Empowerment
By Awayi Kuje
Jenkwe (Nasarawa State), May 24, 2018 (NAN) First Step Action Child Initiative International, an NGO,
distributed sewing and hair dressing machines to 38 women in Nasarawa State to assist them to improve on their standard of living and their families.
Facilitator of the NGO in the state, Vivian Agomuo, distributed the items on Thursday to the beneficiaries in Jenkwe, Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa and urged the women to ensure judicial use of it.
Items distributed were 28 sewing machines, eight hair dressing machines and two knitting equipment.
Agomuo said the organisation was established to assist vulnerable women and youths and to assist them to become self reliant.
She added that “we are distributing 28 sewing machines, eight hair dressing machines and two knitting equipment to you as part of our organisation efforts in improving your standard of living.
“You are called upon to use your skills with these items to train others to reduce poverty and unemployment in the society.”
The facilitator restated the commitment of the organisation to continue to initiate good programmes that have direct bearing on the lives of Nigerians, especially the less privileged.
She urged well-meaning Nigerians to assist the less privileged in the society to give them a sense of belonging for the overall development of the country.
Mr Emmauel Ebuje, the Director of Social Services, Jenkwe Development Area of the state, thanked the NGO for the gesture and called for its sustenance.
He assured the organisation of the development area’s commitment to collaborate with other organsiations to promote peace and improve citizens’ welfare. (NAN)
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Edited by Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu