 Welcome back. It's still the breakfast and plus TV afghan. We're set for a first major conversation You can see the broad smile on my face when you see the wide short you understand why I'm smiling this way Don't worry. They're coming to that But anyway, um, of course women in management business and the public's Service they've been an organization for the past Decades over two decades doing great work as far as You know catering to women in their for mentioned sectors of management of business and the public service is concerned And they will get to know more more about this organization also known as women bees Some of you out there you've been hearing about women bees for many years now like I have they have your 21st Arnold conference coming up This is the 21st edition of your annual conference and we have a joining us this morning to tell us more about women Bees and to tell us more about this particular event the Chair conference planning group a delegate engagement subcommittee of women's she is Hanna to a dig boy a guy and of course a vice chair conference planning group Committee of women's for Lucio, but I mostly ladies. That's a privilege to have you here. Good morning. No, no, you can see why I was in between All right Wimbies we've been hearing about women's for a while You know and you've been doing some amazing work from what we see, you know I first used to see women's in the papers, you know before the internet became a thing. Tell us about the organization Okay, so women's like you said is women in management business and public service and it was founded by 13 people actually one man so two women are one man and The whole purpose of this organization is to catalyze women, right? so women in all those different sectors women in management women in business and women in public service to Inspire empower and advocate women so that we can really contribute our quota towards nation building and that's what it's all about Fantastic, so quickly. I like to ask Kevin doesn't like a full-up question immediately, but were you also part of the 13th? No Many many years But you know, let's come to you now, let's talk about What you have been up to in all of this years. I mean this 21st Annual conference that you're going to have what have you been really up to in terms of business women in business public service and One of the testimonies if there's any, you know, you've got to know any result So first of all let me mention the fact that Wimbies is one of the it's actually the only Nigerian NGO to be rated on the NGO skill worldwide and that's impressive. We have We've impacted about 250,000 women. Yeah, so that's something we were very proud of 250,000 women one thing that has been Personal to me for I would say is the Wimbies mentoring program I'm person. I have a fantastic mentor and I've seen how it's helping my career I've seen what it's something my career and it's something I strongly advocate advocate for women to have find a mentor And we have an awesome program We also have the women board mentee. Yes, so we so we also have the women on boards program Which prepares women for boardroom positions because as you know, I mean up until recently women on boards was like Yeah, women on board, you know, so maybe our glass ceiling. That's exactly so we worked very hard And we're still working very hard to continue to smash that glass ceiling And so that's one of our major programs as well And it's a program that continues to empower so there are courses that teach women, you know how to be effective on board And we also have a women board mentorship program which pairs women like myself and that's who that on boards with other People who are very very experienced and teaches us how to do that. We also have the round table sessions Which happen monthly those are really awesome for networking. We have a women cap Which is for women that own their business a business is very helpful with regards to structure financial planning Just basically how to run your business and just giving you steps and tips on how to make your business successful So what has Wimbis in the past in over two decades of existence in in Nigeria being able to achieve? So, okay, that's actually a great question because maybe it wasn't quite concise, right? We have been able to advocate for many amazing things, right? So beyond just the impact on over 200,000 women or which two of us are obviously beneficiaries even just advocacy, right? Being able to get women into bigger higher positions whether it's in politics whether it's in the boardroom whether it's even setting up their own businesses We have so many testimonials and so many amazing stories of women And if you check out our website Wimbis.org you see many of them who their lives have really been transformed by being a part of the Organization by attending the programs by being mentored, you know by just being guided and really catalyzed Which is what the organization is all about, you know, it's a catalyst organization It makes people like myself, Hana Tawan, whoever else is a part of it go out there and spread even more and even more and even more So, yeah, I've been notable names. I mean over the years that have passed through this Just give me a few maybe There's so many Should we start with the founders? Yes, please So Ibukon Wushika, you are like, yes Mubola Johnson I mean, there's so many amazing women So you know, you know, yeah, so The list is endless Okay, so well, let's talk about, you know, who can participate is it limited to a certain kind of You know, are we talking about now strata group of persons is it limited or is it So the Wimbis annual conference, which you know is our main main assignment here this morning is next Thursday and Friday is the third on the fourth and it's holding in Lagos and also virtually So really is holding all over the world because you can join online and it's going to be physical at a co-hotel And it's open to everyone men women It's open to any woman that wants more any woman that wants to network any woman that wants to be Catalyzed to get to her next level, which is for me is most women, right is welcome at the conference And registration is still on it closes tomorrow though because we've been on it for a while now So you have to go to Wimbis annual conference to come you can get all of the