Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Jummai Al-hassan has disclosed plans by the federal government to establish special schools for girls and women across the country.
The Minister spoke in Katsina and said the school will serve the purpose of Adult education and literacy among the women. Al-Hassan said already the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu is working on modalities to establish the schools which will address issues of women who ones went to school and dropped out at a point due to one reason or the other.
The Women Minister uged them to stop sending their female wards for street hawking saying it exposes them to danger of becoming irresponsible, early marriage which can lead to VVF where the female child is not ripe for marriage. She unfounded several government intervention in place for women in the country sighting instance with the Federal Government plan to disburse a sum of N140 billion for women empowerment through govt programme – Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, GEEP.
Earlier, in her address, the Commissioner of Women Affairs, Hajiya Badiya Hassan Mashi said already over 13,000 women have indicated interest in the GEEP scheme in the state.
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