Nasarawa State Governor Employs 10 People Living With HIV/AIDS
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has offered
employment to 10 persons out of 40 persons living with HIV/AIDs who had just
concluded a skills acquisition programme in the State.
Al-makura announced the gesture yesterday in Lafia at the
5th graduation of beneficiaries of the programme, trained at Mother and Child Care
Enhancement Foundation, a pet project of his wife, Mrs Salamatu Umaru-Almakura.
The 40 beneficiaries were trained in different skills,
including tailoring, knitting, hairdressing, interior decorations and catering.
He said providing employment for them was to give them a sense of
belonging as well as to improve their standard of living.
belonging as well as to improve their standard of living.
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