Ademola Adegoroye, the country’s Minister of State for Transportation, has committed to facilitating the Federal Government’s assistance for female professional and commercial drivers.
When the leadership of the Female Drivers Association of Nigeria visited the minister in his office in Abuja on Wednesday, he made the pledge.
The minister’s special assistant on media and publicity, Ebenezer Adeniyan, reportedly said that female commercial drivers are unique and should be supported in their career choice.
Adegoroye further noted that the federal ministry of transportation will look into the request of the association to have female professional drivers employed into the ministry, stressing the need for government to give the needed recognition to female drivers.
Speaking earlier, the President of the association, Eunice Odeghe, said FEDAN was formed to bring all women professional drivers and automobile workers together under one umbrella to promote their interests and to deal with their challenges.
The association also decorated the minister as a its patron.
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