FCT rural women trained on cassava processing, branding
The Women Affairs Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and UN Women have begun a program to empower over 150 women in cassava processing and branding for the international market. Dr. Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, Mandate Secretary of the secretariat, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on […]
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The Women Affairs Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and UN Women have begun a program to empower over 150 women in cassava processing and branding for the international market.
Dr. Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, Mandate Secretary of the secretariat, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday.
Benjamins-Laniyi explained that the empowerment is part of the FCT’s “BaYunwa: Ba Fushi” economic empowerment project, supported by UN Women. “BaYunwa: Ba Fushi” is a Hausa expression that means “no hunger: no anger.” (NAN)
She stated that the beneficiaries were drawn from the Sheda community in the Kwali Area Council of the territory, with the aim of improving agricultural businesses in rural communities.
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The empowerment program, which began on July 9, seeks to harness Sheda women’s entrepreneurial skills in processing and branding “akpu,” a local delicacy, for the international market. (NAN)