Akwa Ibom State gov, Umo Eno and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources( Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo
The Akwa Ibom State Government said it is targeting a total of 110,000 women for empowerment across the 31 Local Government Areas of the state through cooperative societies in October this year.
The State Governor, Umo Eno, announced the plan during the launch of the Federal Government’s rural women empowerment initiative and the distribution of Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders in Uyo, the state capital, on Thursday.
Eno, who described women’s empowerment as critical to social welfare and a major component of his administration’s ARISE Agenda, said at least 300 women would be selected from each ward across the state for the programme.
Commending the Federal Government for bringing the LPG (cooking gas) distribution programme to the state, with 27,000 households targeted as beneficiaries, the governor said the state’s planned empowerment programme was designed to complement the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Initiative, which is already providing financial support to women across Akwa Ibom to establish and expand their businesses.
