SUSTAINABLE EMPOWERMENT: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SET TO PARTNER WITH COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL RULERS
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs has concluded plans to partner with the National Council of Traditional Rulers in its sustained efforts to improve the wellbeing of Nigeria women and the vulnerable especially at the community levels.
Making this declaration during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the Council, the Honorable Minister of Women Affairs, Barr Uju Kennedy Ohanenye observed that “ the traditional institutions are rallying points for the local communities and we will leverage on the structures provided by the traditional rulers to effectively reach out to the rural communities in Nigeria”
Still speaking, the Minister reiterated the need to give Nigerians a new lease of life through sustainable empowerment of women and other less privileged Nigerians through transparent and verifiable platforms that can improve their standard of living “ part of the plan is to effectively utilize the E-portals which was unveiled last week to provide a one-stop-shop as convergence point for buyers, sellers, farmers, manufacturers, NGOs and other relevant players to rebuild the trust of Nigerians on economic independence, the portal will provide platform for seamless business ventures for the women who will operate as Cooperatives, they will be paid online for their products and this will ensure that they get their monies direct”.
She also harped on the Transparency and Integrity Brigade which will be inaugurated to monitor and ensure that funds meant for Nigerians get to the supposed beneficiaries “As we step up plans to empower our women and other Nigerians, many items such as industrial sewing machines, grinding machines, garri processing and frying machines, weaving and button hole machines, tapping machines, steaming pressure machines, fish smoking machines and rice milling machines have been distributed to Anambra, Kano, Rivers, Imo, Lagos, Oyo, Katsina, Gombe, kebbi, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Niger, Bayelsa, Benue and Jigawa states and we will integrate other states during the next phase of distribution to reach out to many communities but there