Rep. Ibrahim Abdullahi,(APC Dutse/Kiyawa Federal Constituency) in Jigawa has empowered 220 women in Dutse Local Government Area of the state with cash, according to his Personal Assistant Alhaji Abubakar AbdusSalam.
AbdusSalam told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Saturday that said that the women were selected from each of the 11 wards of the councils of the constituency.
The personal assistant also told NAN that each of the beneficiaries was given N5,000 to start business.
He further said that the gesture was part of the lawmaker’s efforts to empower women to enable them become self-reliant.
According to him, it is also to empower the women to contribute meaningfully to the economic growth of their families and communities.
AbdusSalam recalled that Abdullahi recently distributed 70 sewing machines and 70 grinding machines to 140 women in the area.
He, therefore, urged the beneficiaries to use the funds judiciously in order to be self-reliant.
NAN reports that the wife of the lawmaker, wife, Hajiya Ramatu Abdullahi, disbursed the money on behalf of her husband on Jan 12. (NAN)