Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disclosed that his administration is not joking on its quest to empower women in the state.
Adeleke, who was represented by the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Children and Social Welfare, Mrs Ayobola Fadeyi-Awolowo, said since inception the administration has not hidden its passion for women development.
Speaking at the end of a training programme organised by Springtime Development Foundation for Women held at Ede on Thursday, Adeleke said women are nation builders, hence, investment in the folk is an investment in the prosperity of the country.
His words, “Our government since coming on board has made as part of our agenda, women empowerment and has not faltered. Today’s distribution of N50,000 to each of the 500 participants is an attestation of our government commitment to our pledge.
Earlier, the Chairman of Springtime Development Foundation, Dr Deji Adeleke, who was represented by his deputy, Banji Adesuyi, disclosed that the empowerment programme was packaged under the Veronica Adeleke Women Empowerment targeted at making women economically independent.
“This women empowerment scheme is the first of its kind in the state and participants were drawn from the 30 Local Government Councils and the Area office. In all we have 500 participants for this phase after which other women groups would be given the opportunity. Our target is 1, 000 women and we will definitely reach the number.
“Some of the training the women went through, include, organic compound farming in vegetable, coco yam, snail breading and poultry farming”, he added.