Odimmegwa Johnpeter/Abuja
PRP FCT senatorial aspirant Dr Juliet Hasana-Moneme, has promised to make skills acquisition, economic empowerment and access to credit facilities key priorities for women if elected to the Senate.
Speaking during a media engagement organised by the League of Anambra Journalists in Abuja (LAJA), Moneme said women in the Federal Capital Territory should be able to hold her accountable for delivering on the three commitments.
“Every woman in the FCT should hold me accountable for women skills acquisition, for women empowerment, and for women access to credit facilities or grants that are available in the city,” she said.
Moneme said her proposed approach would be based on identifying residents and their needs through a structured database covering the FCT’s six area councils, wards, and communities.
She said the database would help government and community stakeholders understand the needs of residents and connect them with available opportunities, including education, credit, and other support programmes.
The senatorial aspirant also said she would seek to ensure that constituency empowerment programmes were designed as sustainable interventions rather than one-off handouts.
Drawing from her previous community initiatives, she said her preferred model was a revolving fund in which beneficiaries could repay and allow others to access the same pool of resources.
Moneme said her experience working with women and young people had shown that sustainable empowerment required more than simply giving people money.
She said the goal was to connect people’s potential with the resources and opportunities needed to turn that potential into sustainable livelihoods.
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