Nigeria owes women economy worthy of their labour – Shettima

—Flags off Community Investment Fund to empower business women across Katsina —Inaugurates several road, public transportation projects, receives decampees into APC fold By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA– THE Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has advocated for a conducive business environment for Nigerian women to ply their trade, saying the nation owes them an economy worthy of their labour. He noted that women should be given more space for their ambition to flourish unlike in the past when they carried heavy responsibilities with limited resources for their businesses to thrive. Senator Shettima stated this on Sunday in Katsina State when he flagged off the Community Investment Fund (CIF) disbursement in a major push for women empowerment and financial inclusion under the Nigeria for Women Programme Scale-Up (NFWP-SU) Project at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, Katsina.

He also inaugurated 32 compressed natural gas-powered buses and 200 electric-powered tricycles under the Katsina State Comprehensive Urban Renewal Programme as well as several completed road projects undertaken to improve traffic flow, connectivity and urban mobility in state metropolis. The CIF fund disbursement, he said, answers a question that should trouble every government as it borders on how much prosperity has been postponed by asking women to work miracles with too little capital According to VP Shettima, over 40,000 women in Katsina are eligible to receive business capital after fulfilling the prescribed eligibility conditions and demonstrating satisfactory performance in their savings and group activities. Making a strong case for women empowerment, he said, “Our daughters should inherit their mothers’ determination without inheriting every obstacle their mothers endured. That is another reason…