Hon. Uju Hails ACReSAL Project’s Women Empowerment Boost
Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy, Hails ACReSAL Project for institutional Reforms towards women empowerment. The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs has received a major technology boost, thanks to the ACReSAL Project’s distribution of state-of-the-art ICT equipment to the ministry. Honourable Minister Uju Kennedy expressed her heartfelt gratitude to H.E President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the institutional support.
“I thank you so much,” The Honourable Minister for Women Affairs said. “We had nothing to work with – no computers to work with. Sometimes, we’d take documents outside the office for photocopying at a huge cost. But today, thanks to H.E President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through the ACReSAL Project, we have all this state-of-the-art equipment”.
The Honourable Minister assured that the equipment would be distributed to various departments, yielding tangible results in tracking women data. “Aspects of what I am assuring is that these things will go to different departments that need it. It will go to different departments that will give you results. Because I know you want results. We now have operational tools to improve efficiency and productivity; I assure you; you will see results.”
Abdulhamid Umar, National Project Coordinator for the ACReSAL Project, emphasized the project’s focus on gender mainstreaming. “ACReSAL is gender-tagged, essentially targeted 40% of the beneficiaries are to be women. This institutional support seeks to bridge gaps and ensure that necessary tools required by the ministry to perform optimally are provided.” Umar explained that the project’s Component C, ‘Institutional Strengthening and Project Management,’ supports implementing ministries and agencies. “We realized the ministry required immediate ICT equipment. ACReSAL supports the ministry because it will help ACReSAL achieve one of its deliverables, gender mainstreaming, and this is also because the project is technology driven.” “The Component C of the ACReSAL Project, ‘Institutional Strengthening and Project Management,’ seeks to support implementing ministries and agencies, and this support will help in the delivery of the project Component A ‘Dry Land Management’ and Component B ‘Community Climate Resilience.'”
He praised H.E President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for prioritizing women’s empowerment. “This government has actually brought women to the forefront. Our project, Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL), is a federal government project that has participation of 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory.” Umar highlighted the significance of the ICT equipment. “For us at the federal level, we can’t but partner with you because of your disposition and excellent credibility that we have seen so far. Indeed, you are so passionate, so energetic, and so nationalistic. These items are essentially to strengthen the existing workforce and application already in place and to digitalize operations in the ministry.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, there’s no farmer that will go to farm without the farm implements; these gadgets support the ministry to deliver on its mandate. To keep the database of performances of your cluster women so that on the press of the button, we’ll see scientifically, electronically that there are data to be tapped from; these statistical data will support decision-making and the project result framework.” The ACReSAL Project’s ICT support is expected to significantly enhance the Ministry’s operations, leading to improved productivity, efficiency, and decision-making. The benefits of this support include enhanced productivity through improved technology infrastructure, promotion of gender equality through 40% female beneficiary target, data-driven decision-making enabled by access to accurate and timely data, and a boost to Nigeria’s digital transformation agenda.
ACReSAL provided ICT equipment to key ministries, such as Women Affairs, and more than 18 federal departments and agencies.
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