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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 />
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he_Women.2C_Business_and_the_Law<br />
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