details there We have amazing panels that are properly curated to transform the lives of the women that attend I am so excited. This is like my 8th or so conference and every year is more exciting than the other You know, you always learning something, you know, it's such a life-changing conference. So it's open to everybody Let me just add we are the planning committee and when I saw the list the final list of the speakers I was burning where I was like, oh wow, so it trust me. I'm impressed So so so but just a quick one to that now if you know registration is ending tomorrow is their fee You know is there a requirement, you know to be part of it So there's no requirements except for the fee except for the fee you go online There's a different piece of this fee for virtual so they're different fees So we won't talk about the fees online on a live right now. However, the requirement is just one more That's it. If you want more just go longer and you want to meet more people and you just want to broaden your network We say it's all the time, but this is a literal and practical way. You can expand your network. Okay It's so so a relief to hear men can also yes, it takes a strong man. Yes So so the theme for for this year's annual conference we can see is firing for the future in focus Why why does it mean I mean? I think that the theme Just Encapsulates everything that this year and the past few years have helped not just for women But even just for the world, you know, we are we have finally come out. Well, we're still in a pandemic but you know, we are now getting used to it and it's part of our lives and We are in a place where people really need to be ignited because it's been a weird kind of like three years So the whole point of firing forward the future in focus is listening guys. It has been an interesting past three years It's time for us to move on with the future in focus because one huge thing that you know COVID taught us was that we have to be very very conscious about the future We have to be conscious about this in so many different ways from work to education to how we live our lives and all of that So the whole point of that is really just to ignite us even with the topic of the conference You know one other thing that this is in the future Um, I don't know if you guys have covered me dragging you there. It's the 2023 Elections We have a panel on on politics we have a panel on women in leadership and just things that have changed No, no, but basically I would like to share your thoughts on what the position of you know Wimbiz is on, you know, the elections ahead of the elections and everything's going on 2023 so what really is the position of women? Wimbiz is not a partisan organizer Should we understand? Yeah, what we do is that we catalyze women So we have a lot of women in Wimbiz who actually in politics who are running for positions in different states and all of that Our our position is that women should go out and vote and we should also Um influence those around us, you know women are actually extremely powerful Yes, a woman has you know one woman can probably influence 10 20 people because of everything from those around her If she's a mother her children If you have nannies There are so many people that we can influence. So what we really push for is please Let's all be responsible. Let's all register to vote and let's also influence those around us to vote as well It's quite interesting to note because um, I was just about to say that if you look at the latest on the stats The data from the ongoing or recently concluded Continence voter registration you have women being the majority of the newly registered voters of 50 Point 82 percent So how important would you say is the role of women in ensuring that Nigerians get it right and you know To talk to ladies listen out there and even to the men to support women in being part of politics I hear some men say they call me on in your media program say my wife my family We know and they are voting for and I asked okay How can you say your family your wife is going to vote doesn't she have a church? Say no, I'm the head of the family So let me respond to that just like you know, we talked about the the theme for this year firing the future in focus We know what's going to happen. What we need is for women to be responsible The word is being responsible. You need to be responsible for what's going to happen. These are generations We're talking about whatever happened in the next election affects all of us Affects our children affects their children affects whatever is going to have even our work What are we doing? So we need women to be responsible our position is it's not about listening to what people are saying It's about understanding being responsible with your choices and making that choice for yourself But making sure that you do go out and vote and that's what we're talking about So it's definitely going to be talked about during the conference. So trust me I I think people should come to learn more hear more be more aware when I obviously going to talk about politics But you have a better understanding and then you can responsibly make a choice So basically not even seeing that you have to talk about politics But we also wanted to find out what your position is as regards the elections come 2023 in terms of you know Women participate and and you only talked about Women going out to vote. So I really didn't talk about I didn't get you talk about women vying for We have so many women these women that actually running remember I had said that when we started We have a lot of women within the remember that we have Wimple. I'm not sure that we spoke about Wimple is women in politics and it's one of the branches of women's where we actually coach Mentor train women. We have a lot of women who are older that are ready in politics And when the younger women want to go in we pair them up with other people We have Wimple events as well that really helps to develop Any woman that wants to vie for a position? We currently have a good number because we're not partisan I can't mention names because that wouldn't be right, but we have a lot of women within Wimbies Wimbies members who are actually running for position in different states The reality of it is that if we don't get involved in politics, we are not only