By Clement Ebaku, reporting from Abuja
Are you a woman living in Abuja? Then, this news is for you! Nse Isoni, a professional etiquette consultant is inviting you to a seminar, scheduled to be held on the 24th of February in the capital city. She wants women to take their personal and professional lives to the next level by being a part of the seminar tagged: ‘The High-Value Woman” to be held from 11 am to 4 pm. The seminar is expected to clearly distinguish a woman’s character, values, and behavior. “Beyond superficial attributes, it is her inner qualities that make her truly captivating,” she says. She wants women to know how to demonstrate self-confidence, authenticity, receptivity, and passion in their social and professional lives.
Nse Isoni understands the strengths and charms of the modern-day woman while maintaining the traditional decorum associated with women. ‘After this seminar, attendees will acquire new knowledge, skills, and expertise to guide them towards great aspirations to be all they want to be”, she says, stressing that there are potentials in women they can exploit. Urging them not to miss out on the seminar, Nse, who is a certified international consultant, in Africa, insists women will have a lot to gain from participating in the seminar that attracts a paltry 100,000-naira tag. This seminar is a welcomed development because in recent years, morals amongst women have degenerated low due largely to a loss of confidence. Lack of requisite direction also contributed and women were left to the cold hands of all kinds of degeneration.
It became a sorry site to see otherwise reasonable women from good homes resorting to self-help measures which further lunged them into a morass of confusion. Now, with the coming of proper leadership and direction, women should heave a sigh of relief. It takes a woman of extraordinary traits to adopt this program as a profession. It is rare in our annals, especially in this competitive environment. But, Nse has it all; she is beautiful and carries herself with a wonderful gait and calm. It is hoped that women will heed this clarion call and collectively embrace her message of progress. Trained at the prestigious Minding Manners International Etiquette and Protocol Academy, London, Nse has continued to be a blessing to humanity in the area of social etiquette and appropriate social behavior.
She has impacted so many in this largely ignored area and what a huge relief for humanity to have such an expert take this profound challenge to revive that circle. Etiquette for those who don’t know is an integral part of existence and mastering the role can open great doors of opportunity. Nse, the 3rd child and first daughter of late Professor Abel Ekpo-Ufot and Mrs. Helen Ekpo-Ufot had cut her teeth at the University of Lagos Staff School, from where she proceeded to Federal Government Girls College, Ikot=Abasi, and after that, the University of Calabar and from there began to develop the passion for this assignment. Nse had an earlier seminar a few years ago titled: “The Lady, Her Style, Her Health and Her Purpose” which was held at the ENVOY Hotel, located in the precinct of the American Embassy, in Abuja.
The seminar was to empower ladies through acceptable social etiquette in business relationships and generally acceptable manners that will enhance their feminism. The seminar was to promote the culture of politeness, manners, and unspoken etiquette rules for women. If this is true, then the days of revival amongst women are here. What a delight it would be to see women jettison those factors that drew opprobrium in the past. This passionate drive by Nse Isoni deserves all the applause, especially for its goals and purpose. From Abuja, Nse plans to extend the seminar to Lagos, Port Harcourt, Akwa Ibom and lastly Abuja, for her, it has been seven years of exhilarating competence and awareness creation in this mostly ignored department.
Her mission is to catch especially the younger generation young; “I want to help people to become better, behave well in social gatherings and dine properly”, she says. She observed that business people dine out regularly and often want people who are confident and have the requisite skills to attend to them. “I give consideration to respect, kindness, and gentleness and I like to teach people to be polite and imbibe acceptable manners in the society”, she explained. According to her, the nation can be built in better ways if this spirit catches on. “if everybody is considerate, the environment will be a better place for us all; we won’t be where we are today”, she stressed.
