NWAPDI Recommits to Women Farmer’s Welfare, Swears in New Leadership

The Nigerian Women for Agricultural Progressive and Development Initiative NWAPDI has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Women and youth in Agriculture are included in all governments programmes.

The Special Assistant on Women and Youth in Agriculture Innovations to the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Mrs Omolara Svensson disclosed this during the handover ceremony and swearing in of the new Deputy National Coordinator for NWAPDI.

Omolara Svensson handed over the leadership of NWAPDI to the Deputy National Coordinator Farmer Lucy Pam following her appointment as the Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security.

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She was the National Coordinator of the organisation for 14 months.

While encouraging the new Deputy Coordinator, Svensson urged them to ensure inclusivity in their activities for the betterment of women and youth farmers in the country.

Speaking to the media after the ceremony, Omolara Svensson said she would use her position as the SA on Women and Youth to reach out to genuine women Farmers in the country leveraging President Bola Tinubu’s Agriculture policies.

“This does not mean that they’ve not been working with the real farmers, but to make sure that there is 100% inclusiveness when it comes to women and youth in agriculture, and also to come up with ideas, innovative ideas that can bring about food security in line with the mandates of the current administration. 

According to her women in the country are marginalized in terms of access to farm lands and agricultural loans.

“You know women are being marginalized in terms of access to farmland, land, finance, and all that. I think the tax is very high,” she added.