Niger State Government says it will appoint 100 women by the present administration this week.
Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger state disclosed this when he received the executive members of International Federation of Women Lawyers FIDA led by its Chairperson Mrs. Bola Jibogun in Minna.
According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Bologi Ibrahim, the Governor said the appointments would be in fulfilment of his promise to carry women along in the implementation of his policies and programmes to succeed.
Bago assured them of his administration readiness to work closely with them to address gender-related issues.According to the statement, out of 100 appointments, FIDA will have a Coordinator, and two Senior Special Assistants.
“There are a lot of women initiatives, we are creating a lot of desks to address affirmative actions and also gender-related issues in this government and we hope the collaboration will meet the yearnings and aspirations of women “, he said.
FIDA Secretary, Safura Abdulkareem, explained that as a non-partisan organisation, it will stand against any form of Gender-Based Violence and protect the rights of women and children.
FIDA Secretary further requested for inclusion of FIDA by the present government in its administration.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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