“Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme in Nigeria (WEDPIN)”, a core contribution of GOVERNMENT to poverty reduction, the programme supports rural women in their aspirations for entrepreneurial initiatives. People living in the rural peripheries and especially women, shoulder the burden of the world’s poverty particularly in the least developed areas or states. They have been deprive
d for too long from participating in the opportunities and benefits of economic growth and globalization. Reducing urban-rural disparities and gender inequalities is a crucial element for any poverty reduction strategy. Mobilizing the potential productivity of rural people and particularly of women is indispensable to achieve the resilient economic growth that will pull people above the poverty line. Therefore, the WEDPIN Programme aims at promoting a conducive business environment and at building institutional and human capacities that will encourage and support the entrepreneurial initiatives of rural people and women.
