Jutha Gupah, Yola
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has empowered 33, 000 women and vulnerable persons with a N500 million social support programme across the state.
According to him, each of the vulnerable persons and the empowered women are to each collect business take-off grants and monthly stipends of between N10, 000 and N50, 000.
Disbursing the empowerment grants, yesterday (Tuesday), in Yola, the Governor disclosed: “The 10, 000 women were selected from the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.”
He added that the 23, 000 vulnerable persons are to each collect a monthly stipends of N10, 000.
Speaking on the Social Support Programme, he said: “Notwithstanding, these efforts, we realized that there is still a gap in funding the business take-off of the 10, 000 unemployed women.”
He lamented that it has dampened the willingness and commitments of the women who run their small scale businesses.
He said most of the women that acquired training skills and trades, would have been better off with the little support to raise their capital base.
“We’re opening new economic empowerment corridors in our commitments to fight poverty and unemployment among the vulnerable persons and women,” said the Governor.
