THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA HAS APPROVED THE NATIONAL WOMEN EMPOWERMENT FUND OF 1.6 BILLION NAIRA

The Federal government has approved the national women empowerment fund of 1.6 Billion Naira to serve as micro crop facility for women in the rural areas, the minister of women affairs and social development HAJIA HAISHA AGHASA made these known in Abuja at the meeting with the commissioners for rural task and the implementation the empowerment fund.

According to reporter of the event from Abuja who said that regarding to dates of the National Bureau for statistic, women accessed most of the credit facilities in the country’s financial sector. It is based on this that the National Women Empowerment relationship erects to introduce and make micro credit facilities accessible to women in the Rural Areas. The Minister Women affairs and Social development HAJIA HAISHA AGHASA said women will assist in building the economies of the communities especially those affected by insurgency. According to the minister who said that the program was a structured to empower about ten thousand women as beneficially per state and she said that the board has estimated about 200 million naira per state, where active and commissioning operatives, Welfare association and other community based women group are to benefit. 

HAJIA HAISHA AGHASA called on the state commissioners to complement the federal government effort in improving the economic status of women in various group. Still according HAJIA HAISHA AGHASA, she said that the state commissioners for women affairs have important role to play in identifying, supplying and authenticating human based of applying and serve the facility to ensure that good leaders are held accountable for payment by their members in order to ensure sustainability of the program.

Another personality on the bank of Industry MRS CLARA ADELEJU said 70 percent of micro enterprises in the country were owned by women, so we need to empower them as key agent in the development of main and major enterprises.

Also the state commissioner for women affairs said the program will have personal contact on the current performance of women in the rural development of the country. The National Women Empowerment Fund is part of the five hundred Billion Naira still introduction fund of the Federal Government remarked in this year’s budget

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