The President, Affiliation of Skilled Girls Engineers of Nigeria, Dr Adebisi Osim, has emphasized the pressing want for extra inclusion of girls within the extractive industries, specifically mining.
She disclosed this on Friday in Abuja on the 6th version of the Nkechinyere Isigwe Annual Lecture themed, “Can Women Thrive in Mining? Breaking Barriers and seizing opportunities in the extractive industries.”
Osim opened the development by way of acknowledging the usefulness of the mining sector in Nigeria’s economic system, pronouncing, “This topic is particularly timely given the growing importance of the mining sector.”
She expressed gratitude to the attendees, noting their constancy to fostering inclusivity in an trade historically ruled by way of males.
She stated regardless of the giant possible that the extractive trade holds, girls face diverse boundaries, together with gender stereotypes, restricted get entry to to coaching and place of business discrimination.
“Girls have lengthy been under-represented within the extractive trade, but they possess the abilities, resilience, and leading edge spirit had to turn into those sectors.
“We will explore strategies for creating an inclusive environment that supports and uplifts women engineers and professionals in this field,” Osim mentioned.
She emphasized that the lecture serves as a “call to action” for all individuals to put in force actionable answers to crack unwell the boundaries confronted by way of girls within the mining sector.
The President, Nigerian Family of Engineers, Margaret Oguntala, who was once represented by way of an respectable of the affiliation, Kashim Ali, mentioned, “No country has advanced without engineering,” underscoring the integral position of engineers in riding nationwide enlargement.