The World Bank, in collaboration with the Katsina State Government, has targeted the financial and skills empowerment of 800,000 women across all 34 local government areas of Katsina State under the Nigeria for Women Programme Scale-Up (NFWP-SU) initiative. Michael Ilesanmi, Senior Social Development Specialist at the World Bank and Task Team Leader for the Nigeria for Women Programme (NFWP), disclosed this while briefing journalists ahead of the launch of the NFWP-SU Community Investment Fund (CIF) in the state. The programme, expected to be unveiled by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, has been expanded from six local government areas to all 34. Ilesanmi explained that the state government had released N8.5 billion in counterpart funding over the past two years, with additional resources budgeted.
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