The Nigerian Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (Business Women Group) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to close gender gaps between men, women to bring a better economy ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The NACCIMA women group said this would create more sustainable and inclusive economies and societies.
Also, the group called on the leading political parties in the country, their aspirants and candidates for the presidential election to involve women in decision making to fortify the 35 per cent affirmative action.
Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, the National President of the group, made this call in her speech delivered during a workshop titled, “The position and responsibility of women in the chamber movement” and induction of its executives and state coordinators held in Lagos.
According to her, one major issue affecting economic growth is gender equality, adding that closing the gap must be central in any strategy to create more sustainable and inclusive economies and societies.
“Recent efforts have led to important gains in women’s education and employment outcomes in Nigeria. However, women still remain severely under-represented in key, growth-enhancing fields of education, business and government,” she said.
“First and foremost, we have to go on an advocacy campaign for the gender equality bill for it to be passed and we have to do for the individual for the domestication because it is one thing to pass the Bill, it is another thing to domesticate the Bill for the policy and it is a work in process.
“So we have to start at the national level and then we go to the sub-national and then we go on, we are going to work at it.”
She said that women must be involved when decisions and policies that affect them and children and the economy are being made and must participate in everything that is going on, whether fiscal, monetary and even security, education or health issues.
“We understand, we are the ones who carry the burden and backlash of all of these. So we should be there to guide and to say what the situation is,” she added.
Meanwhile, no woman has yet declared intention to run for president ahead of the general elections.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC; former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki; Senator Rochas Okorocha, Uzor Orji Kalu, Atiku Abubakar, Ken Nnamani, among other others, have declared their interest.
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