Beautiful Phina Ofure Owobu Akhimien, is a
social entrepreneur, fashion designer and an on-air personality. Phina, a
second child of a large polygamous family, had her early education in Uromi/Warri and from there she moved to the
University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State where she studied Economics.
Phina
Ofure, a proud mother of lovely 5 kids is the CEO of Virginhood organisation.
An organisation committed to promoting virginity among young girls, according
to her, she started promoting virgin-hood in
schools, churches, orphanages and the rural communities not as a business
because I wasn’t selling anything. However, ‘Virginhood group started in
2003 but was registered in 2007 as an NGO but the talk show and clothing line
came on board in 2008 with full operation in 2013 while the magazine started in 2009''.
Also, Phina said, 'the way our society decays as regards sexuality prompted me to start the campaign, and of course my love for the African value really pushed me to promote virgin-hood. I’m a real African woman, so that is what brought about the idea of virgin-hood.'
In her own words, one of the biggest challenge she is facing
is on sponsorship, she lamented thus: ‘We are still looking for support but I
wonder the kind of country we find ourselves, imagine you come up with a very
beautiful project yet sponsorship is the issue, meanwhile Nigerians go as far
as buying programmes from abroad, programme
such as Mexican films, tell me what values these programmes are
adding to our culture, hat is it that our children get to gain from all foreign
things?’
I hope all Nigerian get is real with Phina, by following her
talk show: Getting Real With Phina.
We wish her all the best.
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