Nigeria is currently experiencing a 63% loss in potential human development as a result of gender inequality, says the Executive Director/CEO of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr. Oluseg…
Nigeria is currently experiencing a 63% loss in potential human development as a result of gender inequality, says the Executive Director/CEO of Nigerian Export Promotion Council , Mr. Olusegun Awolowo.
The success of the initiative, Awolowo said, has led to a more ambitious target of taking 3 Million women to the market by 2021, adding that one of the major objectives of the NEPC is to create value addition particularly for female entrepreneurs who are involved in exports of finished products and services.
According to Awolowo, with women entrepreneurs, present at the Abuja Forum, from apparel and textile industries, outsourcing businesses, information technology other enabled service companies, “it is clear that women the ones leading in the structural transformation of our economy. We are looking to create more value addition in our businesses, and it is female businesspersons who are leading this with their exports of finished products and services”.
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