Nigeria: Minister Charges Women On Gender Issues

14 January 2009

Lagos — The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Salamatu Suleiman, has charged the management and staff of the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) to be proactive and more efficient in their programmes and projects so as to fast-track the gender imperatives of the present administration.

Hajiya Suleiman, who gave the charge during her familiarisation tour of the centre in Abuja yesterday noted that the centre had a lot of potentials yet to be explored towards meeting government's target on gender mainstreaming in the country.

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