Delta girl-child empowerment scheme, solution to poverty - Okowa

Delta girl-child empowerment scheme, solution to poverty – Okowa

Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (middle); his wife, Dame Edith (2nd right), Minorty Leader, Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu (right), observes as Mrs. Tara Durotoye (2nd left) cuts tape to Flag-off the distribution of Starter packs to graduands of the 2021/22 Project GEST training programme in Asaba on Thursday. On the left is Senior special Assistant to the Governor on Girl Child Empowerment, Mrs. Marilyn Okowa-Daramola at the graduation/ presentation of Stater Packs to the beneficiaries of the programme.

Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State on Thursday said his administration’s passion for girl-child empowerment was predicated on the need to break away from issues of gender discrimination, poverty and low self-esteem among young women. He stated this at the graduation of beneficiaries of

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