‘11,308 women in Akwa Ibom keyed into NFWP’
The Co-ordinator of Nigeria For Women Project (NFWP) in Akwa Ibom State, Mrs. Ofonime Etuknwa, has said that about 11,308 women in the state have keyed into the business concept of the project by saving from their daily income to improve their livelihoods.
Etuknwa, who spoke, yesterday, at a media roundtable with Aries Concept Nigeria and stakeholders in Uyo, said the project, being a World Bank and Federal Government-assisted project, aimed at creating an enabling environment for women in the state to overcome institutional failures, including markets and barriers, to enhance productive livelihoods and socio-economic advancement.
According to her, even though Akwa Ibom keyed into the project sometime in January 2022, the project had reached out to 481 Women Affinity Groups (WAGs) and 11,308 women in three local councils in the pilot scheme.
She said the project encouraged women with livelihoods to form groups and save something for themselves and borrowed from there to improve their businesses.
The coordinator, therefore, urged the women to save for the rainy day no matter how little, stressing that it is better to save than borrow.
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