Nigeria: Govt Plans Empowerment Scheme for Widows

Abuja — OVER 300 widows have been slated to benefit from the zonal empowerment scheme established last year by the Federal Government. The scheme, established in conjunction with MTN Foundation, is set up to provide tools of trade and training to the identified widows to enable them sustain their businesses of choice.

Speaking on an occasion to mark the 2015 International Widows' Day, which had 'Widows' Rights are the Widows' Might' as a theme in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr. Ezekiel Oyemomi, said the Ministry is celebrating the 2015 International Widows day on 23rd June alongside the rest of the world to give special recognition to the situation of widows in line with the United Nations General Assembly Declaration resolution 65/189 mandating states to celebrate in acknowledging the suffering and injustice faced by widows.

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