The women’s wing of
the United Creek Road Market Traders Association (UCRMTA) has called for funding and provision of infrastructure for women in agriculture business.
The secretary, Sarah Iyalla, in a chat with The Tide, at the market, Friday, stated that empowering women in agric business by providing soft loans and relevant infrastructure would help boost the economy and raise the quality of life of women.
Iyalla noted that women have for a long time proved to be the rallying point in society in the face of harsh economy, adding that including women in agribusiness would ensure a sustainable value chain and provide significant produce in the market.
According to her, women have played appreciable roles in agricultural production, marketing, usage and processing, adding that the government must come up with policies affecting women in particular to give them a sense self worth.
She expressed regret that in spite of playing significant roles in economic sustainability, women are limited in their abilities due to lack of proper education, low income and lack of basic infrastructure.
She further said, religious and cultural practices also hinder women from reaching their full potentials and called on women professionals to continue to push forward the course of women, while expressing the hope that government would “one day hear our cry and assist us”.
She enjoined government to put in place measures that would transform the lives of women and raise platforms that would afford them easy access to funds to help boost their business and promote partnerships that would address wastage and market access.

Tonye Nria-Dappa