JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV) – According to ITREALMS, the United State Consul General to Nigeria, John Bray recently advised Nigerian women to embrace the art of utilising technologies as it is the key to future job opportunities.
Bray mentioned this while addressing women at the commemoration of the 2019 Internet Day of Women and Girls in Science held in Lagos, yesterday.
“For comparison, think of how fantastic a car must have seemed when most people were riding horses for transportation. Think of how incredible a laptop computer would seem in an era when computers were so large they took up entire rooms. Don’t laugh at the people of that era! Think of what your children or your grandchildren are going to say to you when you describe the old days when people actually had to drive a car. They’ll probably look at you, and say, you are soooo old,” he said
He charged women to be confident in their intelligence, demonstrate the determination and drive to succeed in any career path that they may choose.
“Challenge yourselves, learn more about successful women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, and draw inspiration from them,” he said.
According to him, the U.S. government is convinced that when barriers to the participation of women and girls in the STEM fields are removed, women do better, families do better, countries do better, and the world does better.
“Whether at home or abroad, promoting women in the STEM fields is a priority of the U.S. government,” he declared.
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