12 rural women empowered for cocoa yam production in Imo

The ‘Offthehook Foundation For Rural Dwellers’, a non-governmental organisation in Imo State has  empowered 12 rural women for the production of coco-yam. The founder of the NGO and wife of the traditional ruler of Umueze-Chokoneze autonomous community in Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA of the state, Ugoeze Chigbo Nwamara, who presented cash grants of N50,000 each to […]

The ‘Offthehook Foundation For Rural Dwellers’, a non-governmental organisation in Imo State has  empowered 12 rural women for the production of coco-yam.
The founder of the NGO and wife of the traditional ruler of Umueze-Chokoneze autonomous community in Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA of the state, Ugoeze Chigbo Nwamara, who presented cash grants of N50,000 each to the third batch of four women to start the production, encouraged them to take business seriously.
The women who included Mrs. Christiana Nwaiwu, Rachael Ikpeoha, Goodluck Nwaimo and Edina Ehiemere were selected from among the villages that make up Umueze-Chokoneze community.
Mrs. Nwamara hinted that eight other women from Ehime Mbano and Umuchoko Chokoneze communities had earlier been presented with the same amount of money for the same purpose.
The wife of the monarch urged the women to rise up in agriculture, especially in coco-yam farming.
She explained that the grant was for them to expand in coco-yam production which would in turn be bought by the foundation to form the food gift for the less privileged in the society.
Responding, the beneficiaries thanked the wife of the monarch for the gesture and promised to utilize the money for the good of their families and the communities.