The Minister of State for Federal Capital
Territory, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, on Tuesday said the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) Administration would employ about 10,000 women and
youth under its Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P)
before the end of this year.
The Minister disclosed this while receiving in her office members of
the FCT Chapter of the National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS) led
by the President, Nancy Godwin Bulus.
Ms Akinjide said the FCT Administration had established a Project Implementation Unit for the programme towards empowering and training women and youth in different skills and vocation.
“The Administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is gender friendly and has initiated some programmes to economically empower our women and youths. One of the programmes is the SURE-P, which was established to oversee and ensure the effective and timely implementation of projects to be funded with the savings accruing to it from partial removal of subsidy on petroleum products.
“There is going to be massive employment of women and youth in the FCT before the end of this year. We are employing about 10,000 women and youth under the SURE-P. By empowering a women and a youth, you are building a nation,” she said.
The minister commended the Nigerian women for their remarkable support for the present Administration and assured them that the government was on track in the execution of its Transformation Agenda.
She urged the FCT Chapter of the NCWS to collaborate with the Gender Department of the Social Development Secretariat towards empowering the rural women.
She also disclosed that the FCTA had received approval and license for the establishment of a Microfinance Bank in Kwali Area Council as part of measures to provide access to cheap funds and empower the people.
“We plan to establish microfinance banks in each of the six Area Councils. We have received license for the establishment of a microfinance bank in Kwali Area Council, which will fully take off in the first quarter of 2013,” she added.
Earlier in her address, the NCWS President, Mrs. Nancy Godwin Bulus, commended the minister for her selfless effort in the development of the Area Councils and Satellite Towns.
She further praised the minister and the Secretary, Social Development Secretariat, Mrs. Blessing Onuh, for their support in retrieving the Certificate of Occupancy for a land given to the Council in 1996 by Federal Capital Development Authority.
Bulus solicited the financial support of the FCTA and other donor agencies in the territory for the building of FCT NCWS Multipurpose Hall, Day Care Nursery and Primary School, Chalets, Shopping Malls on the Council’s land.
She also called for the appointment of members of the FCT Chapter of NCWS into the boards and agencies of the FCT Administration.
The Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide
Ms Akinjide said the FCT Administration had established a Project Implementation Unit for the programme towards empowering and training women and youth in different skills and vocation.
“The Administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is gender friendly and has initiated some programmes to economically empower our women and youths. One of the programmes is the SURE-P, which was established to oversee and ensure the effective and timely implementation of projects to be funded with the savings accruing to it from partial removal of subsidy on petroleum products.
“There is going to be massive employment of women and youth in the FCT before the end of this year. We are employing about 10,000 women and youth under the SURE-P. By empowering a women and a youth, you are building a nation,” she said.
The minister commended the Nigerian women for their remarkable support for the present Administration and assured them that the government was on track in the execution of its Transformation Agenda.
She urged the FCT Chapter of the NCWS to collaborate with the Gender Department of the Social Development Secretariat towards empowering the rural women.
She also disclosed that the FCTA had received approval and license for the establishment of a Microfinance Bank in Kwali Area Council as part of measures to provide access to cheap funds and empower the people.
“We plan to establish microfinance banks in each of the six Area Councils. We have received license for the establishment of a microfinance bank in Kwali Area Council, which will fully take off in the first quarter of 2013,” she added.
Earlier in her address, the NCWS President, Mrs. Nancy Godwin Bulus, commended the minister for her selfless effort in the development of the Area Councils and Satellite Towns.
She further praised the minister and the Secretary, Social Development Secretariat, Mrs. Blessing Onuh, for their support in retrieving the Certificate of Occupancy for a land given to the Council in 1996 by Federal Capital Development Authority.
Bulus solicited the financial support of the FCTA and other donor agencies in the territory for the building of FCT NCWS Multipurpose Hall, Day Care Nursery and Primary School, Chalets, Shopping Malls on the Council’s land.
She also called for the appointment of members of the FCT Chapter of NCWS into the boards and agencies of the FCT Administration.
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