Nigeria Can’t Afford To Exclude Women From $1trn Economy – Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared that Nigeria cannot afford to exclude women from its ambition of building a $1 trillion economy, stressing that women’s economic inclusion is a strategic imperative for national growth.
Shettima stated this on Wednesday at the Second National Gender Inclusion Conference, #ProjectShesIncluded, held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Vice President, who was represented at the conference by his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Ibrahim Moddibo, said the Federal Government’s ambition of building a one-trillion-dollar economy would remain incomplete if women were unable to participate fully in creating wealth and driving e...