The Federal Government is working with African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Community for West Africa to empower 50 million women in Nigeria through providing financial access and non- financial opportunities through the use of mobile application in Nigeria
Director Economic Development, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, Alhaji Idris Muhammed disclosed this at the ongoing technical working group meeting on monitoring and evaluation of investment by the federal government on women economic empowerment is meeting in Abuja to validate the monitoring and evaluation tool developed to track and monitor allocations to women economic empowerment in Nigeria.
The meeting is organized by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, in collaboration with the federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National planning, is supported by the Development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) under the Partnership for Advancing Women in Economic Development and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Abuja on Thursday.
Represented by the Assistant Director Social welfare of the ministry, Mrs. Emilia Oti, Idris said the federal government through the collaboration of the Economic community of West African states, and the African Development Bank is working to reach 50 million women through a dynamic platform via a mobile app to improve financial access and non-financial information through the use of technology.
Earlier, declaring the validation meeting open, the Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zakari Lawal said that the federal government is commitment to investing in women and has introduced the accountability component by establishing a tracking system to track, monitor, and ensure value for money in the implementation of allocations to women economic empowerment in Nigeria.
The Executive Secretary, National Cooperative Financing Agency of Nigeria, Mr Emmanuel Atama disclosed that the federal government inclusion strategy anchored by the Central Bank of Nigeria has provided a platform for improvement of access and financial inclusion for women in Nigeria.
The meeting is aimed to ensure that the allocations to the over 900 MDAs with allocations to women economic empowerment is tracked and monitored to ensure that women in Nigeria have access to all allocations to improve their lives. It is also aimed at providing evidence to the government to ensure accountability.
