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By Merit Ibe
With the heightened level of devastations caused by floods and other hazardous incidents ravaging farmers in Nigeria, the NACCIMA Women in Business Group (NAWORG) has urged the state, Federal Governments to provide enabling environment for women entrepreneurs to thrive in their respective ventures.
NAWORG said men across board must conscientiously work and support women especially those in agriculture sector, asking all Nigerians to be pro -women in all ramifications.
National Chairperson of NAWORG, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, spoke at the Nigerian International Women Entrepreneur Exhibition in Lagos, with the theme: Encouraging Women In Agriculture & Made in Nigeria products for Economic Growth.
Abubakar, who was a former Minister of state, Trade & Investment, said: “We are productive in nature. We have the acumen and strength to deliver, but the government across board must indeed be ‘HeForshe.’ We need the support in all ramifications. “However, I encourage women entrepreneurs in different sectors to pick insurance cover to mitigate the impact of risks and hazards they face in the businesses.
“We’re not happy when other countries come here and take our raw materials, process them there and ship the finished products back to us at exorbitant prices. We have every capacity to produce/ make what we need to consume. We are multipliers by nature.”
