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Figure 3: Implementation Status <strong>of</strong> Projects Under the FME, NTI, UBEC and NMEC<br />

Overall, an increase in the number <strong>of</strong> girls<br />

attending schools was recorded, a success linked<br />

<strong>to</strong> the availability <strong>of</strong> classrooms and also the<br />

availability <strong>of</strong> girls-only <strong>to</strong>ilets and potable water<br />

in the schools.<br />

Share <strong>of</strong> Women in Wage Employment in Non-<br />

Agricultural Sec<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Regrettably, data on women in wage employment<br />

is practically non-existent which implies that<br />

identifying positive or negative trends in this area<br />

is almost impossible. Nonetheless, trends on this<br />

can be inferred from surrogate data from related<br />

studies. For instance, it was reported that the<br />

country‘s workforce consists <strong>of</strong> only 39% <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Nigeria</strong>‘s female population 14 . Also, before<br />

granting loan <strong>to</strong> women, financial institutions<br />

demand prior consent <strong>of</strong> husbands. Despite the<br />

efforts <strong>of</strong> National Poverty Eradication<br />

Programme (NAPEP) and other micro-credit<br />

schemes, statistics showed that less than one-third<br />

<strong>of</strong> the loans in <strong>Nigeria</strong> were awarded <strong>to</strong> women 15 .<br />

14 th<br />

World Bank, Women, Business and the Law; Retrieved March 16 ,<br />

2011 from the World Wide Web:<br />

http://wbl.worldbank.org/ExploreEconomies/<strong>Nigeria</strong><br />

15 th<br />

Gender Equality in <strong>Nigeria</strong>; Retrieved March 16 , 2011, from the<br />

World Wide Web:<br />

Not Located<br />

Abandoned<br />

Completed<br />

0 200 400 600 800<br />

Completed Ongoing Abandoned Not Started Not Located<br />

Education 757 93 3 45 2<br />

Inferences from these statistics portend bleak<br />

results for women getting engaged in wage<br />

employment in non-agricultural sec<strong>to</strong>r.<br />

In 2009, the DRGs-MDGs projects and<br />

programmes which were targeted at achieving this<br />

indica<strong>to</strong>r included the establishment <strong>of</strong> skill<br />

acquisition centres in various states <strong>to</strong> train both<br />

male and female youth in various vocations, and<br />

the CCT scheme through the CGS, the Federal<br />

Ministry <strong>of</strong> Housing and Urban Development and<br />

NAPEP.<br />

A <strong>to</strong>tal <strong>of</strong> N1, 207,197,746 (one billion, two<br />

hundred and seven million, one hundred and<br />

ninety-seven thousand, seven hundred and fortysix<br />

naira) was invested <strong>to</strong>ward the empowerment<br />

<strong>of</strong> women and youth through the CGS in 2009.<br />

This, as shown in the chart below, was less than 2<br />

percent <strong>of</strong> the <strong>to</strong>tal CGS funds, which were<br />

invested mostly in the Health, Water and<br />

Sanitation sec<strong>to</strong>rs.<br />

Projects executed under the CGS were mainly<br />

aimed at poverty reduction through the<br />

empowerment <strong>of</strong> women and youth in various<br />

http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/Gender_Equality_in_<strong>Nigeria</strong>#T<br />

he_Women.2C_Business_and_the_Law<br />

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