The Nigerian government has announced its intention to empower 2,000 women from Jigawa, Adamawa, Kaduna, Kano, Anambra, Niger states, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in agric business.
The plans were revealed by the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, during the kick off a two-day ‘Train the Trainers’ programme, held in collaboration with the CGC Nigeria Limited, at the Nigerian Agricultural Demonstration Centre in Ushafa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
The Minister hinted that the programme was designed to support women cooperatives that engage in profitable and sustainable rice production, in collaboration with Green Agriculture West Africa Limited, a subsidiary of China Geo-engineering Corporation (CGC).
