The Federation of Muslim Women's Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to find lasting solutions to the soaring prices of food prices and insecurity across the country.
This was contained in a communique issued and signed by its National President and Public Relation Officer, Hajiya Ra' afiah Sanni and Hajiya Maimuna Momodu after its 39 Annual National Conference held in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
" The Conference is worried about the high cost of food, goods and services in the country and is concerned that women carry the bulk of the problems;
"FOMWAN notes with great concern the rising space of insecurity in the country.
"These challenges are as a result of our deviation from Allah's injunction that when community engages in corruption, Allah has promised that it would be visited with famine and insecurity.
The women therefore recommended that " the problematic situations could be prevented or remedied by adopting a number of measures including the acquisition of optimum education, both Islamic and Western, skill acquisition in order to increase women's chances of getting paid appointments as well as self-sustaining activities that can facilitate their family economic security;
They urged "women to key into female political education and participation to increase female access to development, funding for investment and other facilities for their family economic well-being.
"To further collaborate closely with Local, State and Federal Government Institutions and other non-governmental organizations to facilitate active participation in agriculture and employment opportunities for women and girls;
"FOMWAN should intensify its collaborations with relevant organizations to establish safe space for women and girls
"To ensure effective participation of women and girls in government interventions to help alleviate their worrisome poverty situation; Government should enforce the law on criminals;
"FOMWAN affirms the need to ensure that women have a safe environment to carry out their activities which impact on their wellbeing.
