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Women of the Isi-Uzo community in Enugu state say the government’s plans to reconstruct roads and boost agriculture will improve productivity and economic opportunities for rural women.

Speaking at the maiden edition of the ‘August Meeting’ on Thursday, Onyinye Obeagu, wife of Isi-Uzo LG chairman, said the government’s initiatives will enhance the quality of life of women.

The federal government had earlier announced that the sum of N5 billion would be given to each state to cushion the hardship imposed by petrol subsidy removal on Nigerians.

Obeagu urged the women to embrace innovation to better harness the opportunities to be rolled out at the state and local government levels.

“I bring you the goodwill of the wife of our governor, Her Excellency, Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah. Also, we, the women of Isi-Uzo fully identify with the policies, programmes, and mapped out projects of the governor Peter Mbah administration to empower the rural communities through agriculture and agro-allied industrialisation, massive infrastructural interventions, and human capital development,” she said.

“We identify with the palliative plans rolled out by the Enugu state government and commend the decentralisation of the palliatives management by involving the local governments, which are also closest to the people.

“We are happy that the efforts to address insecurity are already yielding massive results. This improved security, coupled with government’s plan to construct or reconstruct 81 roads as well as create Special Agriculture Processing Zones (SAPZ) to move farming to agriculture and agro-allied industrialisation will boost productivity and the rural economy.”

Also speaking, Amaka Ugwueze, a former member of the Enugu house of assembly, urged the women to be innovative and resilient to surmount everyday challenges.