Tag: Rural women

Jigawa smallholder women farmers yearn for digital technology to the rescue of their farm products – Investigation

Aminu Imam

From Khadija Ishaq-Bawas Farming used to be traditionally viewed as a male-dominated occupation, with little input from women in supporting their families to grow crops and raise livestock. However, lately, a lot of women are breaking the bounds of this notion and engaging in agricultural production across Nigeria, despite gender-related impediments. For Bilkisu Yahaya, a happily married, all-year-round rice and onion smallholder farmer in Birnin-Kudu local government area (LGA) of Jigawa State, the challenges are numerous; however, the main worry lies in gaining access to the market for the end…

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FG distributes N80m grant to 4,000 rural women in Niger

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 4,000 rural women in Niger have received N80 million under the Federal Government’s Special Cash Grant Project for rural women, a statement from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has said. The statement, issued yesterday in Abuja by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Hajiya Sadiyya Umar Farouq, Mrs. Nneka Anibeze, said the beneficiaries were selected from the 25 local government areas of the State. Farouq explained that the grant was part of the social protection programmes of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, aimed…

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Ogun: FG inaugurates cash grant for 3,500 rural women

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government on Saturday inaugurated its N20, 000 Cash Grant each for 3,500 rural women drawn from the 20 local government areas (LGAs) of Ogun State. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiyya Farouq, performed the ceremony at the Oba’s Complex in Abeokuta, the State capital. Farouq, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Bashir Alkali, said that no fewer than 125,000 rural women across the 36 states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory would benefit from the “one-off” grant. She…

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