ZAKARI ISAH - KADUNA
Plateau State Deputy Governor, Mrs Josephine Piyo has stated that governor Caleb Mutfwang-led administration is sensitive to gender equality and women’s empowerment, which she described as essential components of human development and basic human rights.
This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Martha A. Nyam, Mrs piyo in a message to commemorate the International Day of Rural Women, marked on October 15 stressed that their administration was working assiduously to ensure that local communities are safe for farming and other businesses to thrive.
The deputy governor, hailed women in rural communities for their immense contributions to sustainable development, particularly in the area of agriculture and rural enterprises in Plateau state.
Piyo who applauded the role of women in rural development, food production and poverty eradication, congratulated them for the day and been role models to most successful women in the society.
She also thanked the rural women for supporting their households and communities in providing food, generating income, improving rural livelihoods and overall wellbeing of families in the state.
The deputy who described rural women in the state as dogged and resilient, said that it was critical that they are accorded their rightful place as active participants, in the efforts to achieve sustainable development in Plateau.
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