Critical issues discussed at the roundtable in Morocco include gender-based violence, out-of-school children, street hawking and home-gardening
By Haruna Usman, Birnin Kebbi
Kebbi State President of National Council for Women Societies, Hajiya Hadiza Muhammed Kola alongside Kebbi first lady, Zainab Nasir Idris have attended the 37th Women General Assembly meeting in Morocco.
The collaboration with NCWS International discussed issues concerning women across the globe to finetune ways on how best to get fair representation of women at all levels of government among the participating nations which Kebbi and Nigeria are among.
Critical issues discussed at the roundtable in Morocco include gender-based violence, out-of-school children, street hawking and home-gardening; a programme being championed in Nigeria by Nigeria’s first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu supported in Kebbi by Kebbi first lady, Zainab Nasir Idris.
Kebbi NCWS had during the meeting made very significant contributions to the amusement of international women in Morocco who gathered to foster unity among women with a view to finding common ground on issues bothering them as mothers, entrepreneurs, farmers and politicians.
Delegation from Kebbi state include the Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Halima Bande, the permanent secretary ministry of Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abubakar Dutsin Mari among others.