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The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Halima Hayatu, in Yola on Friday, while addressing women groups that came on a solidarity visit to Gov. Murtala Nyako revealed that the Adamawa Government has trained 19, 800 women in various skills in 2013
She said that the women were trained in skills such as tailoring, bead making and knitting, among others, at women development centres across the state.
Besides, Hayatu said that the Social Welfare Unit of the Ministry of Women Affairs had resolved 4,697 family disputes within the year.
She thanked the women groups for their support for the Nyako-administration, saying that the administration, due to its commitment to women welfare, had ensured that women were given 35-per-cent representation in government.
The women groups that visited the governor include the Market Women Assocaition, Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) and National Council for Women Society (NCWS).
She said that the women were trained in skills such as tailoring, bead making and knitting, among others, at women development centres across the state.
Besides, Hayatu said that the Social Welfare Unit of the Ministry of Women Affairs had resolved 4,697 family disputes within the year.
She thanked the women groups for their support for the Nyako-administration, saying that the administration, due to its commitment to women welfare, had ensured that women were given 35-per-cent representation in government.
The women groups that visited the governor include the Market Women Assocaition, Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) and National Council for Women Society (NCWS).
