The Nigerian For Women Project (NFWP) said that it has provided grants totaling more than N1.2 billion to 19,551 women in three local government areas of Taraba state in order to sustain and enhance their standard of living.
During a media trip to the three targeted local government districts of Bali, Takum, and Zing to see the degree of implementation of phase one of the project, the state project coordinator, Isaac Finya Yarafa, revealed this to journalists.
The World Bank and the federal ministry of women’s affairs are both partners in the Federal Government of Nigeria’s project, the NFWP. The project’s first phase is currently being carried out in six of the federation’s states: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Niger, Kebbi, Ogun, and Taraba.
Since its beginnings, the NFWP has produced life-altering outcomes for women in the chosen states of the nation, enhancing lives and enhancing their livelihoods. the project started in 2018, but complete execution didn’t begin until 2021.
According to Yarafa, they were able to connect with the 3600 Women Affinity Groups (WAGs) that were the aim as well as four extra WAGs, reaching a total of around 85,506 members in the WAGs across the state’s three implementing local governments.
According to him, the three implementation areas have also started paying out individual livelihood awards to women with 30,000 various business concepts.
The state coordinator, who was represented by the state project’s head of operations Kunak Auta, added that each lady received a minimum of N59,000, with some receiving N60,000, along with various types of training on how to manage the money.
He remarked, “They have received training in both business skills and financial education to help them manage their finances. We have also given them the tools they need to take care of themselves, including knowledge of how to create business plans, handle emotions, gender, and life skills.
To help them handle disagreements and their own emotions when they do arise, we also taught them in grievance redress management (GRM).
Phase two of the project will begin right after Phase One concludes in May 2023, according to the state coordinator.
In a separate interview with a journalist, the state’s commissioner for women’s affairs, Hon. Bridget Twar, stated that the state’s governor, His Excellency Darius Ishaku, had already approved the payment of N450 million in counterpart funding for the start of the project’s second phase in the state.
She said that there are plans to extend the project to the other 13 local government districts of the state, saying that the NWFP has had a beneficial influence on the state’s present beneficiaries.
The NFWP will survive this present administration since mercenaries have been hired to operate it for many years, according to Twar, who claimed that the state has satisfied all requirements set forth by the World Bank to be eligible for phase two of the project.
According to Hon. Andrew Luka Zanya, chairman of the Zing local government area, the NFWP has lessened the suffering of women in the region because many of the project’s beneficiaries were living in extreme poverty and were heavily indebted before it began.
According to Zanya, the project has helped the majority of the women learn how to manage their personal finances, start their own enterprises, and borrow money from other members of their groups and repay it. He claimed that this had raised the overall level of living for women, including their spouses.
One of the grant recipients in the Bali local government region, Mrs. Grace Bala, told journalists that since receiving the grant, her farming has improved and she is now able to significantly boost her family’s economic well-being.
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