By DADA AYOKHAI
The Edo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Eugenia Abdallah, has congratulated the State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on his second anniversary in office.
The congratulatory message was personally signed by the Honourable Commissioner on behalf of the Management and Staff of the Ministry.
In the message, Hon. Abdallah said: “Senator Monday Okpebholo, on your second anniversary in office. Under your SHINE Agenda of Security, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Education, you have worked deliberately to reposition our state.”
”You have strengthened security, invested in healthcare and education, and pursued road construction and urban renewal. The Ramat Park and Adesuwa Junction flyovers, alongside your road and drainage projects, are bold answers to Benin City’s longstanding traffic challenges,” she added.
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”As a Ministry charged with the welfare and protection of women and children, we are especially encouraged by your commitment to inclusive governance. Your approval of ₦1 billion in soft loans for market women will strengthen their businesses and their independence.
Your administration’s target of reaching 54,000 women with entrepreneurship training, microfinance access and skills development shows that you see women as active architects of development, and not merely its beneficiaries.
The rehabilitation of two skills acquisition centres, and the opportunities opened to women in non-traditional sectors, point the same way.
Your Excellency,
I assure you of my Ministry’s continued commitment to the SHINE vision, particularly to the rights, dignity, safety and economic independence of women and girls across Edo State. Thank you for your support of our mandate, and for the opportunity to help build a state where every woman and child can live with dignity and fulfil their potential.
I wish you greater wisdom, strength and renewed resolve as you lead Edo State into its next phase.
Congratulations, Your Excellency, on two years of purposeful service to our people.
Hon. Eugenia Abdallah
Honourable Commissioner
Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Edo State.
