Be More Enterprising – Lagos First Lady To Women
The wife of the Lagos state governor, Abolanle Ambode, has urged more Nigerians to emulate the founder of Joan Agha Foundation and be more enterprising while speaking at the GEW Enterprise Women’s Day series, a capacity building seminar and initiative organised by the foundation.
“All over the world women are home builders women are driving the world and changing economies of most countries,” Ambode said.
“If you are a woman doing so, I doff my hat up to you. Women are now driving the world economy, doing great things on the horizon.”
Ambode said that women will create over 5,000 jobs in the US economy by 2018, and believes that Nigerian women can do the same.
“So, what is our excuse? One thing I know about entrepreneurs is that they find a need and they solve it. They turn problems into opportunities.”
“We have various problems in our society that need solving. More than ever, women are getting on board and running things. Businesses like beauty, events management, food, agriculture and fashion are multi-million industries are handled majorly by women and they are creating job opportunities,” she said.
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She called on Nigerian women to use their phones wisely and to use them as a marketing tool.
“Facebook is home to over 1,000,000,000 users, social media channels have great potential for leveraging your enterprise”.
Ambode then went on to praise the role of Joan Agha Foundation in empowering Nigerian women.
“To date, we have granted 30 scholarships, financially empowered 50 women, and partnered with International Women Society (IWS) to train 29 youths and women in various vocational skills.”
“We have provided grants to several youths to start their own businesses. JAF has partnered with US (United State) Consular General on Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative to uplift some youths through training in photography and shoe making,” she said.
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