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| Mrs. Abolanle Bada. |
Delivering
her address during the closing ceremony of the short term training programme at
the premises of Ikosi primary school, venue of the training, the Commissioner
For Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Lagos State,Mrs Cecilia Abolaji Dada
said the Lagos State Government under the leadership of Babajide Sanwo-Olu
embarked on different initiatives that ensure financial independence for women
which is a critical step to taking charge of their lives.
The
Commissioner added that this underscored the reason why the present
administration has taken women empowerment as one of its focal policies in
order to mitigate the effects of poverty prevalent especially among women in
the state.
Mrs
Bolaji-Dada disclosed that the event is one in a series of four being organised
by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in the state,as
another one has been planned to take place in Yaba LCDA,Amuwo Odofin Local
Government and Lekki LCDA respectively this week, where 250 women each will
benefit from the short term skill acquisition training in diverse vocations and
at the end of the exercise, they will receive free start-up kits to enable them
begin to make a living from the vocations learned.
She
submitted that the objective of the initiative is to train vulnerable
women,young women, indigent single mothers and internally displaced women and
men alike in various skills and vocations for the purpose of economic
empowerment and lifting of their status, from the state of dependence to self
reliance,thereby making the beneficiaries contributors to family and societal
development.
The
commissioner congratulated the beneficiaries for successful completion of the
training programme and urged them to avail themselves the opportunity of
accessing available funds through the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund to
enable them expand their businesses towards achieving better living conditions
for themselves.
Some
of the vocations learned by the beneficiaries include Beads making and
Stringing, Events and Hall Decoration, Tie and Dye, Catering, Hat Making, Soap
and Pomade Making, Insecticide production among others.
Earlier
in her goodwill address, the Executive Chairman of Ikosi-Isheri Local Council
Development Area, Princess Samiat Abolanle Bada commended Governor Sanwo-Olu
and the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation for fulfilling
another promise to residents of Lagos through the T.H.E.M.E agenda of the
government.
She
added that her administration appreciated the good gesture of the Lagos state
government of counting the women in the council area worthy beneficiaries of
the empowerment and training programme..
The
Mayoress,as she is popularly called appealed to the beneficiaries to allow the
knowledge and skills acquired during the training to have positive impact in
their lives and the society at large.
She
submitted that since the inception of her administration six months ago, women
and the youth have been the major beneficiaries of the administration
empowerment programme.
Among
dignitaries who attended the ceremony, where all protocols of the Covid-19
pandemic were strictly observed include, the Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation,Mrs Oluyemi Kalesanwo, Vice
Chairman of Ikosi-Isheri LCDA, Alhaji Mukail
Adisa, Secretary to the council, Engr. Dolapo Bashiru, Leader of the
council's Legislative Arm,Hon. Usman Ajibola Akanni, other elected councilors, Supervisors, the Council Manager, Prince Sunday Adegbola Olujobi
and some Management Staff.
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