* Ahmed, Kwara Gov,


     By Steve Oni, Ilorin
     The wife of the Kwara state governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed has secured employment in the kwara state civil service for five women even as she empowered 95 others as parts of activities marking the 2018 international women’s day celebration.

     Five of the lucky beneficiaries who emerged through a raffle draw got scholarship to acquire vocational skills in the International Vocational Centre (IVETEC), Ajase Ipo in Irepodun local government , while 25 would be empowered in farming enterprises, nine in ICT and 50 in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMES).

     Speaking at the ceremony, the governor’s wife admonished the beneficiaries of the scheme to make the women folk proud by being agents of positive change in the society. ‘‘I hope you are going to make me proud, you are going there to make a change ’’,she said .

     Reflecting on the theme for this year’s celebration: ‘‘Pressing for Progress: inspire to aspire’’, Omolewa said it was time for women to begin to take their rightful positions in all facets of national life, while urging them to take up career in the civil service and vie for elective offices in order to  add value to the system’’.

     In her lecture, one of the resource persons at the event, the state’s Head of Service (HOS) Mrs.  Esther Modupe Susan, advised women to embrace career in the civil service, assuring them that the civil service is one of the best places to secure their future.

     She counselled women to have a positive attitude towards their fellow women and embrace only values that make them responsible in the society.

     ‘‘As women we need to recycle our psyche, economically, psychologically emotionally, everywhere we need to help women’’, she said .