NIGER STATE GOVERNMENT APPROVES N1B MATCHING GRANT TO EMPOWER OVER 75,000 WOMEN IN THE STATE 25-06-24
By Sadiq Aminu Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State has approved the release of N1 billion as matching grant to empower over seventy five thousand women across the State under the Nigeria For Women Project.
The Project is a World Bank assisted programme to enhance the livelihood of women in the State.
Already, Construction of forty one centres to serve as processing mills for the women registered under various Affinity Groups across Gurara, Agaie, and Wushishi Local Government Areas are at various levels.
Out of the forty one processing mills, thirty two will be for rice, eight for groundnut and one for Shea butter.
The Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Malam Sadiq Yusuf and the State Project Coordinator, Nigeria for Women Project, Bello Sarki inspected the ongoing construction in the benefiting Local Government Areas to ensure their speedy completion.
When completed, the centres are expected to make the beneficiaries independent and improve their economic status in line with the Governor’s directive which mandated the Ministries of Education and Humanitarian Affairs to purchase the products processed by the women for School Feeding Programme and other humanitarian services.