Ministry of Humanitarian to Support Naval Officers’ Wives

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has said the ministry will support the Naval Officers’ Wives Association (NOWA) to empower women, children and youths through its social investment programmes(SIPs).

The minister made this known when the executive members of the association led by its National President and wife of the Chief of Naval Staff, Hajiya Nana Aisha Gambo, paid her a courtesy visit yesterday in Abuja.

The minister thanked NOWA for improving the lives of indigent women and children in the society while urging NOWA to take advantage of the social welfare initiative created by the federal government to address poverty and help increase economic development for women, youths and children.

“Considering that the vision of both the ministry and your association is to improve the overall well-being of the society, particularly vulnerable groups, I believe that there are areas we can collaborate.

“Some of the clusters of the NSIP which the NOWA can benefit from include the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) which provides free interest loans to small businesses and other vulnerable economic producers to improve their economic capacity and increase local production. There is a GEEP desk office in every local government, so you can encourage members to apply for these loans and be beneficiaries upon successful assessment.