Many of the insecurity challenges Nigeria is currently experiencing are caused by a lack of development in rural areas, experts have said. They submitted that there is an urgent need to invest in rural areas, arguing that rural development through buoyant agribusiness will ease insecurity in the country.

To address the nation’s infrastructural lapses, there is the need for coordinated efforts between public and private sector operators to drive the intensity of change for economic growth, the Association of Professional Women Bankers (APWB) has said.

Association of Professional Women Bankers (APWB) has concluded plans to host its 2017 corporate forum and annual dinner aimed at identifying measures to solve economic challenges in the country.