It is good to empower woman but it is not good to speak without action. We hope the funds will get to the woman as it is promised.
The Federal Government has set aside a substantial amount of money in
the 2016 budget to empower one million women through disbursement of
loans.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who said this in Kano yesterday, added
that investment in women would have a positive impact on the country’s
growth and their families.
He was in the Northern commercial city on behalf of President
Muhammadu Buhari to commiserate with the government and traders, who
lost goods worth trillions of naira in a fire, which engulfed Abubakar
Rimi market in Sabon Gari.
Osinbajo, who said the women would use the loans to start whatever
business they desire, added the President was determined to surmount the
economic challenges facing Nigerians.
He assured the citizens that the nation’s lingering fuel scarcity and other hardships would soon be a thing of the past.
The vice president said: “I want to assure you that better days are
coming. There are myriad of problems inherited by the incumbent
administration and we are not only determined, but committed to tackle
and solve them.
“President Buhari appreciates the pains Nigerians are feeling now, he
knows what is going on and I want you to know and we know that he is an
honest man, who is determined to make sure that the common man in this
country enjoys the dividends of democracy.
‘’I will like us to join hands together with the governors and the
government, so that we can all prosper and work diligently for the
country’s development. President Buhari-led administration is determined
to induce a change in the nation’s circumstances.”
‘’I am here to commiserate with the market men and women, whose goods
were recently consumed by a fire outbreak in Abubakar Rimi market in
Sabon Gari. The market is the largest in West Africa, which is located
where predominantly non-indigenes reside. But I learnt that in Kano, we
have no non-indigenes, as everybody is a citizen, where people converge
from here and there.’’
He added: “I commend Governor Ganduje for the massive structure being
embarked upon by his government in rebuilding the market, which I hope
would be a modern one that could be befitting and beneficiary.’’
Osinbajo laid the foundation of projects to be executed by the
Ganduje-led administration, as well as inaugurated an empowerment
involving 500 women and 60 waste disposal tricycles.
The governor noted that when the fire started, the government
searched for firefighting vehicles, but learnt that they had gone for
service, a situation which, he said, frustrated the efforts of putting
off the fire.
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