Nigeria: Unemployment - We Are 'Walking' On the Solution

8 February 2013
opinion

In 2006 I started a programme for young women. It was a self awareness and development programme to instill in the young women the culture of hard work and self reliance. I had realized that women in that category had the propensity to believe that no matter your income, a lady would still need the financial support of a boy friend or sugar daddy to fulfill all her financial needs.

It was to make them realize that with your hard work, a woman could genuinely make enough money and even give loans and support to other persons. I had invited persons with such stories as resource persons who were willing to share their experiences and their experiences taught a lot. One woman's testimony in particular caught my fancy.

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