The Lagos state Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperative, Commerce and Funding, Mrs Folashade Bada Ambrose, Tuesday expressed concern over the Reserved Seats Invoice for girls earlier than the Nationwide Meeting.
She stated failure to impact the change earlier than celebration primaries would have an effect on a good portion of the ladies inhabitants.
The commissioner expressed her concern Tuesday on the Worldwide Girls’s Day celebration 2026 organised by the ministry at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
By focused insurance policies and strategic partnerships, we’re creating pathways for girls to take part meaningfully throughout sectors akin to commerce, expertise, manufacturing, agriculture, and the inventive economic system.
In accordance with her,the Lagos State Employment Belief Fund, LSETF, has performed an important function in that space. “Hundreds of ladies entrepreneurs have acquired entry to finance, coaching, and mentorship. These are companies launched, households supported, and communities strengthened. Girls are shifting from survival to scale, from casual operations to structured enterprises consistent with the inclusive coverage of the administration, as enshrined within the T.H.E.M.E.S+ Improvement Agenda.
“To deepen entry to finance, our Ministry partnered {Bank} of Trade and Sterling {Bank} to launch a ten billion naira programme known as Lagos State Entry to Finance by way of Cooperatives, LASMECO. That is to offer a non-collaterised loans of as much as 10 million naira at 9 % – single digit rate of interest, to cooperative based mostly MSMEs, with 3 months moratorium and reimbursement interval of as much as 3 years.