The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), has pledged to prioritise advancing the course of women in business.
President of ACCI, Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, made the pledge at a one-day workshop on successful business operational guide and regulatory compliance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Abuja, on Tuesday.
The event was organised by the ACCI Women in Business Trade Group.
Abubakar said that prioritising the course of women in business was critical in growing the country’s economy, as women are very capable of turning things around no matter how difficult.
He quoted a report by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which showed that Africa leads the world in the number of women starting businesses, thereby making them to compete favourable with the men.
“Although faced with many challenges which seems discouraging from going into business, yet women are being motivated to start their own businesses and keep at it till they succeed,’’ Abubakar said.
He, therefore, said that women entrepreneurs’ contribution to Nigeria’s economic growth should not be underestimated.
Earlier, Mrs Roseline Nwosu, ACCI Vice President, Women Development and Gender Matters, said the workshop would equip the women with information that would assist them access what they need to develop their businesses.
The Managing Director/CEO, Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA), Mr Muhammed Arabi, said that 60 per cent of the agency’s efforts in developing entrepreneurship were directed at women entrepreneurship.
