The Event kicked off at exactly 11 a.m. prompt with an
opening speech by the Manager of Cheki.com.ng Mrs. Tomi Hodonu in which she
told seated guests that the programme came as result of Cheki’s drive to
empower women to take a stand in the car industry, she stated that, “OUT OF
OVER 4000 DEALERS WE HAVE ON CHEKI.COM.NG JUST FOUR (4) ARE WOMEN, which
prompted us to push for an event to empower the women folk”. Every woman should
be allowed to drive and not just drive a particular car allocated to them but
any car they so please. Also she further explained, they should be able to have
the passion and drive to do anything they so please without the hindrance or
opposition attached, thus the name EVERY WOMAN, ANY CAR: WOMEN WITH DRIVE.
The first facilitator Mrs. Osayi Alile spoke on the topic
“Creating a worthwhile drive”. She explained the need for every woman to learn how
to drive even if she’s yet to own a vehicle, as emergencies may arise with no
readily available help. She also
commented on the very minimal rate of female folks who are UBER drivers which truly
is alarming and needs to be changed, stressing the fact that women need to
define who they are and not allow society or their environment to define them.
Mrs Ngozi Adebiyi another facilitator told participants
after a little exercise in which they were allowed to picture themselves with
whoever inspires them in a changing world and a few participants shared their
experiences teaching us that women need to be ready to enact a change in the
world.
There was a live performance by MTN Project Fame season 7
Finalist Daniella who did a cover to Adele’s Hello and an original track by
her.
There was also a raffle draw conducted by one of the
speakers, The CEO of The Etiquette Avenue, with the winners being sent to AA
Rescue for driving lessons weresponsored by Honeywell Oil and Gas Nigeria. The
winners include, Miss Temitope Oluwajimi, Miss Odili Joyce and Onyinye Chukwu.
There was a break-out session where the women were allowed
to go round to visit each of the partners’ stands to learn what they had to
offer and surely were not disappointed as some of the partners had very juicy
offers such as car loans, financing, driving lessons, car insurance, free
rides, purchase of cars, home kits just to mention a few. The major sponsors
and partners include UBA, VFD Microfinance Bank, TOTAL Nigeria, MTN Business, Honeywell Oil
and Gas, AA Rescue, GOMYWAY.com and OIAS
Insurance. The Cheki sales team were also present on hand to help
participants purchase vehicles from a wide variety of choices.
This was followed by a brief recess for light refreshments
after which representatives from some of the sponsors came to give few talks
and business advice needed.
There was also a “catch the bouquet” for single ladies by
the event hall management, in which the winner was given a 35% discount on the hall for her
wedding reception use and every other single who came out were given a 25% discount.
In a brief interview with some of the partners, Miss Yetunde
Adegoke from TOTAL Nigeria told us
that she believe that women need to learn how to drive as their spouses or
drivers will not be available all the time especially in the times of urgent
need. She further stated that TOTAL was committed to making this a reality with
their variety of products available to aid the female folk drive with products
such as the car kit, e-cards for fueling and other services.
Also in a similar view, Miss Damilola Teidi from gomyway.com a car pooling service in
Nigeria believed that every woman deserved a safe, comfortable ride to and from
their destinations and they were there to provide it.
In our final brief Interview, Miss Emmanuella Anadobi from
AA Rescue also told Motoring Nigeria
crew that it is a must for ladies to learn how to drive, she admitted that
though there were challenges to driving in Nigeria it is a necessity. We
further engaged her in a slight discussion in which she revealed that she believes women were more careful drivers than men
due to the fact that one accident could scar a woman psychologically and she
might not recover from it. Another male participant at the event begged to
differ claiming women were more aggressive drivers than men.
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