Gombe North Senator’s wife empowers 2000 women, including official praise singer
About 2000 women on Tuesday benefitted from Zainab Alkali’s empowerment initiative, including her praise singer who was presented key to a vehicle.
Zainab is the wife of Senator representing Gombe North Sai’du Alkali in the National Assembly.
According to a press statement obtained from Bintu Sunmonu, Senior Special Assistant to the governor on media and publicity (Office of the First Lady), the wife of the governor Asma’u Yahaya, was on ground to inaugurate the distribution of the empowerment items which include; vehicles, motorcycles.
Also provided was 500 refrigerators and 500 sewing machines presented to women, including cash were provided to all committee members of this programme , another set of over three hundred women also received 20-25,000 each.
Yahaya who lauded the initiative of the senator’s wife and her husband, said their efforts would put smiles on the faces of thousands of family members in the state.
She advised the beneficiaries to use it in improving their standard of living, while calling on wealthy individuals to also lend their helping hands to the needy and vulnerable in the society.
The statement partly read, “Launching the distribution program at Senator Saidu Alkali’s residence, GRA. Gombe, the governor’s wife, who presented the keys of two vehicles (one each to Gombe north women leader & the senator’s wife praise singer/musician – Auwal last don).
“Others are; five motorcycles to the women leaders of the LGAs under the constituency, as well as empowerment items/ cash to some of the beneficiaries, commended the gigantic and laudable initiatives of Zainab Alkali who has always been assisting and supporting women and youths to become self reliant.”
Speaking earlier, The senator’s wife, Alkali said that these empowerment programme is a tip of the iceberg as more would be done governor’s wife.
“Dr. Asma’u Inuwa Yahaya will very soon continue with series of empowerment Programmes and initiatives to better the lots of women and youths of Gombe State,”Alkali said.
In their separate goodwill messages, the distribution committee chairperson and APC state assistant welfare,Uwani Gara, APC state women leader, Lumbi Abubakar, Gombe North Women leader, Aishatu Yusuf and Gambo Yunusa appreciated the good gesture of senator Sa’idu Alkali and his wife Zainab, for coming to the aid of the less privileged when it mattered most.
While praying for their long life in good health, the women leaders also commended governor Muhammadu Yahaya for creating a secured enabling environment for peace and development to strive, assuring their full continued support and loyalty to his government and APC .
