WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER MAINTREAMING: A HIGHPOINT IN THE POLICY THRUST OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOV. DAVID UMAHI
By Trek Africa Newspaper
Gov. David Umahi
…As the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation Ebonyi State assures the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, Ebonyi State Chapter of the continued involvement of women in the administration of the Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency Engr Chief David Nweze Umahi FNSE FNATE (Akubaraoha).
… Says women are in their best under Governor Umahi
Speaking during the Courtesy call to the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, the newly elected officials of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists Ebonyi State, led by their Chairman, Nkechinyere Ogenyi, extolled the empowerment initiatives of the Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency Engr Chief David Nweze Umahi FNSE FNATE (Akubaraoha) describing him as a divine vessel of honour for the emancipation of the Women from undignifying social conditions and degrading economic status.
She assured the Hon. Commissioner of the commitment of the female journalists in Ebonyi State in the propagation of the excellent hallmarks of the adminstration of Governor Umahi through positive reportage of events.
In his response, the Hon. Commissioner for Information and State Orientation,Hon. Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji thanked them for keeping faith with the tenets of their profession as journalists and for using their pen positively to highlight the uniqueness and the wonders of the administration of the Governor in the last 6 years.
Orji reiterated the commitment of the Umahi administration in women empowerment and affirmative action, stressing that the Governor has given meaning to the lives of Ebonyi women through several life-changing women empowerment Programmes, including the empowerment programmes of the founder and initiator of Family Soccour and Upliftment Foundation, Her Excellency, Chief (Mrs) Rachel Ogonna Umahi ( Ogoo nwanyi), wife of the Governor of Ebonyi State.
