CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of the Study
History has shown that development can
occur only when every member that constitutes the society participates in its
development. Hence development should be seen as a collective responsibility of
all the people that make up the society irrespective of sex, age class.
Though the colonial administration gave
little recognition to the socio-economic status of women thus women’s role in
economic empowerment was relegated to kitchen and catering to the needs of their
children and husband. While empowerment and trade were for men.
Now the Nigerian woman has gone beyond
the stage of merely agitating for liberation or equal right with her male
counterpart. The nation’s current constitution of 1979 accepts the obligation
to accord women the same treatment as is accorded to men in all spheres of
life, particularly in all areas covered by the convention. Women, today
contribute over 80% of the nation’s food
supply.
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