Women should be given more opportunities – Amaechi

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says women should be given more of the empowerment opportunities made available by the Federal Government as they are good managers of resources.

Amaechi made the assertion during the empowerment of Women and Youth programme in Rivers State by the National Directorate of Employment NDE and the Office of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment.

He said, “5000 persons will be given loans without interest. Between N100,000 to N5 million. What it means is that both male and female will receive this money to do business. Out of the 5000 names, let’s give 3000 women, because they are good managers.

“I didn’t say free loan, I said interest free loan. It means that you’ll pay back. We must see your business plan or proposal, we must see how it works and know whether we’ll be able to recover the money. Why we say no interest is so that you’re not put under pressure.”

The minister expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for the initiative of empowering Rivers people with business loans and vocational skills acquisition.

– PMNews