A member of House of Representatives, Abdussamad Dasuki (APC- Sokoto), has installed three solar powered farm produce dryers to empower no fewer than 135 women in his constituency.
Dasuki, who represents Tambuwal and Kebbe Local Government areas in the state, also donated N45,000 as a start up funds for the women to start their business.
The project was inaugurated by the Wife of Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Hajiya Mariya Tambuwal, at Dagon Daji town in Tambuwal Local Government area of the state.
Tambuwal commended the lawmaker for initiating the gesture to support women in his constituency to become self-reliant.
“The initiative is highly commendable as it will encourage government’s
efforts in ensuring women are given full consideration.
“As such, we will continue to call on all other political office holders to emulate such kind gesture in promoting the living standard of our teeming youths and women in the state.
“Moreover, supporting a single woman in the society is like supporting the whole of the society, as it will be a general gesture for all,” Tambuwal said.
Tambuwal advised the beneficiaries to take full responsibility of the dryers so that more women would also benefit.
Earlier, the wife of the lawmaker, Hajiya Jamila Dasuki, said the dryers were part of the lawmaker’s campaign promise to the women in the constituency.
She said that the project was a pilot programme, noting that more of such empowerment projects would be executed across the constituency. (NAN)
