The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development,? Hajia Zainab Maina has disclosed that the ministry and the World Bank are to enter into partnership on gender focused programmes.
Maina who stated this when? a delegation of the World Bank led by Foluso Okunmadewa, Sector Leader, Human Development, paid her a visit said, “ that in the last election in the country, the Ministry engaged in wide advocacy and several programmes to ensure the participation and election of women. In the area of healthcare, the Ministry has also provided a lot of materials for women as well as procuring and distributing ambulances to all the states of the Federation. Other areas include the passing of the Child Rights Act in 26 States”.
Earlier, the? leader of the delegation of the World Bank, Foluso Okunmadewa, had stated that, the World Bank was? supporting the Nigerian Government in the areas of women and girl-child education, Maternal and Child Mortality and other critical health issues, economic empowerment, access to justice and the decision making process.
In a related development, the Minister of Women Affairs has? commended the Chairman, Senate Committee on the MDGs, Senator Ali Ndume? for recognizing the plight of vulnerable Nigerians and the constraints facing her Ministry in addressing various challenges facing it.
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