FG distributes empowerment equipment to women

Wed, May 1, 2024
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Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye on Tuesday said government has started distributing sustainable empowerment equipment to women across selected states.

Kennedy-Ohanenye disclosed this during a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja.

She said purchase and distribution of empowerment equipment for women were conducted in the six geopolitical zones for poverty  alleviation and increased entrepreneurship activities was done recently in 15 states.

She revealed that the benefitting states include: Anambra,  Kano, Rivers, Imo,  Lagos, Oyo, Katsina,  Gombe, Kebbi, Adamawa,  Ebonyi, Niger, Bayelsa, Benue and Jigawa.

She, however, said “it is disheartening to know that only 10 per cent of women own properties in Nigeria, that is not good enough,  if we are able to empower women, things will go on well.

“We are going to bring in companies and donors that will teach, train  and empower women on how to trade,” she said.

She added that equipment distributed include:garri processing machines,  Garri frying machines,  industrial sewing machines,  overlock weaving industrial machines,  holding machines, heavy industrial iron.

Others are: Taping machines,  steam  pressing machines,  sewing machines for stretches and stitches, cutting machines cloth, fish smoking machines,  4,000 litres fish bucket  and rice milling machine.

The minister also said that government would partner Nigeria Army to protect the lives of women and youth farmers in the 36 states of the federation.

“The Ministry of Women Affairs will partner Nigerian Army in security to allow women have peaceful farming this season.

“The Army are  doing everything possible to get surplus food back to the market. Nigeria of today is for the masses, we do not want to continue having the poor but to work hard,” she said. (NAN)

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May 1, 2024

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