NGO Partners NBC To Train Women On Skills
By Ngozi Okpalakunne Over 125 women in Lagos have been trained in different skills by Karis and Eleos Hand of Hope Foundation in partnership with Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC). The women who were trained in skills such as baking, make-ups, tie and die, cleaning detergents, bead making among others were drawn from Alausa and Agidingbi area of Lagos state. They were also given a start- up kits by the NBC. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the training which came under the theme, “empower her’’, wife of the Lagos state governor, Ibijoke Sanwo–Olu described women empowerment as one of the potent weapons to fight poverty and build a successful society. According to Ibijoke who was represented by, Abimbola , when women are empowered and supported to thrive in their businesses and careers, they stand a better chance to build their homes properly which in turn would have a positive multiplier effect on society at large. In her words: ‘’The result of what happened in a given