Why I have always entrusted Nigeria’s treasury to women —Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he that he decided to hand over the nation’s treasury to a woman so as to ensure effective management of limited resources available, and promote a stronger sense of inclusiveness.

President Buhari was qouted to have said this on Thursday in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina.

According to Adesina, President Buhari said he preferred women to oversee the economic and financial hub of the country, Ministry of Finance, as they can readily deploy their experience in aligning resources with the needs of the country.

The president further explained that the nation also had many female technocrats with local and international experience on economy and finance.

The president stated this while receiving a delegation of National, Zonal, State and FCT Women leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the party’s Women Leader, Hajiya Salamatu Umaru Baiwa, at the State House.

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“I am happy that I can defend myself very effectively on this issue. The APC party leader is my witness. Since the coming into power of this administration I have handed over the treasury to women.

“Even at household level, you hand over the money to women to manage. It can be taken to the level of managing the country’s treasury as well. I have consistently given it to women. It is strategic.

“I am conscious of the leadership roles of women in the society and by my action I have justified my belief,’’ President Buhari said.

The president reiterated that his administration would ensure inclusiveness for women and youths, especially during this his second term, by providing more access to facilities that will enable the spread of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, and encourage more interest in agriculture.

President Buhari, who said that the traditional and subsistence style of farming should be replaced with commercialized and business-oriented techniques, said he instructed the ministers to work with traditional institutions to encourage interest in farming, with the Central Bank of Nigeria readily providing loans at low interest rates and longer periods of repayment.

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