NECA Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW), has called for the implementation of policies that empower women to establish female-owned firms
The NECA Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW), has called for the implementation of policies that empower women to establish female-owned firms especially in the Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SMEs) sector, for economic growth of the country.
Chairperson, Lagos Chapter of NNEW, Mrs. Eunice Obasohan, who spoke during the organisation’s network meeting in Lagos, stressed that government should mitigate issues of multiple of taxes, improve the ease of doing business environment, and provide low interest loans to start businesses.
She decried the high interest rate by banks in Nigeria, which discourages business financing through loans rather she said small-business grants should be made available to women as a viable source of financing for women-owned businesses.
According to her, SMEs play an important role in creating…
