From: Shafa,atu Shu,aibu Shinkafi
Wife of the Executive Governor and First Lady Zamfara state, Hajiya Aisha Bello Muhammad has empowered 500 vulnerable women in the state.
Presenting 250 tailoring and 250 grinding machines to the beneficiaries under her Zamfara State Women empowerment scheme the first lady said the gesture is part of office commitments to alleviate poverty among women in the society.
She stated that the provisions ofJune empowerment is in line with her office continuous strive to provide a sustainable means of livelihood for women was in continuation of the activities making the achievements of Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle’s two years administration in the state under the First Lady’s office.
Hajiya Aisha Bello Matawalle , while presenting the sewing and grinding machines to beneficiaries further said the gesture would no doubt help women in the state to explore their potentials and create an enabling environment where they will be economically uplifted.
“the empowerment scheme which has improved the living standard of over 38,000 women so far, keeps recording more success stories across the state” she re-iterated..
She urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the machines for their livelihoods so as to gain more positive results economically.
The first lady however expressed appreciation to her husband, the for his support morally and financially for the sustainability of the Programme and further applauded his passionate and commitment to the plights of women and children in the state.
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