Economic Growth: Dutch Minister Says Women’s Active Involvement Can Improve Nigeria’s Gnp - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 11, 2019
Minister for Foreign Trade and DevelopmentCooperation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Sigrid Kaag, says equitableparticipation of women in the economy add to gross national products of thecountry.
Kaag said this during an interview in Abujaon Thursday.
The gross national product is an estimate ofthe total value of all the final products and services turned out in a givenperiod by the means of production owned by a country’s residents.
She said that the active involvement of womenin the economy would not only add value to the country’s GNP, it would alsoimprove their statuses and that of their families.
The Dutch minister, who expressed firm beliefin gender equality and equity, said that such elements should be extended toencouraging women to participate productively in the economic life of thecountry.
She further said that women’s activeinvolvement in the economy would promote cohesion, stability, and progress notonly in the socio-economic life of families but in the life of the entire country.u