FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), have trained Internally Displaced persons (IDPs), residing at Yimitu settlement in Abuja Municipal Area Council.
The two organisations in a bid to give the IDPs a new lease of life trained and handed over groundnut oil processing equipment to the IDPs.
The Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Abass Idriss, in his remark at the handover ceremony, on Wednesday, commended JICA for its numerous interventions in the IDP settlement aimed at improving the lives of settlers.
According to him, IDPs lacked basic amenities like potable water, healthcare facilities and schools, adding that such intervention by JICA would improve the well-being of the beneficiaries.
He appealed to residents of the settlement to utilize and manage the installed equipment judiciously for economic development.
A statement by the Head, Public Affairs, Nkechi Isa said Idriss charged the residents to protect the equipment and to cascade the training to other women in the settlement.
“In a goodwill message, the Managing Director of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Mr. Alkali G. Muhammad, represented by Hajiya Fatima Ciroma, commended JICA for empowering women in view of the important role they play in society.
“Hajia Ciroma urged the women to use the skill acquired and the equipment to generate income and live life with more freedom.” The statement reads.
The statement stated that the representative of JICA, Mr. Yuzurio Susumu said the intendment of the empowerment programme was to enable the IDPs to fend for themselves.
“Susumu informed that JICA has empowered over 500 IDPs on a rice paddy and soap making.
“He assured that JICA would continue to strengthen the capacity of IDPs to improve their livelihoods.” The statement further stated
According to the statement, a beneficiary and Woman leader of the IDP settlement, Yimitu, Halita Joseph, said the programme would greatly improve the wellbeing of the women, adding that they had earlier been trained in soap making.
“In a vote of thanks, the Acting Director of the Relief and Rehabilitation Department of FEMA, Engineer Abdulrahman Mohammed explained that since 2019 JICA, has been training IDPS on liquid soap making and urged the women to come up with a simple system to ensure that members of the community benefit from the equipment.
“The highpoint of the event was the demonstration of the groundnut oil processing by the women.” The statement reads.
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