One of the greatest men in the world, Friedrich Nietzsche, in his words Says, “all great thoughts are conceived while walking”.
Most often nowadays the problem is, exercise seems to be too complex, coupled with ever busy attitude perculiar to us in this part of the world. However, just a 75-minute brisk walk could do a lot to your overall health, especially if you do it regularly.
Encomiums must be showered on Dr Siju Iluyomade’s Arise Women, an age-long purely humanitarian foundation for daring all odds to once again come up with Arise Walk, a global initiative specially dedicated for everyone, not only Nigerians, but everyone across the globe to keep up with our health in general.
Slated for Saturday, 16th October 2021, to be held in clusters across different parts of the world simultaneously, this year’s Arise Walk is themed ‘I choose life” and it will hold with all adherence to guidelines of Covid-19 prevention protocols.
This distinctive initiative solely conceived by the delectable but spiritually-filled lawyer of over three decades, Dr Siju, has always been experienced by thousands of individuals including prominent Nigerians & internationals in business, politics, entertainment and also the vineyard of the Lord regardless of faith or religion.
With over 12 years of putting the event together, the anticipation for this year’s edition, has been very tremendous.
As usual, organizers of the health-awareness Walk have disclosed that the event will commence at 8:00am in over 50 clusters across differentAfican countries: the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Australia and many more. Each cluster will be have a minimum of 25 persons amongst whom are influencers and celebrities that have always been part of Arise: the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sports and Super Eagles legend, Daniel Amokachi; Olympic Gold medalist and sports administrator, Mary Onyali; former Deputy Governor of Lagos State and Special Adviser to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope Adefulire; popular Disc Jockeys, Humility and Xclusive, Kaffy, DJ Cuppy, Bimbo Akintola, Nathaniel Bassey.
Others notable personalities such as: the Minister for Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen; Dere Awosika; the Chairman of Nigerian Diaspora Commission, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa; Bisi Onasanya; Wives of Governors of Lagos, Ogun, Jigawa, Kwara and Ekiti States will also join other participants to Walk-in-Clusters in their respective states.
The event is expected to be streamed online LIVE from the starting point to the finishing line to further encourage many Nigerians who could not join the Walk.
The Arise Walk for Life sponsored by Siju, as the highly resourceful woman is called, is one of the events that holds yearly as a forerunner to the flagship event, The Arise Women Conference scheduled for Saturday, 30th October 2021. The conference promises to be a confluence of inspiration and hope for individuals regardless of religion, tribe or ethnicity as it will be graced by serving and former First Ladies, Wives of Federal and State Legislators, Captains of industries, International guests and technocrats who will share from their wealth of experience.
