In a bid to accelerate the
industrialization of the state through the SMART agenda of the present
administration, the Delta State Government has concluded plans for the
empowerment of over two hundred women with state of the art equipment in the
weaving of Akwa-Ocha.
The move by the State Government
which is as a result of the cry for financial assistance to facilitate access
to modern Akwa-Ocha production technique by the Akwa-Ocha weavers in the state,
has led to the purchase and planned installation of ten of those equipment at
the Delta State Micro, Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Centre, Issele-Uku in
Aniocha North Local Government Area.
The Executive Secretary, Delta
State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency, Mrs. Shimite
Bello disclosed that the empowerment packages will come in batches of 65
persons at a time after which each of the beneficiaries will be given a machine
that will be paid within a stipulated period of time.
The Mrs. Shimite Bello stated that
the sensitization programme was necessitated because of the discovery of new
weaving equipment which is easy to operate and produces faster as against the
commonly found one that is tedious to operate and produces one wrapper for a
month.
The women while expressing their
appreciation to the state Governor for the gesture prayed that God will guide
and sustain him as well as give him the zeal to continually touch the lifes of
Deltans positively through its programmes and policy.
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