{"id":275,"date":"2021-11-23T03:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T03:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=275"},"modified":"2021-11-23T03:43:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T03:43:50","slug":"smedan-open-up-on-n5-2m-start-up-grant-to-16-niger-women-cooperatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2021\/11\/23\/smedan-open-up-on-n5-2m-start-up-grant-to-16-niger-women-cooperatives\/","title":{"rendered":"SMEDAN Open Up on N5.2m start-up grant to 16 Niger women cooperatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>16 women cooperative societies in Niger would benefit a total sum of N5.2 million grant to start agri-businesses as revealed by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN).<\/p>\n<p>The Director-General, Dr Dikko Radda, SMEDAN, disclosed this in Minna, at the start of a one-week training for the benefiting groups tagged, \u201cStarting your own business.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Radda, who was represented by Mrs Oluyomi Faniyan, the Assistant Director, Agri-Business Department, SMEDAN, said that the programme was initiated by the agency under the Women in Self Employment Programme (WISEP).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/Dtfl1Q2XQAYvQP3.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Dikko Radda\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/Dtfl1Q2XQAYvQP3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/Dtfl1Q2XQAYvQP3-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SMEDAN Director Genral, Dr. Dikko Radda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe want to empower women to be self-sufficient in agriculture. We are going to train 160 women from 16 cooperative societies made up of ten members each,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2021\/11\/23\/afcfta-now-targets-1-2bn-export-capacity-for-every-state\/\">Director-General<\/a>, who said that the programme would be implemented in all the 36 states and Abuja, aimed at empowering women in agriculture.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cRight now, this training is running concurrently in Sokoto, Edo and Niger states,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He explained that two weeks after the training the agency would provide the start-up grants of N325, 000 to each group, where every member would get N32,500 to start their agri-business.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, Alhaji Ibrahim Panti, the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the state, under its 2020 to 2024 action plan on agriculture, will provide a guide and highlights of the different roles of women and men in agriculture.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe document is expected to drastically reduce the vulnerability of women to biases in agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, it will address the unequal gender power relations and bridge the gender gap, improve the contribution of smallholder farmers, who are predominantly women with low access base,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Panti, who was represented by Alhaji Adamu Garba, the Director, Agriculture Services in the ministry, assured of the state government\u2019s support to the programme.<\/p>\n<p>Inaugurating the training, Dr Jibrin Mustapha, the state Commissioner for Investment, represented by his Technical Assistant, Mr Abubakar Sadauki, urged the beneficiaries to utilise the grant to encourage the federal government to do more.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Mr Folorusho Ibrahim, the Manager, SMEDAN in the state, said that the groups were drawn from cooperatives in agriculture and shea butter producers.<\/p>\n<p>Responding on behalf of the trainees, Mrs Grace Disa, the state Coordinator of, smallholder Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON), who lauded SMEDAN for the gesture, promised that the money would be judicially utilised.<\/p>\n<p>The women would be trained in agri-business, entrepreneurship and empowerment. as reported by the News Agency of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Also recently, <a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=258&amp;action=edit\" aria-label=\"\u201cAfCFTA now targets $1.2bn export capacity for every state\u201d (Edit)\">AfCFTA now targets $1.2bn export capacity for every state<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 women cooperative societies in Niger would benefit a total sum of N5.2 million grant to start agri-businesses as revealed by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). 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