WhyteCleon hosts 2025 ‘Cleon Health Walk’ to raise awareness on diabetes, hypertension

…as thousands join fitness, awareness campaign in Lagos

WhyteCleon Limited, a leading HR consulting and outsourcing firm, yesterday staged the Cleon Health Walk 2025, a major fitness and medical awareness campaign aimed at tackling the rising cases of diabetes and high blood pressure (HBP) among Nigerians.

The event featured free medical tests, a health lecture, aerobics sessions, and a community fitness walk that recorded an impressive turnout.

Speaking at the event, the company’s General Manager (Operations), Mr. Yakubu Wuyep, said the initiative was designed not only to promote healthy living but also to strengthen unity, encourage employee engagement, and raise public consciousness about preventable health challenges.

“We aim to achieve a plethora of things with just this one event,” Wuyep said. “We want to promote unity, networking, and most importantly, bring to public awareness the prevailing health issues. This year, from the medical records of our staff, diabetes and high blood pressure have emerged as common ailments. We want people to consciously live healthy lives so these ailments don’t take them by surprise.”

He explained that diabetes and hypertension were specifically selected for the campaign due to their growing frequency among the company’s workforce.

“Many of our people have been visiting hospitals, and the results kept pointing to these two conditions. So we felt the need to create awareness, asking people to watch what they eat and be intentional about healthy living,” he said.

More than 2,000 participants—including staff, partners, and friends of the company—took part in the awareness event.

On arrival, participants received free blood pressure and blood glucose checks before engaging in the fitness activities. The programme also featured a health talk by medical practitioner Dr. Kolade Faleke, who stressed the dangers of inactivity and the increasing prevalence of hypertension and diabetes in Nigeria.

“Hypertension is highly prevalent in Nigeria,” Dr. Faleke explained. “One major cause is inactivity. Many of us spend long hours at work with little physical exercise. Scientific studies have shown that exercise helps curb and manage both hypertension and diabetes. This walk is a good start, but the key is to make exercise a continuous lifestyle.”

The health walk commenced at 10:29 a.m. from Bendel Close, moving through Bishop Aboyade Street to Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Akin Adesola Street, Muri Okunola Park, Adeola Hopewell Street, Akinogun Savage Street, and back to Adetokunbo Ademola to finish at Bendel Close at 11:42 a.m.

Security was fully coordinated, with support from LASTMA and the Nigeria Police Force, ensuring crowd control, orderly movement, and safety throughout the walk.

Cleon Health Walk is a biannual initiative, and according to Wuyep, this year marks its third edition in the current biannual cycle. Whyte Cleon has hosted the event since 2015, further cementing the company’s commitment to corporate wellness and employee engagement.

“We want people to network, bond, and realize that the company truly cares for them,” Wuyep added. “This is also an employee engagement activity. After today, we hope people become more conscious about healthy diets, regular exercise, and general well-being.”

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Wuyep also encouraged staff members who could not attend to make a strong effort to participate in future editions.

“There will always be a few who can’t make it, but our advice is that they join next time to benefit from the essence of the programme.”