The Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, Senator Shuaib Afolabi Salisu on Tuesday empowered market women in Ogun Central with cash as to support their respective businesses.
Our correspondent reports that 250 market women across Ogun Central Senatorial District received the sum of N100, 000 each and were given an extra money.
The market women were empowered through an initiative called “Okowa Salisu”. This is aimed at improving the economic well-being of the market women.
The initiative according to him is to move the market women from the informal to the formal economy.
The Senator while speaking with newsmen during the program described women as the economic back bone of the family, saying thay empowering women is very important.
He disclosed that apart from giving the women cash, they were also introduced to financial institutions and were given tools such as POS machines to enhance digital transactions and reduce risks like cash theft.
The Lawmaker said” Today, it is the turn of the market women, we have done for the students, youths and recently we engaged our Kabiyesis, Traditional rulers on capacity building but today we have empowered our women with cash of N100,000 each as to support their businesses, we also gave them extra money so that they will not touch the money given to them to support their businesses. We didn’t only give them money but we introduced them to financial institutions, equipped them with tools such as POS machines as to enhance digital transactions. Women are the the economic backbone of the family. If you empower a woman, you empower a family, my own mother was a trader, so I understand their challenges.
” I will ensure that market women have a safe and conducive environment to sell their goods. I understand the challenges faced by market women, having a mother who was once a trader, I am committed to supporting our market women and boosting the local economy,” he said.
Salisu informed that the intervention would be reviewed in six months, with prospects for further support to traders who successfully utilize the funds.
The senator also promised to complete the unfinished work on the market women’s hall, promising to provide a safer and more comfortable environment for market women to sell their goods.
The renovation project will include fixing windows and other infrastructure to improve the overall condition of the hall.
The dignitaries present were, the Council Chairman, Odeda Local Government, Ogun State, Hon. Folasade Adeyemo, the Special Adviser to Governor Abiodun on works and infrastructure, Hon. Adeshina, the Iyalojas and Babalojas from various markets among others.
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