An Abuja based organisation, Ever-Giving Hope Empowerment Foundation (EGIHOF), Monday empowered 500 women, including widows, with skills acquisition at the Women Entrepreneur and Empowerment Summit.
The event held at Kuje area council, FCT, m was tyo ensure self reliance and socio-economic development of the country.
The summit with the theme titled ‘Start from where you had beneficiaries made up of young women, widows and the less-privileged, who were engaged in skill acquisition programme in Kuje.
After intensive days of training in soap making, catering, confectinaries, makeup, fashion designing, hat making among others, all trainees were given starter packs to enable them to be engaged in their acquired skills.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the organisation, Mrs. Judith Chinonso Ajah, called on the federal government to invest adequately in entrepreneurship to enable women and the less privileged become self reliant and for economic development of the country.
She said the gesture was part of the organisation’s move towards eradicating poverty among women, the less privileged and the girl child, through the provision of skill acquisition, training, mentoring and women advocacy.
She said it was high time to have a reduction rate on unemployment by investing in women entrepreneurship for the development of the country.
She however pledged to do more in the subsequent years in uplifting women and the needy, and ensuring that they in turn empower others.