The minister of women affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, and her counterpart in the Ministry of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has tasked Nigerian women to drive innovations in the business environment and actively participate in political leadership.
She stressed that despite past efforts of the government at integrating the women’s question into the national development agenda, gender inequalities remain pervasive within most Nigerian spaces, hence, the current push for all hands to be on deck to ensure women’s empowerment and sustainable development of the country
“As more women ascend to the corporate ladder, more women entrepreneur associations have emerged in the country to challenge and address some of the barriers they encounter in financing their businesses. The existence of these groups has helped to shape advocacy and sensitization for supporting women entrepreneurship as important to women’s success.
Earlier, the Minister of Transportation, Amaechi charged the women to express their brilliance and collaborate to support women in the rural areas to grow.