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Mining
By Uchenna Eletuo
Lagos, Nov. 6, 2017 (NAN) The President of Women in Mining in Nigeria (WIMIN), Mrs Janet Adeyemi, on Monday urged more women to embrace mining to be self-reliant and financially independent.
She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the mining sector was still in its virgin state with good prospect for economic gains.
Adeyemi, a former Member of the Federal House of Representatives, said that women should not see the sector as an all men affair.
According to her, this is how it all began like in other sectors where women are relegated to the back ground by men that made such areas all men affair.
She said that the mining sector is where the economy of the world is going at the moment as oil and gas was sector is losing prospect.
Adeyemi said that the association had opened an online portal to enable prospective women miners to register and obtain their licence with ease.
“Registration can be concluded within 30 days and a sum of N2.3 billion has been earmarked as soft loans to encourage women to come into the sector.
“It is our resolve to empower Nigerian women with sound economic stride.
“We want more women to be in the mining sector provide succour as some economic ventures dominated by men,’’ she said. (NAN)
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Edited by Adeleye Ajayi/Tajudeen Atitebi