Falana urges government to promote entrepreneurship for women, youths

<p>The legal luminary charged Nigerian women to rise up and demand for their right of 35 per cent representation in government, in line with laid down legal framework.</p>, <span>Femi Falana (SAN) PM News Nigeria</span>, <h2>Femi Fala, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on Friday urged government at all levels to invest in the promotion of entrepreneurship, particularly for women and youths.</h2>, <p>Falana said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the closing of JAMII Femmes programme, supported by Coca-Cola Foundation in Lagos.</p>, <p>He explained that this was important because majority of Nigerian women invest and trade legitimately and as such can help build the nation just as they build the homes.</p>, <p>“When the government had Peoples’ Bank in the past, the record of success was immense because most of those who took loans were women.</p>, <p>“Hence, the reason we went to court to demand that the Peoples Bank should be reintroduced and we are still pursuing that.</p>, <p>“If the government support entrepreneurs, create an enabling environment and give them funding, the problem of poverty and inequality in the society would be addressed,” he said.</p>, <p>According to him, women, youths and entrepreneurs are ready to contribute their quotas to the success of the economy, but are presently neglected.</p>, <p>The legal luminary noted that the new government has a lot to do because the bulk of the funds earmarked to promote entrepreneurship in the country have been diverted by a few people.</p>, <p>Falana advised the government to address that, by ensuring that funding could get to the right people that would contribute to the development of our nation.</p>, <p>The legal luminary charged Nigerian women to rise up and demand for their right of 35 per cent representation in government, in line with laid down legal framework.</p>, <p>He said: “Women have to demand for their right. I cannot expect any government to say, ‘women this is your time’.</p>, <p>“Women will ha