FRAGILE GIANTS

Camera Roll....
Light Check  ☑
Angle of the Camera Check ☑

Okay I admit that I do not know Jack about photography, other than taking Selfies without even a Selfie stick....

But allow me to turn the Spotlights on a Very Camera-Shy Bag of Gold....

The idea of photography is taking pictures of what you like and I'm unashamedly in love with the Image my lenses are currently focused on.

Photography is also about capturing important moments, an Image is only as precious as the moment in which it was taken.

A lot of times we take pictures but it takes a keen eye of any legendary photographer to capture priceless moments.

Sadly life seems to keep us too busy to capture and celebrate important moments.
A lot of times we live life like getting married and forgetting to hire a Photographer.
Crazy if you ask me!

So I'm choosing to capture an amazing moment.....

A Woman who's Wig I am unfit to brush

🤣🤣🤣
Just the same way John the Baptist would ordinarily be unable to untie the Shoe Lace of Jesus.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Guess who made my Fragile Giant profile today???

It's the Delectable Wife of My Dear Governor.

For Non-Abians,
Allow me to Introduce to you,
The First Lady of Abia State!

Deaconess Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu!

Here's my Interest in this Woman of God, her works are not just about the pedestal this Amazon sits on, but a direct reflection of who she is, should she never have smelled fame!

I have a strong bias for Girl Children most people who know me can attest to that and so when I spot someone with similar passions, I'm quick to relate.

So early in the week, I had the rare privilege of Touring the Vicar Hope Foundation (VHF), the Pet project of Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu and with my knowledge of Project management I could easily identify sustainable projects with plans for continuity.

First the VHF facility is one designed away from the disturbances of the Urban Life.

Again I'm no professional in Architecture but I also know a building plan designed to take care of Special needs when I see one......

A very massive expanse of building dedicated to Professional Health care, the sort people travel miles to get.

Serene to the core with even foreign medical  professionals on duty, I had to employ the help of a translator to understand the equipments they tried to explain to me.

There and then I made up my mind to learn at least one foreign language, don't ask me which....lol

I wish I had just the right expressions for the things I saw.

While I still stood agape, blown away by the concept of VHF as it had to do with ensuring professional health care for Abia Women, I was again invited to another section of the the building.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
A fully equipped Youth Center, Classroom style.
What should be best described as a Learning Lab.
Properly Air-conditioned, Comfortable Furniture's, A full Cupboard housing all sort of games aimed at mental development.

Chess, Scrabble, Monopoly; the few I could recognize from my growing up days and several others even my Montessori education missed.

My tour was definitely getting more interesting, as I was shown a gallery holding several pictures of the beneficiaries of her housing scheme, especially widows; without exaggerations over 60 houses fully furnished and delivered to people the world would never have remembered, all over Abia ......

A Mind Blowing Blue Print of Plans and Projects for the Girl Child.

Abia Women are truly blessed with a gift like Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu, every project seems designed in their favour!

Little wonder people refer to her as Alpha mum!

Various Empowerments and Interventions on the standards of International policies, time will fail me to list.

And I'm asking myself, who is this woman and what is it that drives her this much??

What propels her to do this much even with meagre funds???

As I couldn't identify the presence of foreign donors.......

What propels her to sit quietly on achievements like this is truly beyond me!

Why people aren't privy to the things she does, I honestly cannot tell.

Not a single bill board announcing her achievements.....
That's completely unfair if you ask me!

Largely uninterested in accessorising both herself nor her office.

I took my time to look through her pictures, the only Jewelry one would spot are her wedding bands and wrist watch.

She wears Normal Ankara as with everyone else, please feel free to conduct an internet search if you'll find "expensive" apparels befitting the status she "annoyingly" doesn't care about.

An elderly man who happens to be her staff even chipped that despite her status, she still addresses him as "Dee" (meaning Uncle or Sir).

Truly Just like a Lamp that doesn't speak, she is simply introduced by the Light she bears....

This is my Special shout out to this SILENT ACHIEVER crushing on her goals and staying low key about it.

But not for too long ma'am, consider me your number one fan.

