Kebbi Governor’s Wife Empowers 1,247 Women
From Ayodele Ajoge, Birnin-Kebbi
Kebbi State Governor’s Wife, Hajia Zainab Nasare Idris has on Monday at the premises of the Ministry for Women Affairs and Social Development distributed starter equipments and empowerment facilities to no fewer than 1,247 women across the state to enable the start meaningful businesses.
Speaking at the occasion, The commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Halima Kamba, had welcome beneficiaries and members of the public to the graduation ceremony and skills acquisition materials to1247 women across the state.
She urged beneficiaries of the facilities to make good use of the equipments given to them, warning that on no account should the equipments be sold, noting that the State government would not be happy seeing or heard that the equipments meant for their empowerments are being sold.
In Her speech, the kebbi State governor’s wife, Hajia Zainab Nasare Idris expressed that her desire and Passion was the empowerment of women and male youths to be able to stand on their own and be dependent by having something doing for a living.
She said her Foundation, ‘Nasare Foundation’ has embarked on the 1,247 people divided into three batches of which each batch were trained for three months each in Tailoring, catering, Computer Operators, costomology, shoe making among others.
