Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has been urged to honor his commitment to steadily increase funding for the Kaduna State Women Empowerment Fund (KADSWEF) as pledged in his manifesto, pre-election.
Despite his pledge to promote women’s participation in micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) by increasing the basket of funds available in KADSWEF every year, the 2024 budget allocation for KADSWEF has shown a decrease of N827,500.00 compared to the 2023 allocation, a communiqué by the AdvoKC Foundation stated.
Communications Manager of the Foundation, Luqman Adamu, stated that in the manifesto of Governor Uba Sani, he outlined that, “to promote women’s participation in the MSME businesses, we will steadily increase the basket of funds available in the Kaduna State Women Empowerment Fund (KADSWEF) every year.”
However, the 2023 budget allocated N200,827,500.00 under the label “Women…
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