I am not just stunned, Overwhelmed or in Awe....
I am simply Nkechified 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I am Chioma Agwu Mba,
The Nkechified One..... 

An unbiased and proud Abian!

Exposer of all hidden truths.... 

Celebrating Love on the wheels of Passion.

Please feel free to rebroadcast if you are a Lover of Progress!

Ndewo nu!

FRAGILE GIANT: Miss Godknows Hanson
CEO, Sonsy Exceptional Resources Limited

Industry: Learning, Development/Manufacturing

Nationality: Nigerian

INTRODUTION
The only foreseeable way to bridge the ever widening gulf between us youths and the dwindling economy is INNOVATION.

I wouldn’t refer to this as breaking news, considering that Africa’s young entrepreneurs have become the Vanguard of innovation In the continent.
There have been plenty of adjustment in thought patterns of people and a noticeable paradigm shift.

While I join in the celebration of these milestones, I am not lost on the fact that there is so much more to do!

As a matter of fact, human survival requires CONSTANT innovation, especially in Nigeria and I want as much as possible for more Women to become Key players on this pitch called INNOVATION.

Everyone won’t to be a goal keeper, or a midfielder or an attacker or a defender all at once;
BUT EVERY WOMAN CAN FIND A PART OF THE PITCH WHERE SHE IS MOST COMFORTABLE AND KEEP HER WATCH IN THAT AREA.

Ultimately, our focus will be to score as many goals as possible, winning against the opposing team of “EPILEPTIC ECONOMY”

The good news is, this game called Innovation can take 11 to over a billion players in one go, so ladies feel free to locate your spot on this pitch.

It is on this note I bring to you all the heart-warming story of another “under 30” CEO (I’m not celebrating age, it actually doesn’t matter what time you start, as long as you start in the end).

Ladies let me introduce Miss Hanson Godknows, CEO, Sonsy Exceptional Limited.
I.C.T consultant, Peer Educator, Business Consultant and Computer Networker.

JACKline of all trades if you ask me and a good one at that. Lol
BACKGROUND STORY
Miss Godknows Hanson is a graduate of Computer Science from Awe inspiring Abia State Polytechnic. Born into the family of Mr. & Mrs Okon Hanson. On the 28th of February, 1989.


I usually take my time to dig into the backgrounds of this amazing entrepreneurs because I discovered that many times our childhood spills into the life we now live as adults. From our values, to our beliefs, careers, relationship to even the very intricate part of our beings and Miss Hanson is not left out.

Hers is one story that stops me in my tracks.

Miss Hanson's says, "When I was a little child, i witnessed my mom attending to different people with different cases because she is a nurse and i always felt sick each time I saw her patients in pain. From that time till now, my passion for humanity became unquenchable!"

To add to this, Miss Hanson grew up in a small community where she saw daily, the struggles of Kids whose needs could not be met, to as small as the “token” fees that public schools required not to talk of money to learn skills or trade.
She saw young people molested as they tried to get help from rich relatives or members of society.

She grieved constantly for young talented girls who had to be given away in marriage so as to raise dowries the family would use to feed for a while; while praying for another helpless girl who will be given out in marriage and the circle seemed endless.
More sad was that this kids did not even know who they were, much less what marriage was about.
Others who couldn’t be given in marriage were made to hawk on the streets and major roads.
Many knocked down by cars, becoming disabled or dying outrightly.
Then the rest of the kids were slaves who served people without pay.

She continues soulfully by saying over the years she would be plagued constantly these memories and for some reasons while she reminisced, a certain primary school song always echoed in her head; “Some have food but cannot eat” Some can eat but have no food”.
The question was; why did people lack food even when they could eat?
This questions reverberated in her head throughout her tertiary institution days.

This questions drove her to;
1. Finding God and building a relationship with him
2. Self development
3. Finding and submitting to a mentor
4. Self discipline and building confidence

In her thoughts, she wanted to give back to society but she realised one can only offer what only what He/She had and so she strove to build capacity

START UP STORY
Sonsy Xceptional Resources was born out of a passion to empower young school leavers, students and kids such as she described in her background story.
She wanted to use her production skills to make target market see life as PURPOSEFUL and not as a Failed Venture!

