Kick Starts With 500 Women,To Go Round The 27 Local Government Areas Borno Women Affairs Commissioner, Hajiya Zuwera Gambo has appealed to...
Kick Starts With 500 Women,To Go Round The 27 Local Government Areas
Borno
Women Affairs Commissioner, Hajiya Zuwera Gambo has appealed to both
Local and International partners to use the state as launching pad in
their quest to extricate poverty, guarantee self sustenace and gainful
employment to the Vulnerable Women in the society .
Hajiya
Zuwera Gambo dropped this appeal during the launching of empowerment
programs for women in the state in various skills,counseling and
capacity building.
The
Women Affairs Commissioner says with funding and enabling
environment,the program will in no distant future go round the 27 local
government areas of the state.
She
said the state government efforts in this regard had been quite
encouraging, especially given the emergency atmosphere we have found
ourselves.
Mrs Zuwera
Gambo praised development partners for the initial take off with 500
women in the state,saying this will guarantee a good future for the
women and their dependants.
Women
in the state according to the Commissioner,will be trained in
tailoring,knitting, cosmetology,weaving and others including provision
of equipment and starter parks on completion of the exercise.
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