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FG 'earmarks N1.6b to empower women quarterly'- Minister

Date: 2017-03-07

The Federal Government has earmarked N1.6bn for women empowerment every three months in its Enterprise and Employment Programme (GEEP) and National Women Empowerment Fund (NAWEF).

Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, made this known to women at the State Banquet Hall, Ilorin on Monday during a two-day working visit to Kwara.

The Minister said she was in the state to intimate the women on the various social investment programmes organised by the FG to better the lots of its citizens. (NAN)

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