The development of capacity building for Nigeria’s women is currently hindered by inadequate funding and resources as well as by political instability and inflation. As such, a comprehensive approach must be effectively utilized to remove the social, economic and legal constraints on Nigeria’s women.

• As a start, national action plans must be designed in broad consultation with women’s groups. In addition, women’s institutions in the community, market-places and trades must also be recognized to increase women’s participation in the decision-making process.
• For instance, most economic programmes in Nigeria tend to overlook the unpaid economy, where women predominate. For the informal sector to be fully embraced, the constraints on women’s access to land, credit, extension services, and inputs must be removed, and opportunities should be created for their enterprise.
• Adequately funded and staffed technical units should also be established to support actions on behalf of women. Governments must build partnerships with emerging associations of women and entrepreneurs to create enabling policies; this includes making credit available to women at affordable rates, with the private sector assisting government efforts to obtain credit as well.
• Additional measures that will enhance capacity building for Nigerian women include: off and on-the-job training, vocational entrepreneurship training and better overall education.