Anambra Governor’s wife, Dr. Nonye Soludo has flagged off the empowerment of one thousand, eighty five female petty traders in Dunukofia local government area with cash support to boost their businesses.
The empowerment programme which was held in Ukpo, Dunukofia local government headquarters, was aimed at boosting economic sustainability of low income traders, basically women who are into petty trades across local markets.
The beneficiaries, who were selected across all the major markets in all the communities under the local government area, were given a cash grant of fifty thousand naira each to push up their businesses and sustain economic growth of their families.
The empowerment programme was sponsored by notable sons of the local government area, Prince Arthur Eze and Chief Jim Martin Nwabueze, with support from the local government administration.
Speaking during the program, the governor’s wife thanked the benefactors for thinking towards humanity and for providing solutions to economic sustainability of poor homes.
Mrs Soludo underscored the importance of the empowerment, stating that its long-term impacts will take so many homes out of poverty, and boost the economic sustainability index of the local government and the state in general.
She noted that similar human capital development approaches by the state government; including the employment of over eight thousand teachers, over a thousand health worker, training and empowerment of 5,000 youths under the One Youth Two Skills Programme, training of over 30,000 youths in digital skills and tech innovation, have had massive impact on the state’s human capital productivity.
She further urged the beneficiaries to build on the support and see it as a push to financial independence and economic stability.
The Chairman of Dunukofia Local Government Area, Honourable Chijioke Ozumba, said that the empowerment complements many other self-driven projects that the council is carrying out, including enrolment of hundreds of people into the state health insurance scheme, scholarship awards and business support for skilled workers.
He commended the governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo for putting Dunukofia in his development roadmap, pointing out that the area remains one of the major beneficiaries of the current administration’s development masterplan.
