By Abdullahi Tukur Birnin Kebbi
In an effort to reduce the suffering of women particularly widows and divorcees, a women rights group in Kebbi state, named mata zalla, has said it has empowered over five thousand economically weak women in the society to enable them live a decent life.
Speaking to our correspondent in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi state Coordinator of the group, Ahmed Abdulllahi said that, vulnerable women in the state were trained and were given empowerment to enable them cater for the education and feeding of their children. Saying that, “women are economically weak and if left without support the male gender could take advantage of their condition to lure them into prostitution hence our reason to train and empower them”.
He added that, part of the corporate social responsibility of the women rights group include giving protection to women against domestic violence such as rape and bullying by their spouses at home for the married couples.
He noted that, the association with a membership strength of over eight thousand is a self sponsored group except support they get from well spirited individuals particularly the wife of Kebbi governor, Hajia Nafisa Nasir Idris, that gaveΒ them a huge financial support which were used in training the widows and divorcees, the support was also extend to girl child education and voter education awareness campaigns where the twenty one local councils in Kebbi state received support to facilitate their movement to those areas to create awareness to women in the rural areas to come out en-mass to register or renew their voters cards ahead 2027 general elections.
He urged women to come and register with the association in order to benefit from the assistance they are rendering to weak women in the society.
