Bank tackles low-esteem among women, promotes love

Sterling Bank Plc has charged women to make positive choices about their lives and careers and do positive things for others around them. The bank gave the charge at its programme titled: “Sexually Confident Woman,” in Lagos where it expected many more positive outcomes from its women folk.

Accomplished speakers and panelists at the programme include Ifeyinwa Ighodalo, CEO of Design Options, Mojisola Bakara, General Manager, Corporate Banking, Sterling Bank, Kate Henshaw, Nollywood Actor and Izefua Ehi-Williams, a life coach attended the one-day programme organised by Tope Mark-Odigie with the theme: “Self-Love”. .

Others were Maymunah Kadiri, a clinical psychologist, Orbby Agwuncha, a sexologist and Beecee Ugboh, a gospel hip-hop artiste. Speaking at the programme, Ighodalo commended the bank for living up to its promise of supporting and empowering women in Nigeria.

“Sterling Bank is a very strong supporter of women and when the bank launched the One Woman product recently, the goal was to empower women and support them. “By putting the word out there about self-love, Sterling Bank hopes to encourage women and help them to love themselves”, Ighodalo said.

Also speaking, General Manager, Corporate Banking, Sterling Bank, Mojisola Bakare said: “We have always been talking about breaking the glass ceiling. “This unacknowledged barrier to a woman’s career advancement cannot be cleared except women are aware and self-conscious and know how to position themselves.

“It is only when a confident woman brings herself out that is when she can be identified for positions and for greatness.” Convener of the Sexually Confident Woman programme Mark-Odigie, said: “The objective of self-love is to motivate and encourage women to love and accept themselves.

“It is about changing the thinking that they must fit a stereotype to be beautiful and also to help them understand that self-confidence will improve their lives and businesses. “So it is very important for women to find themselves, their voices and be comfortable with themselves to achieve all round success.”