Wife of Ogun State governor, Mrs Bamidele Abiodun, has called for the inclusion of more women in the arduous task of nation building.
Mrs Abiodun who spoke at a forum organised by the Association of Nigeria Women Business Network (ANWBN), commended Nigeria’s first lady, Mrs Remi Tinubu, for the empowerment of women.
According to her, empowerment of women has long been recognised as essential to sustainable development, saying that is why the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), place great emphasis on women empowerment, gender equality and poverty alleviation.
She pointed out that SDG 5 is dedicated to achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls, while SDG 1 seeks to end poverty in all its forms.
“These goals are not just global aspirations but a call to action that directly impacts every one of us. As women entrepreneurs, we are pivotal in ensuring that our economy grows and I am proud to see that increasingly, women are receiving the support they need to start and to run small businesses,” she said.
The new national coordinator of National Association of Nigeria Women Business Network (ANWBN), Otunba Gbemisola Oduntan, promised to embark on a nationwide women development campaign to enable them to become more industrious.
Oduntan, who was the immediate deputy national coordinator, stressed that more capacity building for women would enable them tap into the E-commerce and website they are about to set up.
In her address, the keynote speaker, Mrs Hansatu Adegbite charged women to brace up with digitalisation of their work to avoid extinction.
Adegbite, who is the chairperson, Summit Committee 2024, said, “To sustain and revive dead local businesses that had gone into extinction based on their failure to have focused on the future like today, we must be technologically driven.”
