Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has acquired 20 rice mills and 25 fish driers for use by women farmers across the country. The mills were acquired through the Aisha Buhari Foundation.
A statement by the Director of Information to the wife of the President, Suleiman Haruna said that Aisha Buhari’s intervention is in line with her belief that women need to be economically empowered if they are to play their important part in socio-economic development, especially those that have no formal education and those that have dropped out of school.
He quoted the President’s wife as saying that acquisition of these equipment is part of a larger strategy to uphold the dignity of women through education and empowerment, which has recently led to her Foundation engaging with appropriate federal authorities to revive community learning centers across the country.
The statement said that the rice mills are those with capacity to process 20 tons per day and those with 10 tons per day.
“Seven states are to receive 10 mills with 10 ton capacity, while 8 states will receive 10 of those with 20 ton capacity. The 25 fish driers, with capacity for 20 units per hour will go to 13 states across the country.
“The acquired equipment forms the first tranche of what will be distributed nationwide, and are to be in custody of the wives of the governors of the beneficiary states. Women are to access and use the equipment for free.”
Aisha Buhari said she is confident that whenever women are given such an opportunity, they would use it to grow themselves and their families, especially in terms of improving their livelihood. [myad]
