Benue approves N450m for women’s economic empowerment initiative

The Benue State Executive Council has approved N450 cardinal arsenic counterpart backing for the Nigeria Women Project, a World Bank-supported inaugural aimed astatine empowering women and boosting small- and medium-scale businesses crossed the state.

The determination was taken during the State Executive Council gathering chaired by Governor Hyacinth Alia successful Makurdi.

According to the authorities government, the backing volition alteration Benue to entree further fiscal enactment from the World Bank to instrumentality programmes designed to trim poorness among women and fortify economical opportunities done entrepreneurship.

Explaining the decision, the Technical Adviser to the Governor connected Media, Publicity and Strategic Communication, Chief Solomon Iorpev, said the task was sourced by the Benue State Government arsenic portion of its committedness to improving the livelihoods of women and stimulating economical growth.

“The task is designed to empower women done tiny and medium-scale enterprises, helping to alleviate poorness and amended their economical participation,” helium said.

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