messing ourselves But we're also messing the future up. So we are not an an organization that you know Is blind to that so pretends like it doesn't happen We are very very much at the forefront so pushing more and more and more On different parties It's your choice It's your choice, it's your party's choice But then you must be involved and we must run We all cannot be in the office and we all cannot also run businesses Many of us also have to get out there in politics So nobody can guilt-trip you into supporting one party It's not possible I can't even trip me Oh, oh, oh, there's a lot going out Okay, so for those who want to register You know just quickly once again Go through the details of the date, the time, the venue, and then the process to register Okay, so Wimbies is November 3rd and 4th Thursday and Friday It's just next week really So go and register ladies and men And you can go online Wimbies.com or Wimbies.org Wimbiesannualconference.com as well Wimbiesannualconference.com yes So please go and register If you, you know what? Just make it easy Google Wimbies Just Google Wimbies It will come up so All the registration is on Everything is online And you have refused to mention the fee You saw people can plan on Oh, okay, fine It's $74,000 for physical conference For the physical attendant at Echo Hotel and Suite And it's $45,000 for the virtual Only Only Only You need them to save it Only So but let's talk about I know you have talked about a lot in terms of You know what Wimbies have done over the years And you know all that you have achieved And all that you are achieving But for this particular conference What are the highlights What should people be looking out for? So let me be on One major highlight for me is Chumamanda is speaking at the conference I love Chumamanda I think that she is Exactly, she's our keynote speaker I think that she represents many of the things That the theme And even some of the things that we have spoken about here Stands for And so that's one of the major highlights for me There are so many highlights too There are, I mean, it's two days So you can imagine No, no, you can't mention Networking is also a huge one for me Minus even like the actual sessions And the reason is because Many of us that are beneficiaries Of Wimbies We know how our lives have been transformed By just sitting next to somebody That you don't even know You meet them there And that person might just be the key to your next level And you can also contribute to them One thing about Wimbies And something that we really preach about Is win-win, right? So we don't go there Just to meet people that can help us How can I also help somebody, right? So it's all about meeting more people Networking, sharing ideas and all of that Now, let me pack that These sessions, oh my god We have so many amazing sessions So many of them We're talking about leadership We're talking about politics, like we said We're talking about so many things And we have an amazing debate Which is talking about The great resignation To quit or not to quit I'm just buying it We can do the very very very very very very good It sounds like a boomstay Cannot feel great You know, depression I think one of my favorites My highlight What I'm looking for is evolving The future for you Yeah You know, getting ready Just, you know How to get ready by yourself For yourself So that's something I'm looking forward to And I think we have Niger to the world We have Niger to the world Which is the expression Which is how we're exporting ourselves How we've been exporting Whether it's with acting It's with music It's with fashion So we really have something for everybody You know, it's not just for one section of women It's really for everybody And we're going to talk about the after party Oh There's an after party After party You don't know about the servants, everyone Yeah Yes, yes, yes That's the one that Kofi wants to come for That's the one that Kofi wants to come for He can't blame me You know, we know So everybody thinks for that one as well So when you come When you stay for the conference You come for the after one And it's a snicker theme So make sure you come be a snicker I'm going to be there I'm going to be there For those who want to be Members of Wimbies You know, beyond the conference Yes How can they do that Okay, so Wimbies.org W-I-M-B-I-Z.org Has all of the information that you need To register to be a member Fantastic, fantastic All right I would like to see any final words from you Before we go I start with you Fully sure Okay, so final words from me Is register for the conference Simple and short W-W-W-Wimbies AnnualConference.com Or like I have to say Just Google Wimbies And I would love to see you there Say hi to me When you see me there I'm saying to say How to find a word from me Honestly, ladies attend I know what Wimbies has done personally for me And I really, really want people to experience that In your career In your profession In your business Whatever I said Just gone I put it just said Look out for us Say hi Take a picture Post it on Instagram And we look forward to it I'm going to be a virtual anchor So I'm going to be looking out for people virtually If you can't join physically No surprises From your delivery here Can you see? There's no surprises All right But finally you leave your frames in the studio Before you go As you're going Two of them Two of them Okay, that's fine That's fine That's fine Leave them here As you're going All right I want to thank We want to thank both of you for coming I've learned, we've learned a lot And I can't wait to You know, to see the success of this conference It's amazing that Chairman Mandelby The speakers It shows their level Levels to this thing You know I'm saying All right So Mahana too At Degboyga Chairman Or chair rather Conference planning group Delegate engagement Subcommittee of Wimbies And of course For Lucio Badamosi Who is the vice chair Conference planning group Committee of Wimbies Thank you so much Thank you For having us Thank you so much for coming We are co-friends Thank you very much Appreciate it Well, that's the much we can take at this point in time We take a break and when we return We'll be looking at the second major conversation right here We'll speak with an expert As regards the issue of stroke Please stay with us