Lagos partners Opay, Cowrywise, others to empower 1,200 women for financial training, as BOI offers special loans for women

• The Lagos authorities authorities has entered a concern to beforehand fiscal inclusion and empowerment for women crossed Lagos
• Since its conception past year, the programme has reached 12 communities successful hard-to-reach areas and riverine communities successful Lagos
• This authorities is successful furtherance of the Lagos authorities THEMES + docket to empower women

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A full of 1,200 women person been trained successful the latest determination from the Lagos authorities authorities to empower women to execute fiscal independence.

In the past batch of the grooming this week, 100 women were equipped with fiscal literacy skills astatine Oko-Agbon, a riverine assemblage successful the Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA).

The grooming was done done the Office of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), with Africa Human Capacity Development Plus arsenic the method partner.

The accepted ruler of the community, Oba Monsuru expressed his excitement with the programme, noting that the interaction volition spread. Photo credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/LASG
Source: UGC

It was organised to equip women with the cognition needed to unlock fiscal state and unafraid their livelihoods for themselves and their families.

Speaking astatine the Grand Finale of Human Capital Development held astatine Oko-Agbon successful Agboyi-Ketu, Lagos State, Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu connected Sustainable Development Goals, Dr Oreoluwa Finnih, explained that the programme targeted women successful hard-to-reach communities due to the fact that empowering women is the fastest mode to turn communities.

Dr. Finnih noted that determination is information to amusement that erstwhile women are empowered to execute fiscal independence, their household is secured, their children tin get a bully education and healthcare, and the assemblage volition turn sustainably and visibly.

Lagos authorities takes fiscal empowerment to 1200 women

Dr Finnih, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Office of SDGS, Mrs Olayemi Sarunmi, thanked the partners for taking this measurement with the authorities to empower women.

Finnih noted that the programme was conceived a twelvemonth agone successful enactment with the government’s THEMES+ agenda, to empower women done fiscal literate and inclusion, and that 1,200 women had been empowered done it.

She besides appreciated the different partners, including Opay, Cowrywise, LASHMA, LASSRA and NIMC, for supporting the thrust to instrumentality fiscal inclusion and literacy to 1200 women successful these communities.

Her words;

"Today, that noble endeavour conceived hardly a twelvemonth agone has blossomed into a question of measurable interaction and meaningful change. It has touched lives, opened doors, and restored assurance successful countless women who present spot themselves arsenic progressive participants successful the economical maturation of our state."

The accepted ruler of the community, Oba Monsuru Oladega, thanked the authorities for the capacity-building initiative, noting that it would spell a agelong mode to beforehand entrepreneurial tone among the beneficiaries

120 women to bask escaped healthcare for 1 year

Part of the inaugural besides registered 120 women nether the Ilera Eko Health Scheme, giving them entree to escaped wellness attraction successful the accredited facilities for 1 year.

With much Nigerians surviving beneath the poorness line, it becomes much imperative to bid and empower women for fiscal independence. Photo credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei
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The beneficiaries for the fiscal literacy programme were drawn from Aderupoko Community successful Iwaya, Lagos Mainland; Ilaje Community, Bariga; Araromi-Ale, Badagry; Ira Central Community, Ifako-Ijaiye; Taffi Community, Oto-Awori LCDA, Ojo; Araromi Community, Ibeju Lekki; Odomola Community and Eredo LCDA, Epe.

Beneficiaries were besides drawn from Ijora Badia, Apapa Iganmu; Amukoko Community, Ifelodun LCDA; Mende Community, Maryland, Kosofe; Oke-Ira Community, Ogba and Oko-Agbon riverine assemblage successful Ag(LCDA).

The authorities authorities has besides shown involvement successful empowering smallholder farmers successful the authorities with loans.

BOI offers peculiar loans for women

In related news, Legit.ng reported that the Bank of Industry launched Project Guaranteed Loans for Women, a N10 cardinal peculiar involution programme.

The MD of the slope stated that the backing is meant to empower women, who are captious to Nigeria's economical growth.

The programme aims to span the persistent spread successful fiscal inclusion that women look crossed the country.

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Source: Legit.ng