BSWEEP supports 500 women entrepreneurs in Bauchi

Bauchi Sustainable Women Economic Empowerment and Peace Initiative (B-SWEEP), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) initiated by the first lady of Bauchi state, Hajiya Hadiza Mohammed Abubakar has launched Women Micro Entrepreneurship Empowerment Support Scheme (WMEESS) for five hundred (500) women who are beneficiaries in Bauchi local government area.
Speaking during the flag off ceremony of the scheme, the Technical Adviser of the NGO, Professor Dije Bala Ibrahim lauded the governor’s wife for the gesture saying it would go a long way in transforming the women and make them self reliant.
‘’It is not easy to create an Entrepreneurship Programme for five hundred women in Bauchi local government alone.
Therefore, the initiator deserves applause’’. She said.
Also speaking, the state commissioner of Women Affairs, Ruquyya Ibrahim Kewa, expressed her satisfaction over the developmental activities of B-SWEEP and said that the event was historic urging women to take take full advantage of the Initiative.
In her remarks, the governor’s wife and founder of the NGO, Hajiya Hadiza Mohammed Abubakar, said the scheme was aimed at enhancing the well being of women in the state.
He called on the beneficiaries to make the best use of the program.
”the scheme was designed for all women across the twenty local government areas of the state.
We are starting with Bauchi local government.
B-SWEEP is a non-governmental organization established about four years ago with the sole aim of improving the lives of women in Bauchi state as well as complementing government’s effort in that regard,’’ she pointed out.