The Zamfara State Authorities has educated 120 ladies in digital literacy to spice up their financial prospects and promote self-reliance.
Commissioner for Ladies, Kids, and Social Growth, Dr. A’isha MZ Anka, disclosed this whereas receiving a donation of menstrual hygiene gadgets from the United Nations Inhabitants Fund (UNFPA) in Gusau.
Talking via the ministry’s Everlasting Secretary, Suwaiba Ibrahim, Dr. Anka defined that the members have been fastidiously chosen from all 14 native authorities areas of the state.
In response to her, the coaching was designed to empower the ladies to grow to be self-employed and, in flip, create jobs for others, thereby decreasing unemployment within the state.
She stated the programme was applied in partnership with the Zamfara Data and Communication Know-how Growth Company (ZITDA) and the Nigerian Communications Fee (NCC).
“We educated and outfitted them with digital literacy expertise, offered every participant with an Android machine, a certificates, and a ₦100,000 start-up grant,” Dr. Anka stated.
She highlighted that the administration of Governor Dauda Lawal has launched varied initiatives aimed toward enhancing the well-being of girls and weak teams within the state.
Dr. Anka additionally recommended Zamfara’s First Girl, Huriyya Dauda Lawal, for her dedication to launching programmes which have had a optimistic socio-economic impression on ladies and youngsters.
In his remarks, UNFPA Officer-in-Cost of the Kaduna Sub-Workplace, Audu Alayande, stated the company’s go to was to strengthen collaboration with the state in addressing menstrual hygiene challenges.
He added that UNFPA was additionally supporting efforts to sort out gender-based violence, dangerous conventional practices, and girls’s financial empowerment.
Alayande introduced that UNFPA had donated menstrual merchandise to the ministry for distribution to weak ladies, notably these in rural and crisis-affected areas.
He additionally pledged the company’s readiness to associate with related stakeholders to coach ladies in fundamental expertise that will enhance their every day revenue.
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