British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jonny Baxter, who made the call, said the UK had been a leading partner in working with Nigerian people to close the digital gender divide in Nigeria.
“Yet women are critical frontline responders when crisis hits and are crucial voices in decision-making processes, if given the space to be heard. The participation of civil society groups, including women’s organisations, makes a peace agreement 64 per cent less likely to fail, and we know that the benefit of reducing conflict in other countries is felt in many other countries of the world.”
Acknowledging the efforts of the UK in Nigeria, Founder/Executive Director, of Cybersafe Foundation, Confidence Staveley, said the UK Government had, through the DigiGirls programme, in three iterations, funded CyberSafe Foundation to cumulatively provided employable digital skills to over 70,000 women and girls across Nigeria.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities.
The hike in the prices of goods and services, especially healthcare, istaking its toll on pregnant women, who have resorted to patronising Traditional Birth Attendants in Calabar. All necessary arrangements have been put in place to receive President Bola Tinubu in Niger State on his official visit to the state today.