By Osinachi Gift Mar, 10, 2022 Private

On Tuesday, 8 March 2022.

Being the international women's day, themed “Break the Bias: Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” was highlighted by Dame Pauline Tallen, the Honorable Minister of Women Affairs, (OFR), and Amb. Mariam Katagum, the Honorable Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and Investment. 

 It drew stakeholders jointly to review the key matters that could foster growth towards gender equality through strategy and finance.

Dame Pauline Tallen, The Honourable Minister of Women Affairs, communicated the enthusiasm of the Ministry of Women Affairs to the team with NGX to endorse gender equality.

The Honorable Minister, in her words, said, “Partnerships is the compassion of our intervention viewpoint at the Ministry of Women Affairs. We welcome innovative ambitions that can stabilize a future where women are economically empowered as business administrators and entrepreneurs and adopt leadership roles in all areas of endeavor. We are open to collaborating with Nigerian Exchange Limited, development partners here present and all relevant stakeholders, local and international, who can help create this future through creative solutions, including gender bonds”

Nigerian Exchange Group of Companies joined over 100 insurances exchanges around the world to commemorate the 2022 International Women’s Day and Ring the Bell for Gender Equality in alliance with International Finance Corporation (IFC), Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative, United Nations (UN) Women, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group), Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON. In his opening remarks said, “The global finance industry has a crucial part to play in accomplishing gender equality. As the world clamors for improved reallocation of finance to handle the Sustainable Development Goals, climate change, and other thrusting issues, there is a shoving need for stakeholders to review the part of finance in addressing gender issues.

If improving gender problems was designed as a business alternative or a marketing, favorable strategies would require to be executed to encourage investors to retrieve their stakes. At NGX Group of Companies, we stayed devoted to influencing our role by executing numerous industries funneled at fostering gender variety and endowing women”.

Conversing on the power of teamwork to promote gender equality, Chief Executive Officer, Temi Popoola, said, “We recognize our strategic position as the engine of growth of Africa’s largest economy and we leverage this unique position to promote the adoption of sustainable business practices and reporting as well as foster the growth of long-term sustainable finance. NGX Group of Companies is committed to championing efforts to advance gender equality across our ecosystem through the introduction of gender-responsive and inclusive financial instruments, advocacy for increased participation of women on boards and in senior management, and support for capacity building initiatives to enable companies to achieve their gender-related aspirations”.

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