The Fulbe Development and Cultural Organization (FUDECO) has trained 118 women on various skills in Nasarawa State.
Acting Chairman of the Organization in the state, Halilu Yahaya, stated this while speaking with journalists in Keffi after the training program which lasted for four months.
He explained that the organization came up with the plan to train the women on various skills for them to be financially stable, citing joblessness as a major cause of insecurity in the country.
“The reason for this program is to ensure that the 118 Fulani women who were selected from across the 13 LGAs of the state have skills that can help put food on their tables and I believe that if they have something doing, they will not engage in crime because joblessness is a major reason for insecurity in Nigeria.
“We feel it is important to help them acquire skills so that they won’t consider crime as an option for their daily survival. We began the training in July and today the sum of N5,000 will be given to them as transport allowance after which, they will be given start-up capital for their businesses”, he noted.
Speaking earlier, the Training Coordinator of the organization, Hadiza Hussaini, said that most of the women trained by FUDECO, were jobless as they were not educated and had no skill that would help them for their daily survival which was why the organization came to their rescue.
“We trained the Fulani women because we noticed that they are passing through a lot of challenges. Most of them are jobless because they are not educated and they don’t have a skill. Some of the women are widows and they have been suffering which was why we came up with the program.
“We are also going to empower them with a start-up capital for their businesses so that they can be self-independent and contribute meaningfully to the society”, The beneficiaries were drawn from the 13 LGAs of the state. They were taught how to make bags, shoes, cakes, soaps, among other skills.
“I am appealing to both the federal and state governments and other good citizens of the country to support our organization so that we can be able to reach out to more people in the society and empower them so that we can all have a better society”, she added.
