The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs has secured the financial support of two hundred and ten million naira from the American University of Nigeria in Adamawa State for empowerment of the families of the Chibok girls in Borno State as part of its sustainable empowerment drive for Nigerian women.
During a visit to the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, the President/Vice Chancellor of the American University of Nigeria, Dewayne Frazier said they were happy to work specifically with the Ministry on the Chibok project.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye said the initiative has provided an additional motivation to the Ministry’s sustained efforts to boost agricultural production that would eventually put more food on the tables of more Nigerians
The Minister said the partnership was initiated when she visited the American University located in the Chibok community in Adamawa State where 79 girls who survived the April 14th 2014 abduction of girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State.
Editor : Ena Agbanoma
