Katsina governor plans wider women empowerment initiative
Dikko Radda, Governor of Katsina State, has announced plans to expand the Nigeria for Women Programme Scale-Up across all 34 local government areas. The initiative, supported by the World Bank and the Federal Government, has already benefited over 57,000 women in three pilot areas. Dikko Radda praised the programme’s impact on women’s economic empowerment and highlighted the collective savings and business growth achieved. He also mentioned the possibility of launching a similar intervention for men in the future.
What we know
- Dikko Radda said more than 57,000 women in Katsina, Daura, and Funtua have formed savings groups and collectively saved over N349 million.
- In Daura, about 19,000 women are participating in 765 affinity groups, showing strong commitment and discipline.
- The state government provided N4 billion as counterpart funding for the programme.
- The initiative will be expanded from three pilot local government areas to all 34 in the state.
- Dikko Radda commended beneficiaries, partners, and stakeholders for the programme’s success and revealed plans to consider a similar empowerment scheme for men.
