Delegate decries“exposure of female bankers to prostitution

Abuja – Mrs Felicia Sani, a delegate at the ongoing
National Conference, has condemned what she
called “the exposure of female bankers to
prostitution through unrealisable target set for them
by their employers’’.
Sani, who is the President, Market Women
Association, made the criticism on Wednesday in
her contribution to President Goodluck Jonathan’s
address at the inauguration of the conference.
She said such a trend which has had a great impact
on socio-economic relationships should be
discouraged.
“At the end of each year, banks make millions of
Naira, yet they employ young girls and give them
unrealisable targets.
“Why will you ask a young girl who is somebody’s
wife, or sister or daughter to go from office to office
to look for N400 million in a month?
“It is not possible. Let us discourage it. What kind of
money are we looking for?’’ the delegate said.
Sani also decried the low patronage of made-in-
Nigeria goods by Nigerians.
“If you go to Nnewi in Anambra, there are no parts
of a vehicle you will not find there. Instead of buying
them, our people prefer to jump into the next
available flight to Japan to buy goods.
“Similarly, if you go to Aba, you will see assorted
shoes made by local manufacturers. Yet, Nigerians
will not buy them.
“But, once the label is replaced with `Made in
America’, our people will buy them,’’ she said.
Meanwhile, another delegate, Prof. Ganiyu Raji, who
represents Oyo State, has also called for
improvement in the country’s power sector to
promote industrialisation.
In his contribution to President Jonathan’s speech
at the conference’s inauguration, Raji said
inadequate power supply had led to the closure of
many industries in Nigeria.
He said this had resulted in an increase in the rate
of unemployment.
Raji urged the Federal Government to ensure that
the national identity card system worked to produce
a national database.
Also, Mr Hassan Rilwan, representing Youth
Organisations, suggested that the allowance paid to
members of the National Youth Service Corps
should be drastically increased.
He said it should be equivalent to the salary of a
Grade Level 8 Step 1 officer in the Federal Civil
Service.
“This will enable graduates to save money to start
any business of their choice at the end of their
service to the country and reduce the level of
unemployment and insurgency in the country,’’ he
said.(NAN)