Fulani group trains 118 women on skills acquisition in Nasarawa

The Fulbe Development and Cultural Organisation (FUDECO), Nasarawa State chapter, said it has trained no fewer than 118 women on different skills acquisition to address unemployment, banditry and kidnapping in the state. The acting Chairman FUDECO in the state, Alhaji Halilu Yahaya, revealed this to newsmen in Keffi LGA shortly after the four-month training programme. […]

The Fulbe Development and Cultural Organisation (FUDECO), Nasarawa State chapter, said it has trained no fewer than 118 women on different skills acquisition to address unemployment, banditry and kidnapping in the state.

The acting Chairman FUDECO in the state, Alhaji Halilu Yahaya, revealed this to newsmen in Keffi LGA shortly after the four-month training programme.

He said the organisation came up with the idea to train the women on different kinds of skills to address their financial needs, adding that the rate of unemployment was a major cause of insecurity across the nation.

“The reason for this programme is to ensure that the 118 Fulani women who were selected from across the 13 LGAs of the state have skills that can assist them put food on their tables; and I believe that if they have something doing, they will not engage in crime, because joblessness is a major reason for insecurity in Nigeria.”

Earlier, the training Coordinator, Mrs Hadiza Hussaini, explained that most of the women trained by FUDECO were jobless as they were not educated and had no skills that would help them struggle for their daily survival.

Mrs Hussaini said, “We trained the Fulani women because we noticed that they were passing through a lot of challenges. Most of them are jobless because they are not educated and they don’t have a skill. Some of the women are widows and they have been suffering; which was why we came up with the programme.

“We are also going to empower them with a start-up capital for their businesses so that they can be independent and contribute meaningfully to society.”

The beneficiaries taught how to make bags, shoes, cake, soap, among other skills..