Aisha Buhari Urges Women To Vie For Leadership Positions

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari has urged women to step up to higher callings of leadership in the government and the private sector.
The president's wife gave the advice in her goodwill message delivered at a one day summit on Entrepreneurship and Leadership for South-east Women, organised by the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Nondon Hotel, Enugu.

The summit which was convened by the South-east Zonal Women leader, Rev Mrs Sally William Chinedu and other women leaders of the zone, had the objective of providing certain essential tools that would help women to develop their leadership potentials.
Mrs Buhari, who was represented at the occasion by the wife of the Chief of Army Staff, Mrs Umra Buratai stated in her speech that she was honoured to be invited to this first summit. She averred that women entrepreneurship had been recognised as an important source of growth, adding that women entrepreneurship could make a strong contribution to the economic well-being of the family and communities.
“As we are aware, women entrepreneurship has been recognized as an important source of economic growth.

“Women entrepreneurs can make a particularly strong contribution to the economic well-being of the family and communities, poverty reduction and women's empowerment, thus contributing to the Sustenable Development Goals, SDGs.
“As such, the need for women to step up to higher callings of leadership in government and private sector cannot be over emphasized.”