crazy guy I have to you know so the benefits are countless so if I don't know what the fears are but I think I want to talk to organizations who have such policies I think they should review it yeah and you know give people the chance I mean there's nothing wrong for people to be in love and work together yes right I agree with him. The couple have advice for couples willing to work and build business together. Once you can create a great atmosphere when you're together when no one is looking at you when there's no camera like this one I'm sure you can replicate that easily on this camera so but if you do not have a great life and then you want to fake it in front of people and come in and say oh everything is fine you know it's a matter of time the toxicity that's involved in it would show and then it would affect the work so it all depends on the couple. There would be challenges there are things that you would experience that will make you feel like no I can't go on anymore that's just the way marriage is there are tough times that will make you feel like yo I cannot continue this it's going to happen even with the business but if you take it the way you take your marriage and say regardless of this turbulence regardless of the challenges it has to work we have to get it done when you have that mentality trust me it might just come up beautiful. From the office of the techist we head to the home of another interesting couple that has been into automobile mechanics for many years. Wali and Taya Oshikoya have been married for 10 years and working together in repairing vehicles. This home doubles as one of their workshops in Ligos. Marrying Wali was a dream come true for Taya Oshikoya. This work started through my house band even when we were doing courtship he has been on the field I was not on the field but I love the job so after we get married I have to join him so that we can work in together because it's what I've been willing to do for long and I just love that job I just love it because when I was small it's my dad's field so I used to assist my dad when I was in primary secondary school so it's gotta be the glory after my school and everything getting married gonna give me someone that I love and the field I love most. Meet my wife we married together and I have to tell my wife that this is the kind of work that I'm doing and because someone that I love so much and she loved the work so when I say where I have to tell him to go and quit where he's working before that's he there's one complain that she's working and he's managing the company and he said I agree with me she surrendered and she said okay quit from there and we joined the work together and time got for now the home of Oshikoya's is well managed according to a lady mechanic as Tayo is called my work does not disturb my home at all even we stay behind maybe we close very legs my husband will tell me very early that we go home children are home they have off from school go home my husband will be doing the job by the second day early in the morning we will go to balance up the job you see Wally I say ma say this business you have to go more forward now I say like how I introduce me to one a specialist school in the Kododu automobile school technology we went together we take me to the school I say oh boy okay so I don't see some my so my genius brother that's even my age my children admit you see these ones I'll sit down to get out of the class I say no problem now and I encourage myself because I know what I'm looking for I know what I'm going I know where I'm coming from I know I know where I'm going so girls give me the I'll give the god the glory we sit down together we'll ride the exam and they take me so and I'll go there give me back school give me my shoe give me my everything uniform I take it I go to the school I saw some of my age mates of my class of my children meet personal and marital issue and not allowed to link into the workspace we both have our hops and dance but it doesn't affect our business our ups and down is inside our room once we are in the same bed together our ups and down is off if you don't affect our work with a customer cannot even see it in my face rather than for me to now say that no it's someone I love why will I disturb his business or why will I disturb my business if that thing shows in my work that means our career is nothing normally as a woman being as a flesh you have flesh you know sometimes we fight we fight we correct each other also that go and do this work we say I'm tired which can tired my friend you have to do it too you also am your boss say okay okay you know that I'm tired I'm a woman I say you have to do it because you love the job we say okay okay okay okay and you do it sometimes like last week now I said it to go and do work in the badom you say only me yes now you go and face the work and you defend the work and you go sometimes we'll correct you fight but you will set our whole game back because I know that is woman says some things that are okay come come inside leave leave leave let me come and lose it for you so we have to set it back Wally and Tio have had to endure side talks from people who think their line of profession is strange there's one man I used to work with him he just called me say Wally I say sir I say why you why your wife she used to follow your pandan I say sir my wife is my colleagues my wife is my partner for this business if I want to take a boat now oh I want to do something I want to buy this I want to lose this I will tell him you are going to do this go and do this so I've since I've faced so many challenges on this work with my wife but so far my wife somewhere like he made courage on the work and determined on him there's no help people can discourage him even you face so many challenges on the mummy side on family side issue let's say why you follow your husband why to tell your husband to open a supermarket for you and do business and selling and do this you see mom that's your own time this is my own time this person I love it and I love the job so all the worry people saying is raw so sometimes they'll call me say Wally why you know get money to give your wife I say mommy is not that I don't have money to give my wife but my wife love this job so what say okay after some things or after so many years they leave us if you are a dirty person from your home you will surely be a dirty person but if you need if I'm going out now wash my body clean my hands you won't believe that this person is a mechanic I fix fingers as well I do make up if I'm going out you won't even believe that I am a mechanic that is why sometimes if we go to customer's house before putting on my overall they will say you come with your wife if they not say that no she's a mechanic they will say the women they love to see me during the job they will say okay go and sit down first let me see the way she's performing the whole thing even if after everything they do when I say wow woman does this one if my workmanship is 200,000 we say oh my dear let me give her 5,000 because she encouraged me sometimes I will think that okay today we want to go out we don't do any work we don't have any customers place today we are going to dress wear your dress do your nails do everything I will take him out to go and enjoy ourselves as a woman there is nothing hard if you have the determination this thing I want to lose it it is almost the same thing the way the way we handle our husband and children at home any children that's very difficult you know how to handle those two that is early that's why the work is two people that they start before us that is doing this business that there is no more again but we will just give the god the glory because we achieve so many things on this work and we thank god the the the the kind of wife that is give to me so achieve so many things a work that you are doing you can be able to train your children's school and you can be able to cater for your home and you can even have a shirt or your head having your own car what does someone need on this else nothing more they have also faced challenges working together as a mechanic couple if you have a space outside there people see couples working together we have more customers but immediately you go outside there to make your own workshop government will come and demolish it it's a big challenge almost if all mechanics they see the work as a day to work and they are going out on their daily basis with their cars and of which if the car eventually stopped on the road they're still going to call we mechanics what the entire believe mono career couples can emerge strong and fulfilled as long as their values align i encourage the people that you want to do the business you want to do the work they should focus on the thing that they want to do don't look down on yourself maybe you are too big you are to do this just focus on it and the couples that want to do the business they have to have trust trust your wife let wife trust in husband if you make money today it's not that the money that you make today you make sure that you finish all the money you have to put some you have to put half for savings or anything because like this job that we're doing now we use some our money to run the business if you have passion you have zeal for your husband's work and you don't have anything doing it's very advisable to join your husband once you don't have any skeleton in quotes in your cupboard so you have every right to join your husband just to make the business bro our findings point us some couple craft a way to try even love and work by understanding each transition and knowing what questions to ask and what traps to avoid