Kaduna-based entrepreneur and girls’s advocate, Rachael Obi Yari, has urged the Bank of Industry (BoI) and the Kaduna State Government to deal with funding gaps and rising insecurity threatening girls entrepreneurs within the state.
Yari, founding father of Kegy’s Conglomerate and convener of the Real She Power Conference, made the enchantment in an unique interview with LEADERSHIP, saying restricted entry to enterprise funding and insecurity had been undermining girls’s efforts to develop their companies, notably in agriculture.
She mentioned she had held conferences with the administration of BoI in Kaduna to discover funding alternatives for girls working small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs).
“One of the biggest challenges is access to funding for small and medium-scale enterprises. I have had meetings with the manager, Bank of Industry Kaduna, to see how women can get access to business funding,” she mentioned.
Yari additionally expressed concern that insecurity in components of the state had pressured girls farmers to desert their farms, threatening their livelihoods and agricultural ambitions.
“Most of our women in the agricultural industry had to stop due to the high rise of insecurity ravaging the areas where their farms are located,” she mentioned.
She appealed to the state authorities to strengthen safety in affected communities to allow girls to return to their farms and maintain their agricultural companies.
“We plead with the government of this great state to please come through for the people in this area, so our women can find a safe ground to run their agricultural dreams,” she mentioned.
Beyond her advocacy for girls’s financial empowerment, Yari mentioned her humanitarian work started in 2010 with a hospital outreach in Zaria and had expanded to incorporate abilities acquisition coaching for orphans and individuals with disabilities, assist for widows and Ramadan meals distribution.
She additionally mentioned she had operated a petrol-money assist scheme for industrial motorbike riders for seven years.
Through the biannual Real She Power Conference, Yari mentioned some individuals had established companies after receiving start-up grants.
She described the private transformation of ladies who participated within the initiative as probably the most rewarding points of her advocacy.
“One of my most rewarding feedbacks is not just hearing from these women but seeing these women discover their true identity, seeing women live beyond hate, hurts and competition,” she mentioned.
Yari is scheduled to unveil Kegy’s Spa & Gift World in Kaduna on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
The occasion is predicted to draw Aishat Abdulsam, Manager of BoI in Kaduna; Barrister Gloria Ibrahim, Commissioner for Youth Development in Kaduna State; and Mrs Patience Fakai, Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology.
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