Buhari assures on protection of women, girls’ rights

By Ene Osang

Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured of the protection of the rights of Nigerian women and girls, assuring that there would be adequate female representation in governance.
Buhari gave the assurance in Abuja while addressing the 2017 Women and Girls Summit, organised by the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) on the theme: “Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision 2030.”
Represented by the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Audu Ogbe, Buhari maintained that to achieve the desired change, resources must be mobilised through reduction of wasteful expenditure and zero tolerance for corruption.
He restated the commitment of his administration to continue to accelerate the revamping of the economy through agriculture, manufacturing, mining and others sharing the centre stage.
“As a matter of deliberate policy, my administration will ensure that the rights of women and the girl child, as guaranteed by the Nigerian constitution, are fully protected.
“I want to restate that women will be adequately represented in government under my administration. We will also provide greater opportunities for women education, job creation and economic empowerment,” he said.
The President his administration will put in place facilities that will make women farmers
access credit at one digit rate, saying women have best record of loan repayment of 90 per cent compared to men at 60 per cent.
“We know rural women suffer terribly and arrangement have been made to make it possible for rural women to have access to life against the challenges that hamper their rights to life,” he added.
On her part, wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, emphasised the need for additional hands in the campaign towards inclusive governance and against gender-based violence in the country and called on stakeholders to come up with strategies and programmes
to propel the girl child in the country.

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