NGO unveils project on cultural rights of FCT inhabitants
The Helpline Social Support Initiative (HSSI), an NGO, has unveiled a two-year project to strengthen the cultural rights of the Original Inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Unveiling the project at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, HSSI Project Manager, Mr Onoja Arome, said that the move was to preserve the cultural heritage […]
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The Helpline Social Support Initiative (HSSI), an NGO, has unveiled a two-year project to strengthen the cultural rights of the Original Inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Unveiling the project at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, HSSI Project Manager, Mr Onoja Arome, said that the move was to preserve the cultural heritage of the original inhabitants.
Arome said that the project would be supported by the MacArthur Foundation, through the Resource Centre for Human Right and Civic Education (CHRICED).
He explained that the project was designed to train 100 vulnerable women and youth on cultural attire production.
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This, according to him, is to increase the cultural identity awareness of the original inhabitants and create job opportunities through skill acquisition in art and craft.