Saturday, July 13 was a grand date with new knowledge for the women who gathered at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos for The Winning Woman Conference organised by Gtext Suites, a subsidiary of Gtext Holdings.
The event had in attendance personalities like Her Excellency Dr. Helen Boyo-Ekwueme, wife of the first vice president of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ekwueme. She was accompanied by other high-flying women like Professor C. Campbell; Dr Edugie Abebe; Mrs Funke Araba Lashmann; Mrs Daba-Manuel Obioha; and others.
In her submission, Dr Boyo-Ekwueme said that a winning woman is a woman that is multifaceted, one who can play multiple roles at the same time and become what is needed at every point in time.
She urged women to be assured that they can play many roles at the same time unlike men who can be focused on only one thing.
She added that “Women should have their goals, be objective and pursue them doggedly; educate yourself and learn all the time.
“Be a mentor; help others and make yourself available to people around you; have ambitions; be steadfast and focused,” she said.
Speaking with journalists at the event, the Chief Executive Officer, Gtext Suites, Mrs Bisi Akintayo explained that “every woman is a winner in every area or career they find themselves, including the agricultural, education sectors and politics, among others.”
Akintayo, therefore, urged women to stand up and believe strongly in themselves.
“Whatever has been said to or about any woman negatively, she must never allow such to define her.
“Believe in and detoxify your thoughts away from every negativity and believe you can achieve whatever you set your mind on,” she said.
While explaining the idea behind the conference which she promised will be the first of many, Amazon of mini-importation as Akintayo is usually called shared that the theme for the maiden edition is “Building Transgenerational Wealth”, and was so tagged to encourage women to build, deposit and invest in people.
Akintayo said: “We want women to begin to have tangible assets and build their children as well who will manage the asset and multiply it. We see more men than women who have been doing this.”
Among the speakers at the event was Ms Abiola Adediran, who told attendees that a woman needed to be intentional and purposeful to build wealth that could transcend generations.
Adediran said, therefore, that it was important for a woman to build confidence, be knowledgeable and translate that knowledge into action.
“Women need to rise and begin to build wealth intentionally; we need to become capital allocators.
“Also, build wealth that will allow us to allocate capital in the areas of interest and causes that we believe in.
“We want to be able to build wealth that allows us to champion causes that are important to us, “ Adediran said.