By Sun News Publishing
Sunday, February 4, 2007

A royal mother, a humanitarian, artiste, evangelist, unionist (the first lady to rule as president of University of Port Harcourt’s Students Union), an educationist and indeed, a worthy golfer of note, Lady Spiff has every reason to celebrate.

Born to a family of seven in Isoko, Delta State, this woman of substance had to fight poverty and deprivation through her early years. It was such a life grown horrid beyond any nightmare. To cap it all, she even risked not being educated at all. Such was the height of poverty she endured.

Years of pain would see her through secondary school. She was just 17. At that point in life, she like any other being in her teens, would have caved in to illusions, but she took hers further. She dared to dream tall dreams, so tall you could pack those dreams of the Biblical Joseph aside.

Come through into her dreams. Lady Spiff wanted Law as profession. She’s already one. She wanted to own a company, today she has three. She wanted to marry a tall man. Well, she ended up marrying a giant in another ardent golfer, King Diete-Spiff. She wanted two kids, she now has three… Jessica, Jason and Alfred jnr. She wanted to live in a choice house and drive a jeep. Now she lives in a house that is as big as a Cathedral and has a fleet of cars, mostly jeeps. All these she accomplished before she turned 40. All, she accomplished while moving through rocky paths.

Catch a glimpse, this lady once did menial jobs in construction sites so that she could help herself to university education. Talk of willpower, hard work and sheer courage, and you can always be a member of her Fans Club. Isn’t that cute?
Lady Spiff has been married for 13 years. Her husband is ahead of her with a whole of 14 years. In spite of this, she has never referred to her husband as ‘daddy’.

“We are just friends,” Lady Spiff said of her husband. “And it’s a lot easy for me because my husband is so humble. We share great things together. For instance, he is devoted to the game of golf and I am also committed to the game. But these days, I do a lot of Evangelism work. I want to clean up as many souls as I can, all for Christ.”

Let’s celebrate this woman, who for years ruled as president of Nigeria Ladies Golfers Union.

NEXT WEEK; Golf People will give you a glimpse into the new book, “Dare To Dream” by Lady Spiff.