It stressed the need for collaboration between the private and public sectors to review existing policies that would attract more Nigerian women into the maritime sector.
Buhari, who was represented by wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, commended NIMASA for the capacity enhancement and training for women under its Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme scheme. “Mr. President is desirous of seeing more women play active roles in the maritime sector and other industries,” she said.
According to him, the country needs gender friendly policies that would promote training, equal pay, improved welfare and detest discrimination, in other to have more women contribute to the nation’s gross domestic product through the maritime sector.He noted that government is working assiduously to tackle the prevailing security challenges on Nigerian waters, while the anti-piracy bill is currently with the president, awaiting assent.
Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority , Hadiza Bala Usman, said the gender equality is a global phenomenon, but Nigeria is forging ahead to bridge the gap with more favourable policies that would spur their participation in the sector. Usman, who was represented by the Director, Marine and Operations, Sekonte Davies, said: “We must give our citizens irrespective of the gender, their deserved place in growing the national economy.
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