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Women In Gender Equality Struggle Recount How They Brace The Odds By Blessing Oladunjoye
Women have been making impacts in their various fields, chosen careers and even homes. Blessing Oladunjoye shares some of the exploits that women have been making regardless of class, status, disability or level of education.
by Blessing Oladunjoye
May 20, 2021
Nigeria ranks 139 out of 156 countries in the global gender gap index calculated by the World Economic Forum. The labour force participation, financial gaps as well as leadership participations have widened in 2021. The low rate of women in the labour force is linked to low access to education.
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The huge impact of small businesses to the society
May 16
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Though Nigeria rely majorly on oil and revenues derived from it, from context observation the economy is largely supported by small businesses covering almost all spheres of activities within the country, ranging from Nano, kiosk, and Micro businesses most importantly. A visible reference usually includes the vulcanisers, corner shop owners, single retail marketers, repairers, painters, business center operators, restaurants, market women, and men in the various open markets, among others. and the formal operations such as the law firms, accounting firms, consulting, fintech, and real estate companies, and so on in the country.
Nigeria generated the sum of N392.8 billion from company income taxes in the first quarter of 2021. This is contained in the quarterly report on company income tax by sectors, recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
This represents an increase of N97.1 billion (32.84%) compared to N295.7 billion recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2020 and a 32.82% increase compared to N294.72 billion generated in the preceding period (Q4 2020).
Highlights
Breweries, Bottling, and Beverages sector generated the highest amount of company income tax with N23.26 billion generated.
It was closely followed by Professional Services including Telecoms which generated a sum of N18.17 billion while State Ministries & Parastatals generated N17.35 billion in the review period.