Nigerian women have been urged to learn a skill to boost their family income as a measure for economic empowerment and poverty alleviation.
The national convener, Friends of Tinubu Shettima, Mrs. Bridget Torgua Igbauke, who addressed the press in Abuja Friday, said Tinubu’s political ideology was on course in its quest to break the shackles of poverty among Nigerians.
Igbauke said her group was concerned about the Nigerian woman who daily “struggles through the challenges of managing the family” and enjoined them to key into the many programmes of poverty alleviation by the president.
She said only a woman with marketable skills, no matter how small, could survive the present economic challenge and urged all Nigerian women to ensure they acquired a skill.
She said, “We the Nigerian women and youth without any equations are ready to take advantage of the developmental strides of the Renewed Hope Agenda of our dear President. We have to do this in order for us to break the cycle of poverty in our families.
“We are ready to change our mindset, our thinking and our perception and attitude towards learning a skill today.
“The president met a lot of issues on the ground. As Nigerians, we can appreciate the fact that Nigeria has been saddled with a lot of problems for a long time.
“In view of this, we cannot expect a president to solve all of these problems in one year or think that he can do it alone. Nigeria’s problem has to be solved by Nigerians, the President and all of us.
“We have band together and are sitting here to make sure that every woman learns a skill. When you are skilled and put the same skill to practice, you earn a wage. When you earn a wage, when you make profit and when you make profit, you will be waving good-bye to poverty.
“We are telling all the women to come out and learn a skill and use it to make money, help their families and boost their husbands.”