Sanusi told a gathering of local entrepreneurs in Kano that inclusion of women, who account for the majority of the population of the entire region in economic activities, remains the shortest way out of the quagmire.
The Kano born, CBN governor lamented that women had been schemed out of economic activities for selfish reasons, adding that there had to be attitudinal change for the region and its people to make progress.
“Poverty reduction in the north would certainly remain an illusion so long we continue to deny women their rightful role in the economic processes by guaranteeing adequate empowerment like we have seen in our recent history”, Sanusi stressed.
CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
He reminded the audience that his late grandmother sold groundnut oil as part of her contribution to the economic development of her environment, pointing out the need for men to reconsider outright ban of women in commercial ventures.
The CBN governor, who delivered a paper, entitled, ‘Kick starting engine for job creation and economic growth’, queried the menfolk saying, “why can’t we allow our wives to be engaged in one form of trade or the other while they are at home instead of keeping them as permanent housewives to the detriment of the economy?”
Lamido, whose submission received thunderous ovation, added: It is not in our culture to make our housewives redundant, we saw in our recent history, how our fathers actively involved their women in all the operations of farming activities most especially the finishing line.
“It is far better for our wives to earn their living by engaging herself in one form of business activities so that they can also be employers of labour and contribute to the economy”.
Sanusi tasks northern governors to evolve a centralised empowerment policy that would guarantee women equal access to economic pursuit, maintaing that “inclusion of these neglected group would certainly kick start the economy and kick out poverty from the region” .
In a speech earlier, Chairman, Kano State Government Entrepreneurs Support Committee, Mohammed Jammu Yusuf, stated that the committee was set to develop an entrepreneurship that would engage residents on deepening entrepreneurs’ skills.
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Way to go! The restructuring of Nigeria goes beyond north/south political rantings.There are too many,way too many intra-cultural;intra-states;intra-religious;intra-institutional amputations of opportunity in the entire nigeria society.
ReplyDeleteLet us start thinking critically,for once.We must make "heritage of opportunities",the foundation of nationhood. And we must 'topple' the current political philosophy and its depraved operations.Pls we need original ideas....
It is not about the North alone. I feel very uncomfortable with Sanusi's explicit interest in the North with scant attention for other regions. He should be reminded he is the Nigerian (not Northern) CBN Governor. That is not to say Northern women need no liberation but every woman in the country deserves empowerment, period!
ReplyDeleteSanusi's comments are valid. there is a debate going on as to what to do about/with the poor north.
ReplyDeleteHighlighting that Northern women are excluded from commercial activity, is a source of poverty, since half your potential work force is under productive. This is a national problem, even though it emanates from the north
d.don sanusi made a good point u cannot compare north and south economically, so lets not regionalised sanusi 's speech. the north are the cause of there problem so let them start solving them and i think thats is why sanusi is trying to do, leave him alone.
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