She had 3 questions on her mind:
1. What will happen to the teaming number of jobless graduates and young school leavers?
2. Why the high rate of poverty after school?
3. How she would be of help, in her words, “where do I start from”?

This became for her what she refers to as  "THE BIG DREAM" for her.

She did not have the answer, but she knew she had to BREAK OUT.

She is quick to tell me that you may not have much money to start a business but you are allowed to have a Big dream!

She started with less than N10,000.00 which she invested in soap making.
 She refused to be perturbed by an already overflowing soap production market. All she wanted was to START AND RUN!

Taking a cue from Computer Programming, all every written program needs to be considered successful is to start and RUN!

Today she not only supplies liquid soap to big organization and households, she teaches this skill to set of people who evoked concern in her enough to start the business.

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
1. Dish wash
2. Toilet wash
3. Car wash
4. Disinfectants;
and the latest addition,
5. Pet shampoos;
the trusted product to keep your pets clean, safe and healthy. Especially for those who keep dogs around homes with kids.

BUSINESS CHALLENGES (TRAVAILS)
She is quick to quip that life itself is full of challenges and that challenges in business is inevitable.
She said there were times when the pain of keeping the business running seemed to get to her bone and marrows.
But as a Young Entrepreneur passionate about IMPACT and LEGACIES, she choose instead to see those challenges as strength. 
She says she faced challenges in the areas of
1. Marketing
2.Company Registration
3.Facilities for trainings
4.Failure
5.People’s preference for foreign products, rather than patronizing local content to grow the economy.

(Reminds me of the “Made in Aba” campaign)

CUTTING EDGE
1. On time delivery is a priority
2. Use of non-corrosive chemicals in production.
3. Quality that you can trust; with lots of testimonials.
4. Very budget friendly products

CONQUESTS
Sonsy xceptional Resources was a paper work yesterday but today it is becoming a household name amongst individuals, Organizations and markets in the city of Ibadan
Offcourse with a long term project of going global. She has covered 6 states in Nigeria already and is on the move to every corner of the federation.

LONG TERM PROJECTION
To be able to train at lest 30 people every guater and empower the best 20.
That is to say train a minimum of 120 people annually. She wants her products to be considered the best “best” made in Nigeria products!

This lady reminds me that at every point i should always stop to consider what my motivations are.
No matter what motivations exist, the greatest is LOVE, Love for people. 

Truly success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself, it is about what you can do to help others.


That's certainly not all from this passion spitting CEO.
You can be sure I won't let her go until we have tapped into her intellectual resource for lessons we all can Learn!

You need empty your reservoir Madam!

I enjoyed penning down every piece of this episode, trust me to bring you the juicy conclusion on the next episode!

Love,
Your Fragile Giant!

Fragile Giant: Mrs Tara Fela-Durutoye.
Industry: Beauty
Empire: House of Tara

Nationality: Nigerian.

Her Story....
Tara Fela-Durutoye is a Nigerian Entrepreneur in the Beauty Industry, born to Mr John Ejegi Sagay and Felicia Omaghomi on the 6th of March 1977.

Coming from a polygamous Home, she was raised by her step Mom, Mrs Modupe Agnes after the divorce of her parents. (Not such an amazing start if you ask me).

She holds a degree in Law from Lagos state University.

Her Start-up:
She started House of Tara at the tender age of 20 in her living room as an undergraduate in 1998.
Today at 41 and 16 years later , she owns 19 Makeup studious, 14 stores and over 3000 Representatives across Nigeria! (Quite Impressive).

Her range of products include
1. Tara Orekelewa Beauty Range
2. Inspired Perfume
3. HIP Beauty range and lots more!

Achievements:

• Remarkably she was the first to launch the first Bridal Directory in Nigeria in 1999.
• She also opened the country's leading Beauty Academy.
• She has MENTORED and Empowered over 4000 young women.

CAN YOU BEAT THAT???

Just before we draw the curtains today, I'll like you to remember that to be successful in this world you need to follow your PASSION and not a PAYCHECK!
In the end, your passion will get you the paycheck!

I won't stop writing my lovelies until becoming the Giant you were born to be.

 See you tomorrow on more exciting episodes!