My Story: Ekpo Glory, Female Bus Driver, Nigeria
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Africa
My Story: Ekpo Glory, Female Bus Driver, Nigeria
A lack of jobs push many young women in Nigeria to leave the country. Often, they end up working as prostitutes in Europe. But the southern state of Edo has implemented a plan to keep some of them at home. It's trained and employed 22 women as city bus drivers. Ekpo Glory is one of them. Her advice to unemployed women is to get skills and get busy.
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