Idleness, unemployment fuels insurgencies — Aisha Buhari

The wife of the president, Hajiya Aisha Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said idleness and unemployment are largely responsible for the continuous activities of the insurgencies in some parts of the country. The president’s wife who was represented by the former deputy governor of Plateau

state, Mrs Pauline Tallen noted that if most of the persons engaged by terrorists are strategically engaged either through skill acquisition or education, crime will reduce in the country.

Buhari made this known during the official flag off/inauguration of nationwide 12,000 widows empowerment and orphans/ indigent students WAEC payment organized by the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) in collaboration with Iykon Global Foundation.

She called on all Non-Governmental organizations to support the initiative of empowering women and orphans and also collaborate with each other to boost the financial status of women.

Earlier the wife of the governor of Kebbi state, Hajiya Zainab Bagudu noted that the spate of insurgencies in the country has increased the number of widows and orphans drastically in all regions of Nigeria.

According to her, the initiative was apt as it would cushion the effects of recession and help families either through agriculture or skill acquisition.

The president of the NCWS, Mrs Gloria Laraba Shoda in her opening remarks said she noted that widows in some parts of the country are treated unfairly by the society.

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