Foundation empowers less privileged women, youths in Gombe

The First Lady of Gombe State, Hajiya Asma’u Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, has assisted over 200 less privileged women and youths through her project, Jewel Care Foundation, with working tools.

In her address, during the flag-off of the programme, Hajiya Asma’u Inuwa Yahaya, said the empowerment was to improve the livelihood of the less privileged women and people living with disabilities in the state.

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She said since the inception of this administration, Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya had continued to focus more on women and youth.

Asma’u, pleaded with the beneficiaries to make good use of what they had been given to be self-employed.

The board chairman of the foundation, Alhaji Hamisu Saulawa, said that the Foundation had distributed palliatives to 3,080 women across the 11 local government areas of the state.

He said that the essence of the palliatives and the empowerment was to touch the lives of those in need to alleviate their suffering as we approach the Holy Month of Ramadan.

Saulawa, urged the beneficiaries not to sell the items given to them because the purpose for which the items were given was to make them self-reliant.