Kano State Govt. Empowers 6,620 women - Kwankwaso

Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State doing great! No fewer than 6,620 women have benefitted from the Women Empowerment Programme of the Kano State government within 10 months of the commencement of the programme. The state’s Commissioner for Women Affairs, Dr Binta Tijjani, stated this in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Kano. She said beneficiaries of the programme included less privileged women, those who tested positive to HIV, divorcees, widows, VVF patients, as well as those deserted by their husbands due to economic hardship. “The programme, among other things, provides for training, aimed at making the women to be self-reliant in the society. “They were trained on liquid soap making, shampoo, baking, spices making, and tie and dye,” Tijjani said. The commissioner explained that after the training, they were given N10, 000 each to enable them start trades of their choice. She said another batch of the beneficiaries were indigent mothers, who were given N30.000 each. Tijjani disclosed further that another special programme captured 4, 400 women, mostly young girls and spinsters. “These groups were taught how to live with their husbands and cook different dishes of food. At the end of the training programme, they were given wrappers, textbooks and the money,” she said. The Commissioner further said the government had also trained 220 young girls in video recording and photography. She said the girls had already been assisted with cameras and printing materials, worth N64 million, as working tools.