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"The Ministry is leading a program of improving knowledge of the mining potential, diversifying partners, improving governance and the increasing of the contribution of the extractive industries to the development of our country."
"The main advances made in the mining sector over the past two years have focused on improving the governance of the sector. In view of the significant challenges of the sector, the government has deemed it necessary to put in place a strategic framework that responds to new development challenges"
"Secondly, Niger's mining code has been revised to take into account certain current concerns and improve the sector’s attractiveness; this is currently pending approvals."
"The ECOWAS Commission and the Government of the Republic of Niger are collaborating to organize the 3rd edition of the ECOWAS Mining and Petroleum Forum, ECOMOF 2021, to be held in Niamey from February 16-18, 2022. ECOMOF is the gathering of the highest government delegations from the fifteen member states of West Africa of ECOWAS: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo."
"I intend to continue to carry out my duties at the Niger Embassy in Paris."
"I am still the ambassador of legitimate President Mohamed Bazoum and I consider myself as such."
"I am currently in my office; President Bazoum called me yesterday to tell me ‘go to your office, you have my confidence and we will continue the work."
"The legal framework of France’s defence agreement with Niger is based on accords that were signed with the legitimate Nigerien authorities."
"This explains the involvement and the unfailing commitment of the governments, under the high aegis of their respective Presidents in order to accelerate the capture of the demographic dividend."
"Similarly, it is important to be attentive to large-scale national and regional projects and programs such as the SWEDD project, this situation calls for a pooling of actions with a view to synergy. In short, much remains to be done and the challenges are enormous and call for a participatory organization based on living together which must give them more vitality and satisfaction."
"We must also educate adults."
"preserve and maintain good practices in impact assessment, a guarantee of success in the implementation of sub-projects 1.2, which carry within them all the hope of contributing to the empowerment of women and girls, strengthening life skills and knowledge of reproductive health among adolescent girls so that they can exercise and enjoy their fundamental human rights. But also the strengthening of the capacities of communities and leaders for a change in social norms. Finally, the hope of promoting changes in attitudes and behavior on sexual and reproductive health and gender equality among young boys aged 10 to 24."
"Indeed, female entrepreneurship is more present in agri-food processing. Processing activities concern all agricultural speculations, livestock, fishing, and forest products. We can affirm that Niger's agro-sylvo-pastoral and fishing products are subject to processing, and to varying degrees. However, as you pointed out, production equipment and processes are most often artisanal and the actions predominantly manual. This means that the quality of the products cannot be fully guaranteed, even if these women have a good command of the production processes."
"Before talking about women's entrepreneurship, I would first like to recall that the National Women's Day of Niger is the result of the struggle of Nigerien women who felt marginalized during the preparations for the 1991 National Sovereign Conference of the Nation's Vital Forces. This movement, in itself, shows the extent to which women were absent from decision-making spheres. And as the saying goes, "only struggle pays off." Today, things are moving because Nigerien women are present wherever duty calls citizens. And this on all issues affecting the socio-economic and political development of our country. We can say that the 1991 movement liberated women, unleashed their energy at all levels, whether political or economic."
"Nigerien women must become aware of their ability to work for the sustainable development of our country. We must be aware that the Niger of tomorrow cannot be built without our contribution."
"Therefore, I appeal to my Nigerian sisters: let us assume our role as mothers, wives, and above all, responsible citizens through proactive attitudes geared toward the bright future of our country. Let us not accept the role of mere spectators of policies or programs that affect our own future and that of our children."