 Now, we must ensure we fill more political seats with women. These were the words of a world-class performance strategist and author, Dr. Abiola Salami, at the Vanguard Woman, the International Women's Day 2024. The theme of this year is tagged 360 degrees health, wealth, and impact. All speakers called for women's empowerment and inclusivity are correspondent Paul George Hasmore. We only want to fix the problem of gender inequality. There are three things we must give the media attention. One, we must engage in ongoing cultural orientation. Two, we must promote inclusive laws. And three, we must invest in women and women-related causes. In this hall are mostly women who gather for this year's women's conference. In this interactive panel session, the women, some of whom are professionals, look for solutions for women's health and wealth and how to make a positive impact in society. The only male panelist in the event, a performance strategist and author, Dr. Abiola Salami, speaks about reorientation and asks the female gender to equip themselves with education. He calls on the government to match their words with action and ensure an enabling environment for women. For the women, it's important to continue to take personal responsibility for your growth and development because you cannot succeed beyond how knowledgeable you are. In my speech, I talked about the need for cultural reorientation that has to be done by all of us, men, women alike, to ensure that we don't see women as a weaker vessel, but that we see women as strong contributors to the growth and development of our economy. I strongly believe that a big performing woman is a catalyst for economic growth. Legal State Commissioner for Commerce, Corporatives, Trade and Investment for Lashadi Ambrus, Midebem says our ministry has started making an impact by prioritising women's inclusion, explaining that the challenges of achieving gender equality are daunting, but not insurmountable. The group woman editor and convener of Vanguard Women, Morenike Tyree, while speaking on the theme says women are multidimensional and should be looked at as such to impact the world. Sustainable Development Report 2023, where they predict that it will take 300 distant years to close the gender equality gap. I am proud to share that our ministry, the Legal State Ministry of Commerce, Corporatives, Trade and Investment has taken intentional steps to prioritise the inclusion of women as a crucial component of our core priorities, particularly in strengthening the organised private sector and the industrial sector, including nano start-ups and obviously women. We tend to look at women in one dimension. We don't tend to look at women in all dimensions. So we thought we should beam in such light, 360 degrees, on a woman's complete well-being, physically, mentally and financially. And that's what addressed the theme, health, wealth and impact. The impact specifically because many of us in this part of the world were not raised to think of having an impact on the world. I have seen very sad scenarios of women who could be more. Why is it important for us to promote financial inclusion? Also, a member in the Legal State House of Assembly representing Amuad Duffey, Constituency 1, Fuluke Stella Osafile challenged women not to sit on their ars. She urged them to go all out to possess their possessions. She spoke alongside a seasoned journalist, Fuluke Trejo Durodola, who says it's high time the action started for women to be lifted out of poverty. Our challenges as a female agenda are so many and the government seems not to be proactive. Women need to come out of their shell. They need to be involved in every strategy of the society, be it education, health, politics, all avenue. Women need to be more vocal. Nobody will know your problem if you don't talk about it. This is the time for us to begin to show up. Our participation in politics has dwindled. So we have a lot more of us in advocacy than on the real field. Beyond rhetoric, we have to now begin to take action more than ever before to pull women out of poverty. In a country where women are underestimated, Nigerian women are still hopeful of breaking barriers and redefining the norms. Paul George, Plus TV News. Thank you.