Education remains important for the empowerment of women through means such as participation in the labor market. Hence, this study investigates the effect of girl-child education captured by female primary school enrolment rate on female labor force participation, and the role guidance and counseling can play in improving girl child education. Time series data on primary education, female labor force participation alongside other variables spanning from 1990 to 2017 were used for estimations. The Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square estimation technique was used for estimations.  The results showed that increase in female primary school enrolment significantly increases female laborforce participation rate. Furthermore, other variables in the model such as economic growth and inflation did not significantly affect women empowerment through labor force participation. However, government expenditures, that is, fiscal policy significantly increases women empowerment and labor market participation, while rising exchange rate and unemployment rate significantly reduced the labor force participation rate of women in Nigeria. Findings were duly discussed, and further policy recommendations were made accordingly.

Index Terms- Girl-Child Education, Women Empowerment, Female Laborforce Participation, Guidance and Counselling, Development Economist.